It: Chapter Two Review - Off The Shelf Reviews 

It's always such a pleasure when you guys do a review of a more popular movie, because it pretty much guarantees at least a few new viewers/subscribers, and you guys totally deserve a ton of views/subs. With all the hate-centric critics out there, you guys are a diamond in the rough with your objective approach and overall structure of your reviews. It's so much more appealing and refreshing to me than the constant rage-fueled humor most youtube critics seem to strive towards. Kudos for keeping it real and staying on topic

You guys seem so down to earth and cool/nice. And your movie reviews are some of my fav content on any platform.

These movies were filmed in a small town near me. I've seen salmon spawning in that river and have had some great Italian food alongside it. So far, no killer clowns.

When I watched this one in the cinema, the scene where the old lady turns into the CGI witch, everybody in the room laughed

The streak continues ... WAKE & Bake 💨✌🏽

Fair play, Red Letter Media compared some of the monsters to Goosebumps monsters… lol.

Was a difficult task to make this side of the history, part of the success of the first is that for audiences the young teens feel more vulnerable physically and mentally, and however they beat IT in the end, something not easy to replicate now with adults, so they made this version more fun and weird sometimes, more blockbuster focused. While this is good, well made, well cast, usually people like the first more because is more relatable in a personal level.

„I know why u wanna hate me, cause hate is all the world has even seen lately“😎❤️‍🔥 33:45 It’s actually not that far off. Billy suffers from severe PTSD and in this situation he gets triggered constantly. It seems unrealistic, but it really isn’t. If you get triggered really badly, your brain just throws every logic right out the window. In your head you are stuck reliving your trauma quite vividly. That’s a reaction I had several times in my live. So McAvoy did his Homework quite well in these regards. But he probably still knows a lot about this stuff from his work on split anyways. Edit.: Even Pennywise knows this and uses this against billy by showing him images of these hands. Its quite clever, I think.

I have mixed feelings about part 2. "IT" is one of my most favourite books and my favourite King Novel. Part one was a near perfect adaption of the book, but the second I found less of a letdown as others might because the weakest elements of the book is the adult periods of time. So part 2 was never gonna be as good as the first anyway. So its a great follow up with that in mind and lower expectations.

LOL, the bath tubs talking to me dad. :)

It was worth the watch just for Bill Skarsgård's clown performance, he's a great actor just like his dad. great review as always guys.

I absolutely loved the book. I considered it King's best at the time. (I thought 'The Dead Zone' & 'Christine' could not be surpassed. I was wrong). It is with dread when I hear that another of King's books is being filmed. They rarely turn out to be any good, or they barely understand the book. And so, I have yet to see the latest "It" Movies. Cheers guys, I might just give these films a go.

The Book was fantastic, grew up with the mini-series and really liked the 2017 Re-adaptation. I know people poorly judge Chapter Two but I absolutely loved it. I hope to god they make the "Welcome To Derry" mini-series soon, if they ever do...

Nice review. A lot of Your thoughts match mine. I like the fortune cookie scene and the creature conces but it's somewhat comedic in its execution which is distracting from the tension. Apparently Andy Muschietti actually fought the producers to have the angel of the morning kept in. Which is bizarre! The witch was actually done practically with actor Javier Botet in latex, but they added cgi later. I have my issues but generally I really like the movie. My main gripe would probably be that in this version they get angry with Mike for bringing them back and keep wanting to leave.

I honestly love watching you guys and I have been following the channel since around 2012 onwards, there are a few movies you have covered but i feel like i half way through i get so intrigued by said movie i have to stop watching so i dont want it spoiled for me haha. There is quite a few i have never seen before but have gone on to watch because of these videos. great stuff guys, please keep going.

My issue with the IT movies, whilst they are fairly entertaining (well the first one is)... they arent creepy or scary. Maybe its my age. Anyone else feel that way?

Appreciate everything you do guys! Keep up the great work!

Justice for Mike! He was so buried in this version whereas in the original he really felt like the glue that held the group together. All together Parts 1 & 2 are just too messy and this version can't seem to figure out what tone it wants to be. The original knew it's tone and had personality, yes it was cheesey but I'd much rather take cheese over cringe anyday.

Chapter Two was good. But I personally didn't like it as much as I did with Part I. Part I was closely following the book, yeah there were a few changes here and there, but overall, it was still a good faithful adaptation. Chapter Two was faithful with the book as well, but when it came to the ending, I was really hoping we were going to get that trippy segment in space where the characters were hallucinating and crazy shit happening. I won't go in depth, but trust me when I say, in the book, it was insane! The flashback with the kids retuning was nice to see, but pointless at the same time. I felt like those segments were only there for jump scare purposes. It doesn't really move the plot forward. I can go on, but I won't. There are awesome moments in this movie. It's not a bad film, I still enjoyed it. Just...not as GOOD as the first movie. I still recommend it myself! Good review, guys!

A really bad sequel. The pacing of this movie was awful. The guy who plays adult Ben also can’t act.

It's still the same guy from Shameless 😁

on i love the long reviews and i think ill have to make this an extra long one by going back and watching last weeks review again then coming back and watching this one again. absolutely amazing review guys as always 👊👊👊

Nice review of both films, thanks for sharing :)

Stellar review as always guys. Watching this highly entertaining review is equally as enjoyable as watching the movie itself, and throwing in a few bits of background info is always welcome and makes me want to rewatch IT again. Cheers.

"It" turning into "The Thing"... Someone was having a bubble at that point.

I liked pt 2 better than the first one. I don’t know I felt the first one was trying too hard to be Stranger Things and changing the setting to the 80s was a mistake as the 50s is so integral to the story. I mean 80% of the book is just about small town 50s American life

PENNYWISE LIVES (If you know, you know.)

You guys are the best! Much respect from Texas!

Oh hell yeah! This is gonna get me through this overnight at the store

Finally thursday..! And a new film-review..! Thanx guys!

It: Chapter two feels like a mistake to me. They completely screwed the tone established by chapter one. The first part is a decent remake, and a good horror movie as a standalone. The second part became a joke, a dark comedy at best. The original miniseries is not perfect, but it at least it kept a constant tone. Hopefully we’ll get a director’s cut that fixes this at some point.

I'll finish watching this after work, I watched your review of Chapter 1. I have a bit of a love meh relationship with horror movies. I don't enjoy watching them, although i'm trying to watch more recently, I've always found them cheesy... even highly acclaimed ones. But... I have always found them interesting. I've watched far more behind the scenes, reviews or analysis pieces about horror movies than actual horror movies themselves. You always do great reviews, quite often they are close to half the length of the movie you are reviewing. Always interesting and entertaining. You come across as so passionate movies and so approachable as people. Love your stuff.

I cant remember now if it was alternate versions of these movies or maybe deleted scenes my favorite call back was when young eddie and ritchie opens the 3 doors and they only see top half of a person and ritchie asks what happened to its legs...in chapter 2 adult eddie and ritchie wind back at the 3 doors one of them opens a door richie says "oh theres the legs" lmao

Regarding if it still lives, I doubt it. If anything lives its Its kid. In the book after defeating It they discover that it has been laying eggs and they spend time smashing them, but they are not 100% they got them all. With It being presumably the only thing like it on earth the eggs would probably be clones, as whatever was in the eggs was definitely alive. Maybe genetic memory as well so if one survived it essentially is pennywise

This is an excellent review, but I have a remark about the ending of the video. The authors should have specified that you will float because we ALL float down here.

I want to know what that directors cut of part two was like that was rumored

What a mess. Few positives here and there. The Shining reference was super cringe. I rather watch chapter 2 of the miniseries at least it wasn't that long.

I wonder how James felt doing a scene with the very author who wrote such a great & scary book?

"So, he is a killer klown from outer space?!" HAD ME ROTFLMFAO!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

Glad you guys reviewed these good job. This second part is good but somewhat overlong and less tonally consistent seeing the kids come together and start a friendship after being losers is just more interesting then watching old adults because you see the development of the friendship. However I think this second Chapter is still a good time but I dont think either the mini series or tbis movie has truly tapped the potential in an IT sequel yet. I predict the Welcome to Derry series will be better then Chapter 2 despite me liking it I predict the series will probally focus on more kids fighting the Clown.

Honestly i find the Adrian Mellon death just a little more memorable than Georgie's. Maybe it's because i really like that part of the book

Any plans on reviewing RAZORBACK? An Ozploitation classic 👍

READ LATER, PLEASE. It's a shorter story Stephen wrote a couple years back- I don't want to spoil the story, but the deadlights..... well they aren't gone.

One of my favorite things about this version was how they altered up Richie Tozier's character. In the book, he's a shock jock in the early 80s (so before people like Limbaugh ruined that term for everyone on the planet), and in the mini-series he's a famous stand-up comedian. In this one, he's still a famous comedian, but the gay aspect adds a very modern twist to the character. In the book his father was very supportive (in the no-nonsense 1950s father way) of his sons talents and interests. The miniseries pulls away from this part of Richie's family, as does this movie sadly. But this revelation of his latent, hidden sexuality added a lot to the character. You see where the comedy-as-a-mask behavior comes from. It adds a lot to the Eddie and Richie friendship. It sucks for RIchie that the love is one-sided, but it really does add to the very protective nature Richie always had for Eddie in the source material. Also, Bill Hader is just a treasure. He is only recently getting the accolades he has deserved for a very long time.

Cameo of the director in Bill's scene with his wife and discussing the ending with the director Peter Bogdanovich.

Smile and Barbarian please

It's too bad we never got a Dark Tower mini-series to crown Stephen King's 50+ year career (the movie was a joke). Who would you cast to play Roland the gunslinger? I think Josh Brolin would be a solid choice.

I'm glad you guys enjoyed this one. Everyone told me don't bother with this one. I heard it sucked booty.

I've always dislike the new it movies because I had so much nostalgia with miniseries. But now watching your reviews, I might rewatch the It movies to appreciate and maybe love it like you guys did. The reason I didn't it because it had so much cgi but like Ian said if it was done practical it will be harder. Thank you guys for reviewing this horror movies. I love horror movies.

Dandelo in The Dark Tower is something of a cousin of IT.

Can’t help but see the actor playing Eddie as the kid from Ken park👀👀

Awesome review

Untill this review i only saw RU-vidrs shit on this film. I think its decent. Not as good as the first film. But stil it is fun. It is nice to see a review from people who like this film. As always this was entertaining.

I hate this movie, but I am genuinely glad you enjoyed it.

yeah these two were great~~!

the bit where Steven king shows up in the second hand shop they should of looked at the camera after when he said about billy being a good writer but the endings arnt that good

I think I remember that in the dark tower series there was a creature that was like pennywise only it fed off of laughter Instead.

No comment that Henry fell down the deep well going 100mph, bouncing of the sides, to emerge with a few scratches? Then only to be killed off quickly. He could have been left out all together.

Bedankt

I really hated the end sequence in this. I was really looking forward to a cgi upgrade and design upgrade on Its final form but we got what? Corrupted King Candy and a melty baby, thanks

*turn up!*

This review just goes to show you may not always agree with peoples opinions, but you can always be respectful of peoples opinions. Film is subjective, and for me personally this was a complete borefest and something I would never want to sit through again. But love this channel and I generally agree with most of their opinions 👍🏻

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If you grew up poor and shit on....then you can understand growing up and surviving life only to be called back to horror...

Bob Gray

Since the kids segment was split off in part 1, I think It 2 should have been a near total tear down in the script department and veer wildly from the King novel. I say this just because in sequel form the adults just go up against the same menace they defeated as kids. They really needed to up the stakes, change things up. That, and the opening scene of a gay couple being assaulted and nearly murdered in MAINE 2019 seemed pretty ridiculous.

It: Chapter 2 or as Ramboraph4life calls it Shit: Chapter 2 😆

This horrendous cgi is never going to end is it?idk how anyone takes it seriously maybe in Coralie but some of it is so bad it's unforgivable..sad because some of these movies are almost good...just too many jump scares and shaky cam shaky head bullshit

Not a fan of Ch. 2. It was so much filler - the majority of the movie was a pointless fetch-quest.

The thing about pennywise's cycle, is that there is always an act of evil that preceeds him, almost like a wake up call, like the black nightclub being burned and the gay couple. Then something huge to mark the end of the cycle before the 27 year sleep.

shIT Chapter 2

This was It for Deadpool fans, that's what happens with that sudden mood swings and gratuitous joke insertions. Great review though.

It's hard to overlook the bad looking digital de aging of the child actors. I'm glad to see anybody enjoy a movie I may not like. This is one i'm not going to be watching any time soon.

This one is just plain awful. I had no idea what the tone of the flick was supposed to be. Cast are good - especially Bill Hader - but I did not like it all.

It got rid of her birthmark alright.

It’s ok but not as good as the first film and both films are nowhere near as good as the original TV mini series.

Two terrible adaptations, rather watch paint dry. I dislike this woeful interpretation of Pennywise, he has nothing on Tim Curry.

In Soviet Russia, Chud means dick. In America, Chud means penis. Chüd (pronounced Chude) means the ritual in IT.

I enjoyed watching your review but I hate this film and some of the first one. The tone of the horror and Pennywise himself is just plain goofy, not scary. The drooling just makes him look stupid, and with those 2 front teeth. Not scary at all, the tone just did not work for me. Now Tim Curry, had actual nightmares for years.

So bullying is the answer Stephan King.

Yo

I still can't 'get over the Jessica Chastain casting lol. Sophia Lillis and Amy Adams look like they could EASILY be mother and daughter. It clearly had to be a case of Amy just being busy on another project. Just bugs me because the only thing the other 2 have in common is the red hair. Past that they look SO much different than each other that it pulls me out of the film entirely. Everyone else is a great choice, Chastain was terrible. Good actor, terrible choice to play older version of other actor.

I hate remakes

7:23 NO. I so fed up with her face. Bring hot actresses back! Like Cameron Diaz, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Amy Reid and Gianna Michaels.

They needed to film both parts at once for it to have worked. They lost the magic. Got goofy. One of the worst sequels.

These new adaptions were so boring and not scary I hate this film more then anything

You guys don't acknowledge many comments do you ! Someone made a donation and you haven't even bothered to acknowledge them. Very poor.

As lackluster as the Miniseries is it still has way more heart than this film, it also sticks closer to the book albeit with less scenes.

Good review, lads. Thanks as always.

You two clowns work way better than sleep meds. Thanks from New Orleans