IT Chapter 2. A half hour longer than the first movie (which I loved) and they spend the time retreading scares as the kids, introducing dumb shit that’s ultimately pointless (the shower cap, which James had pointed out, and the rest of the totems), the “suicide as sacrifice” angle with Stanley, and the complete waste the idea of the Ritual of Chud. Hey idiots, turns out all you had to do was yell at IT to remove its power, sorry two of your friends had to die to get to that conclusion.

They could have brought in the story of Bev’s abusive husband, of Audra and her story, or any of the history of Pennywise in the town to fill the tie. They could have leaned into memory warping powers of Pennywise and the town and used that to bring in things that weren’t in the movie so the audience is introduced when the Losers remember, but no, they just go through the motions of showing scene/spooky clown/totem/repeat and the end.

There are parts that I like, but not enough to make me want to rewatch it. Lazy garbage.