Popped Balloons

Rating: 6/10 (9 September 2019)

This movie represents me getting through an awful experience. I watched it with some of my family knowing this horrible past is behind me.... wish the film was better.
I loved the first one. This one just felt underwhelming. Starts off with Pennywise killing a gay guy and then we have to watch all the members of the Loser's Club getting an invite back to Derry. All Pennywise does is scare him. I think the only real threat is the bully escaping a mental asylum (who has a zombie driver, for some reason). Also the film tends to borrow from other films like The Thing.
The movie is really long and you will feel it. The ending, like the original, sucks I'm convinced nobody knows how to end this thing. I also felt that they really didn't have to go through all that trouble to bring the kids back. It almost makes the first film a little pointless. I'm glad I saw it but it's not very scary and I'd stick with the first one.