I decided to take myself on a date. Took a walk in the park, had a picnic at the outdoor seating at the shopping center, saw IT Chapter 2 and then took a starlit stroll back through the park and to “home”.
As a movie, IT chapter 2 was pretty entertaining, though I think some of the more emotional scenes would have had more impact had I rewatched the first one before going to see the sequel.
The jump scares were jumpy, the CG effects deployed fairly effectivly.
Though I do have to say that there were some very brutal scenes that hit home were deployed so well that some of the supernatural moments almost felt hokey by comparison. Though no less fun that the first film.
The second act of the film, leaned into the adult actors reacting to the traumas of their past. The acting was pretty solid all things considered. But again, I think a rewatch of the 1st chapter would have given more weight to these events.
The third act was a servicable monster movie, and having spent time with th characters and knowing what they went through made me care for their well being just a little more.
Without spoiling the ending I will note that there was a nice blending of the book and miniseries finalies while keeping with the over all tone of the modern films.
At the end of it I would have to give it the arbitrary rating of
B-
A servicable horror movie with some truely cringe worthy bouts of brutalism.
If viewed with the first part I would give the story, direction, and approach a solid
A-
