Almost Walked Out

Rating: 4/10 (10 September 2019)

Man I wanted to like this movie so bad. Definitely one of the most anticipated of the year for me. But it fell flat.
-Bad dialogue. Any one who thinks some of these jokes are funny must be a thirteen year old boy. Why did the adult characters still talk like when they were eleven? I laughed maybe once or twice.
-Absolutely horrible CGI. Me and my family were laughing at how terrible the effects were. The monsters ended up looking more silly and stupid than scary.
-Way too damn long. It became almost painful to sit through this almost three hour long film. Parts of it (especially the middle portion) were so boring and seemed pointless, making it feel longer. I understand the book has a lot of material.. but maybe do three movies, or it should have just been made into a miniseries or something.
-Too much minor characters, not enough Pennywise. We want to see Pennywise dammit, not all these lame monsters. And the mullet guy? Sooooo pointless. He should have been cut completely.
-Lame jump scares. Not scary at all. I didn't jump once. You'll only be scared of this movie if you're a little girl.
-Dumb ending. So Pennywise basically gets bullied to death and that's how they kill him? So dumb.. not exciting at all.
Just to add some positivity: the acting was pretty good, especially from Bill Skarsgaard, who is great as Pennywise. The film looks really nice as well. But that's about it. Also, the story was not compelling in the slightest. Wasn't interesting at all. My family and I nearly walked out, but I stopped them cause I thought we should at least finish it. I now regret that decision.