Yeah, about 2 and a half. Dragged a bit to be honest.
Film IT: Chapter 2 (2019)
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It's 2 hours and 50 mins and definitely feels that long.
Fecking brilliant movie. 2hrs and 50 mins long and it barely felt boring, everything was moving along nicely building up to facing IT. Some parts were a bit scary and some were just hilarious. All the actors felt like they were the kids from the first movie only they grew up. Brilliantly cast. Every Character shines in their own way. The actor who plays IT did a phenomenal job. Looking forward to see how The Joker competes with him. I'll give this movie a 8/10.
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Felt more like 6hrs. I’d rather be waterboarded and have cocktail sticks jammed under my finger nails whilst forced to sit through The Tree of Life than go through the pain of watching it again.
So ... ahm ... I'm going to the cinema or no?
IT was SHIT.
Don't go and watch at the cinema, it's exhausting.
Jeez, what a massive fail that was! So annoyed as I was dead excited when they announced this as loved the first one.
Nearly almost 3 hours of my life I won’t get back. One of those typical films that has so much hype but the actual product is full of utter s****!
Nearly almost 3 hours of my life I won’t get back. One of those typical films that has so much hype but the actual product is full of utter s****!
Think I'm trusting the majority Caftard opinion on skipping this versus the critics where I've seen some good reviews.
It's garbage mate. Skip it. Watch it on home release of you must, that way you can stop it and not waste as much money when you inevitably get bored.
Watched it yesterday and was disappointed, wanted to enjoy it as I enjoyed the first but didn't jump once, it was scariest in the first one when the clown was lurking in the shadows and he barely did this time, some of the stuff he did made it hard to take him seriously. It felt the full nearly 3 hours
Think I'd fall asleep if I watched it at home
Feels the horror market is very weak at present
Think I'd fall asleep if I watched it at home
Feels the horror market is very weak at present
Gracias.
I read it quite recently and loved it right up until that ending. Full of amazing story-telling.
Don’t think I’ll bother with this movie given the Cafe consensus.
Tbf I think the critics' reviews have been pretty lacklustre overall too. For all Rotten Tomatoes' flaws, the fact that IT2 is currently on 65% as opposed to the first film's 86% seems fairly representative of the general consensus.
It wasn't nearly as good as the first one. The first hour was comically bad with all the voodoo stuff, and the actor playing Mike was awful I thought. The rest of the casting was basically perfect though.
It had some very creepy scenes though without relying on the jump scares too much.
6/10 for me.
It had some very creepy scenes though without relying on the jump scares too much.
6/10 for me.
Maybe Del Toro can rescue it. But knowing how Hollywood operates...
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/24...cing-a-werewolf-western-movie-and-were-all-in
https://www.slashfilm.com/werewolf-western/
So my question is. How can they get the second one so wrong. The first was brilliant. The second is not a sequel- it's a continuation of the first. Basically then it's one story with a great first half (part 1) and shitty second half( part 2)
I'll still be watching it
I'll still be watching it
They got double the budget for the second one based on the success of the first. One suspects that may have been a factor in the reported bloatedness of the sequel.
Hasn’t this been true for years though. I love horror as a genre, but there have been so few good horror movies for years and years.
More a comedy than a horror film. Wasn't scary at all, though there are some creepy moments.
I feel the movie was far too long though.
I feel the movie was far too long though.
and they defeated it far far too easily.
The first one wasn't brilliant, let's be real here.
Oh I agree it's been weak for a while, watched the latest Annabelle film recently and didn't jump once, it's all just Ghost related stuff again and again, it needs someone to do something completely different for all the Slating it got I liked Brightburn. I enjoyed the Purge films and TV series all a bit different than the same non scary ghost stuff. The Halloween remake last year was decent too we haven't seen a werewolf film for a while so the above linked one could be interesting. Favourite film I've seen recently was Hush on Netflix. I also like when the characters are smart and not making stupid decisions. I haven't been genuinely scared by a horror for ages.
Ugh. What a let down. Loved part 1 but this was muck.
Bill Hader was good though.
Bill Hader was good though.
This is one of the better movie reviews I've read on here.
If you think of it as a comedy you'll probably enjoy it more.
What happened to the guy with a mullet? When he gets stabbed and drives off, was that the last scene he was in the film?
It can't beat the 1990 version for me. That one has such a nice nostalgic vibe to it.
Did you fall asleep for the scene in the library? I wouldn’t blame you if you did.
he gets an axe through his head when he is trying to kill Mike. I think it’s Haders character who does him in.
Ah yeah
definitely had lost my patience with the film at that point.If any of you guys like horror movies with no scary scenes, this is the movie for you. The guy that said he was sat with his keys in his hand waiting for the movie to end so he could go is not in the minority. The whole row were putting on jackets and looking at their phones at the end, was an absolute slog sitting through this piece of shit. If the absolute worst Louis Van Gaal football was to be described via a movie, look no further than IT 2.
I had been looking forward to this. Don't think I will watch IT now.
It was awful. Shocked at how bad it actually was. The whole audience at the screening sighed at the end, was quite the experience actually 
Chapter 1 was a solid 8 out of 10. Very good effort.
Chapter 2 sadly gets a 6 from me. Far too long and nowhere near scary enough. There's good moments and if you liked the first one and the characters in general brought to us by King then you'll still get something from it. But don't expect it to be as good as chapter 1. It's just not in same league.
The kids did a better job than the adults too. Far more believable and real. This group never once convinced me they were friends.
Chapter 2 sadly gets a 6 from me. Far too long and nowhere near scary enough. There's good moments and if you liked the first one and the characters in general brought to us by King then you'll still get something from it. But don't expect it to be as good as chapter 1. It's just not in same league.
The kids did a better job than the adults too. Far more believable and real. This group never once convinced me they were friends.
Really liked the first one. This one was shit.
Felt like 10 hours of shitty flashbacks that didn’t matter at all. What was the point of the guy with the mullet? Did he even kill anyone relevant?
Not a single scary scene with obvious jump scares that weren’t even making anyone in the cinema jump because it was that obvious when they’d appear.
Felt like 10 hours of shitty flashbacks that didn’t matter at all. What was the point of the guy with the mullet? Did he even kill anyone relevant?
Not a single scary scene with obvious jump scares that weren’t even making anyone in the cinema jump because it was that obvious when they’d appear.
Also penny wise died because they called it names? Really? After everything he can do and can manipulate he died because they called him a clown!? Has he never looked in the mirror!
I liked it more than a lot of other people seemed to.
I mean it isn't even slightly scary, at all. Every single scare fall flat, even more so than in the first film. To the point where I genuinely forgot it was supposed to be a horror film and started thinking of it as a kind of light-hearted action/adventure. It's also as bloated as the run time suggests, largely down to a terrible structure. Having the main characters clunkily split up for their own individual set pieces kills the pace of the film, especially given how unscary those set pieces are. Finally, the ultimate showdown with Pennywise is a massive anti-climax. In fact I'm not sure Pennywise did anything good in the film at all.
Looking past those (admittedly crippling) flaws though, I still liked the characters, actors and underlying themes enough to enjoy spending time in their company. I guess it helped that I had zero interest in the actual horror part of the film, which is hardly a good precondition for enjoying what is supposed to be a horror film.
I mean it isn't even slightly scary, at all. Every single scare fall flat, even more so than in the first film. To the point where I genuinely forgot it was supposed to be a horror film and started thinking of it as a kind of light-hearted action/adventure. It's also as bloated as the run time suggests, largely down to a terrible structure. Having the main characters clunkily split up for their own individual set pieces kills the pace of the film, especially given how unscary those set pieces are. Finally, the ultimate showdown with Pennywise is a massive anti-climax. In fact I'm not sure Pennywise did anything good in the film at all.
Looking past those (admittedly crippling) flaws though, I still liked the characters, actors and underlying themes enough to enjoy spending time in their company. I guess it helped that I had zero interest in the actual horror part of the film, which is hardly a good precondition for enjoying what is supposed to be a horror film.
It was alright, not as bad as made out.
The baby headed moth thing looked cool
The baby headed moth thing looked cool
I actually felt sorry for Pennywise when he died, couldn't care less when anyone else did
Exactly. What a joke.
An interdimensional, world-eating, being is defeated by some childish name calling.
Pure shit.
An interdimensional, world-eating, being is defeated by some childish name calling.
Pure shit.
In their defense, they're adapting from a book where the solution to defeating IT is provided by an ancient turtle who created the universe by throwing up and involves journeying to a macroverse where they defeat the monster in a battle of imagination. Which is then followed by an underage gangbang.
They weren't exactly working with gold here.
They weren't exactly working with gold here.
Have they tried turning it off and on again?
It's one of King's better (best even) books and funnily one of his dumbest endings, imo.
It's like he gets bored with writing the story at some point and tries to quickly finish it with some bullshit.
was it ever explained why they had to have sex with the girl? I doubt even King knows
It's like he gets bored with writing the story at some point and tries to quickly finish it with some bullshit.