One of those adaptations that adheres to the book so strictly that it's a detriment to the film/miniseries. Trying to articulate everything in a book, especially one as dense as a Stephen King novel, makes it seem as though things are just happening instead of anything in the story actually moving forward.

There are some good performances in this, the meat of the story the book tells is still there, and some adaptational elements were great to see, but overall…

A damn good adaptation of Stephen King's incredible novel. I'm a huge fan of the novel, but from the reactions the crowd gave this film I think even non-readers will love it. It's an extremely solid scary movie; one that makes being scared a fun experience. 

When I say "reactions"  I don't mean people saying they liked it in the lobby afterwards (although there was plenty of that as well), but peoples' reactions during the movie. The film nails its…