It's pointless to faithfully adapt something anyway.
Lets take Stephen King as an example. Pet Semetary is one of his best horror books, it's a great read and one of my favorites of his, but then they based a movie on it which King did the screenplay for and it was just plain awful.
It was SO faithful to the book that it was completely pointless. Especially when you take the horrible directing, acting and cheap production into account.
I love King's books but god, so many crap movies have come out of that guy. Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Stand By Me, Misery, Dalores Claiborne, The Shining, Carrie, The Dead Zone and Cujo have been the sole exceptions to the rule. Well, Christine had it's moments.
I think a well made adaptation of IT would be awesome, if it were handled by a pro like say David Cronenberg or Guillermo del Toro.
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