Meh

Rating: 5/10 (11 September 2019)

When "It" (or maybe now it's "It Chapter One"(?)) came out two years ago I found I really enjoyed it. I thought the first "It" struck a perfect balance between creepy and fun, I thought the character chemistry between the kids was absolutely wonderful, and I thought the overall production was much higher in quality than many of the Stephen King adaptations I've seen in the past. The first film in this series gave me a lot of hope for the second, and for probably the first hour of this movie I really enjoyed myself, but then, unfortunately, this movie started to really fall apart after the first act. I actually think watching this film has made me appreciate the first film more. This isn't the worst ending we could've received- it's fine- it looks good and it's got a few truly creepy moments, but I found myself wanting a lot more from it. I'll probably still end up watching this film once more at some point in my life- I'd like to watch Parts One and Two back to back to see if I've missed anything. As a whole this was pretty disappointing, but, again, I don't think it's the worst way we could've ended this.