The 1990 TV Mini-Series was far better and scarier.

Rating: 3/10 (21 November 2019)

This film is not a horror film. It's 'Stand By Me' with extra swearing.
Far too much swearing especially from the kids in both 1 & 2. Did the writer think this was somehow cool? I have sworn most of my life and swore as a pre-teen but not every other word.
The film makers made a point as to how much blood the film had in it as if that made it terrifying.but neither 1 or 2 was that scary and this one barely raised a scare once. And far better films have made use of tidal waves of blood.
A horror film should frighten the viewer. The clue is in the name. 1 was just about OK but 2 was not remotely scary at all.
The acting was pretty poor and there was no decent development of the characters in the whole 5 hours of It. They started off pretty cardboard and ended completely cardboard. Bill Skarsgård failed miserably as Pennywise.
The whole thing could have been wrapped up in two 90 minute chapters. Instead we had the interminable 'quest' section which was a waste of time and brought nothing to the plot eventually being discarded and pointless.
The final battle was a bit boring and none of characters evoked any kind of empathy.
The final couple of minutes was absolute rubbish and an insult to the book and 1990 mini series. The whole motivation of the Stan character throughout the entire first part was dumped for some cheesy feel good tripe.
The book was pretty decent and one of Kings better efforts and the 90 TV series did well without littering the scenery with endless swearing.
Overall 1 & 2 were a very disappointing 5 hours worth of very poor storytelling.