This review contains spoilers , click expand to view . I don't actually know what to think about the movie. In the cinema, I actually really enjoyed it, although there are little-to-no scenes that actually have suspense apart from one or two. Now that I'm looking back on it in hindsight, I realise some of the decisions in the film make less sense.



This film is a huge CGI-fest. I'm pretty sure there's more CGI in this film than actual real sets. It is incredibly loud, fast (during scary scenes), and sometimes over-relies on loud noises and jumpscares. The screening I saw was huge, so much so that it looked similar to that of a university lecture, and I noticed about five people left during the film.



I found myself, and the audience, chuckling at one or two jokes. Some of the comedy is genuinely funny in my opinion, but it didn't manage to get too many smiles or laughs from me. But it must've been funny as people were laughing. It does capture, to some extent, the cheesiness of the 90's adaptation, but it is great in making it modern. Some of the things I personally disliked about the movie was the abundance of comedy. While I like the comedy, there's just too much. There's so many scenes that are horrific and in the next scene the characters are laughing and joking about as if nothing happened. The only person who actually acts as a human would throughout the film is Bev, who seems actually traumatised by the sheer horror of a supernatural threat. The rest can be ridiculous sometimes.



Another thing I absolutely despised and found myself laughing at was the ending. The "Eater of Worlds" or whatever It calls itself, this terrifying, child-eating, shape-shifting, supernatural extra-terrestrial gets defeated by being belittled. Yes, literally. They literally say things the equivalent of "You're a poo-pee head!" to It and it turns into some jelly thing. WHAT.



Anyway, yeah. Good at some things and bad at others. I do feel it does a lot right, however because of the comedy and lack of suspense throughout the film, I cannot deny how it takes a lot of its effect away. A shame, I really liked the first It despite its flaws, but I was expecting a lot more than a CGI **** … Expand