I've been reading Stephen King's books since I was in 6th grade. I've always been impressed his ability to make me scared. I've always appreciated his ability to scare the shit out of me, and then console me with a sense of hope. People always talk about King's dark imagination. They rarely discuss the fact that the man values hope and love and positivity. He presents evil. But he allows the evil to be overcome. I consider It (1986) to be his opus. It was a work that terrified me as a boy. It was a work whose beauty I marveled at upon a second reading two years ago. It may even be one of my favorite novels, period. I own the 1990 miniseries and have watched it multiple times. Hell, I've seen almost all of the adaptations of King's work. It is a flawed work that still manages to scare me, even as I chuckle at the ridiculousness of the big final showdown. I said all that to say this: I think Andy Muschietti and his team have done pe...