A Great Film. However do not look for a scary film in this, as that is not it's purpose.

Rating: 7/10 (13 September 2019)

It Chapter 2 is the second part of this horror adaption, from the movie which came out in 2017, It.
The film starts with a truly graphic opening scene, with beating of a gay male couple during a "hate crime", with the result of one of the characters called Adrian Mellon being thrown off a bridge into the waters below, to be FLOATED towards the clown himself, Pennywise the dancing clown.
After this opening scene we introduced to the Loser's Club as adults, and what their lives and jobs are like after 27 years after the first part of the tale. This brings me to say how physically perfect the casting in this film was, and how they actually felt like the younger versions of themselves. However, their chemistry is different to the kids.
After we find out why Mike has brought them back to Derry, we start explore the flashbacks, which show us the friendship that are being drawn back to after all this time, and even gives us insight to certain things that the first film never really explored, which I thought was well done, as in the book, they explored things that they did as children, and even with a different fashion they went with, it still felt true and faithful to the book.
The comedic sense that they went for during the second act of the film didn't feel pushed, and actually felt right, as most of the gags which adult Richie told were actually also told in the book. By the way, Bill Hader played as extraordinary Richie. I like the approach that they took with the Ritual Of Chud, as they were able to make sense why the Loser's actually needed to explore a certain of Derry, to find the artefacts needed to destroy It.
I liked how they decided to explore Richie's character differently to the book, as making his character gay gave that part of the film a different depth that neither the book or miniseries had. The Paul Bunyan scene was a lot of fun, and had a great appearance of Pennywise. The most suspenseful part of the film however was definitely Mrs Kersh's scene with Beverly, when she went to her old home, where her and her Father once lived. I love Mrs Kersh for five awkward seconds just paused. As a Witch she was quite disturbing, and seeing Bob Gray turn himself into Pennywise was a lot of fun, disturbing fun of course. I won't explore everything of the second act, but as this film was very long, but it did drag just a little bit. Bill's part of film was also very good, as he in the film had met a kid, a kid he was afraid for, as he said to Beverly, "I can't let it happen again", a reference to Georgie. It is very emotional to see Bill trying to kick through the mirror house glass to save the kid, as Pennywise bangs his head against the glass to kill the child. Stephen King's cameo was also hilarious, especially as his character also told Bill that the ending of his book that he had written was "terrible".
Eddie's part of the film was also good in the second act, and boy does he look like his younger self from the first film. I like how it explores his hypochondria. I like how brought Mr Keene in this scene, to be as unnerving as ever, especially as he is made out to much older now. We also get to see a flashback of the Leper attacking a shapeshifted version of his Mother, which also comes back after his flashback to jumpscare Eddie. Before I go onto the third act of the film, I liked what we got to see of Henry Bowsers, with that same menace and hatred in his eyes, but he could of had a little bit more to him before his death. Still, good scenes which contained him.
The third act of the film is when the Loser's all draw back together, as Bill is willing to confront IT alone. But they find him just in time. This where the climax really picks up, as this is the final showdown, the Ritual Of Chud, where they can defeat the Clown from the Macroverse for once and for all. The final scene is entertaining and puts the two character of Ben and Beverly together, a dream that always had since he wrote her that poem. The end does go on, but gives it the feel that was needed to conclude this film, and was definitely not a disappointment. Pennywise's final form was interesting, and the part where Beverly had to swim in blood was entertaining, especially with the appearances of her Father Alvin Marsh and Henry Bowser's, who said to her as a reference to The Shining, "Here's Johnny".
This is a great conclusion to the story, the flashbacks well merged into show the friendship and remembering of what happened before. The first film had a chemistry which was hard to match, a story structure which was a little bit better adapted to this, but only tad this movie does a great job of using it's material from the book. Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise was again magnificent, but didn't star as much in this film, but was nevertheless creepy but also clown-like and oddly funny. This is a great film, and while the kids set the characters in a better way, the adult cast did a great job of carrying that legacy on, and altogether felt like the characters. These two movies were both more of an adventure than a horror, and its purpose was well met. But at times it was quite horrifying, and because of Richie, at times quite funny too (especially when Richie is put into the Deadlights pause in the final battle). This gave time for relief like the first film, as did the book at times, which captured Richie's character perfectly.
8.4/10 (while It's predecessor to me was a 8.7/10)