It Chapter Two (2019)
The casting director should be proud -- Bill Hader, especially, was an inspired choice for the grown-up Richie. But it doesn't feel like there was any real reason to make this sequel. The two major tweaks that should've been made:
- Lose the CG monsters. These cartoon creations are simply incapable of being scary: a moth with a baby head, a naked old lady monster, a corpse trying its darndest to tongue-kiss, a giant "It" spider
- Tone down the comedy a tad. This came off more like "what if Scooby Doo had been part of Adult Swim" than it did an actual scare-fest
It was fine. Nothing more.
C+
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