IT had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

Rating: 6/10 (7 September 2019)

I set my expectations very low for this film. I was very disappointed in part one as I disliked the CGI heavy scenes which caused pennywise to lose any personality that Skarsgard attempted to bring to the character. However, the first half of part two is exceptional. The opening scene with Adrian Mellon is gruesome, horrifying and straight out of the book. I wish Andy would've allowed more time for us to be reintroduced to the "Losers" as adults but I was okay with the short clips we got of them. Stan's death was painful and I did look away from the screen. The Chinese restaurant scene is perfect- the cast played off of each other, I loved the humor in it and I loved what they chose to do with the fortune cookies. I appreciated that the Ritual of Chud being introduced to Bill by Mike. One of my favorite parts was Henry Bowers seeing the balloon outside of the psych hospital, great re-introduction to him. I did not enjoy the dead Patrick scene- a dead boy underneath a crazy mans bed is scary enough, it wasn't necessary to CGI him to hell.
The best pennywise moment in my opinion was with the little girl with the port-wine stain underneath the bleachers. It was creepy and the CGI was at a minimum, I loved seeing Bill show a little personality. The movie took a total turn for me during the Mrs. Kersh scene. It was a great lead up, her peaking around the corners at Bev was very unsettling- and then, the worst CGI'd saggy, gray old lady pops out. I busted out laughing in the middle of the theater. After that scene, the movie lost it for me. I was so beyond because so many reviewers were saying "The Bev and Mrs. Kersh scene is terrifying"... I guess we weren't watching the same movie. Granted, this is all subjective but that was probably one of the dumbest scenes I have seen in modern horror.
The ending was, okay. I did think that Mike was gonna raise baby pennywise as his own instead of ripping his heart out, but whatever. The biggest issue is the jump scares and the forces horror. Things can be scary without CGI, I wish Andy Mushietti would've realized that.