Not feeling IT

Rating: 5/10 (6 September 2019)

Having just watched both films back to back I feel the grown ups were completely outshone by the kids.
The casting was pretty spot on with most of the adult actors having remarkable resemblances to the child actors but I couldn't say I felt any connection with them as adults as when they were children. Flashback scenes saw the youngsters had all shot up a good 2ft, a splash of cgi and some terrible dubbing to make the boys sound like their previously unbroken voices left me cringing.
I was hoping for a little more from Pennywise and for him to really go for it with the scares but various manifestations received more giggles than screams.
All this just seemed to take away the credibility from chapter one.
And the plan to defeat Pennywise was something cooked up in 100 other 80's horror flicks complete with ancient Indian burial ground.
Very much not worth the 2 year wait. Both films perhaps should have been made all in one swoop to keep the momentum going.