It doesn't have the same feel as its predecessor!

Rating: 6/10 (15 April 2020)

I loved 'IT', the first movie. That is surely one of my top favorite horror movies like ever! So as usual I had too much excitement for the sequel 2 years after. Alas! That eagerness resulted in a poor Sigh. This chapter two isn't bad but not great either. As most of us are coming from the first movie; expecting the same experience once again! That's why majority of us couldn't really liked the film. No matter how hard I tried, believe me; I wanted it to be good. But unfortunately, honestly saying it's not even close to what 'IT' was!
The Storyline here is convoluted, messy. The writing here arouses much more questions than answers! Characters lacked depth unlike the first one, where the character build ups were brilliantly done! As a result of poor characterization; I couldn't really feel much connection to them. The relatability factor was on the lower side. The performances are fine, Greatly assembled set of actors who are both talented and experienced; gave all they could. But The emotional connection I felt with the child actors on the previous film was surely missed in here. The horror scenes are too many, at one time it becomes repetitive in nature. The extra long duration don't help either. Some scenes seemed unnecessarily stretched! Although the scenes themselves are made well enough regarding the technicalities and CGI work but the surprise element was long gone after the first few. Having said that, the confusive blend of Sci Fi And Horror, that I couldn't really fathom. It looks like the makers decided to put some tributes to Some Famous Sci Fi films like Alien, ET etc.
In the end it's a decent okayish movie, that doesn't really justify as a sequel, but could have done better, had it been a standalone one.