A movie fan pov review

Rating: 7/10 (6 September 2019)

It chapter 2 was a fine follow up to my personal favorite horror movie of all time. The first movie to me was the best horror film of all time and nothing as of now can top it.
It chapter 2 was a good movie but to me didn't need to be as long. I have no issues with long movies as long as it doesn't just stretch the runtime to stretch it. The length needs to add detail, meaning, entertainment and feeling. I feel like they stretched the movie during certain parts that they didn't need. The mid way point of the movie where they all went separate to get the artifacts seemed totally unnecessary. This movie also wasn't even close to as scary as the first one and only made me jump a few times. The jumps scares weren't pulled off well because the tension building up to it wasn't pulled off very well. Another thing was that it just wasn't as creepy or had as much gore as the first one. Bill hader made the movie for me. He was hilarious in every scene and that was what he was supposed to do. He made the movie a lot better for me. I think there were some great parts in this movie, but it never felt fully complete. I was so excited for this movie, and I enjoyed it, but I walked out of the theater not as satisfied as I wanted to. Over all it's a fine movie, but as a sequel to one of the best horror films ever, very underwhelming. 7/10 for me.