I was just thinking about this subject today,watching the first episode of The Hobbit on tv,which was chopped up into three movies.I know people say well,take the movie for what it is and the book for what it is,the artists have different takes and license to change or make it theirs..to that I say bullcrap.When you have a very good or excellent product,and take it to the screen,why not go for the excellence that was achieved in written form? And I think that was achieved in the Lord of the Rings trilogy,they stuck pretty close to the book,while the Hobbit was just a weird mishmash of the book.Same thing with SK's works,what are his favorite movies by fans? Likely Shawshank or Stand by Me,and again,they stuck close to the book versions..when you have a great product,why muck it up..kinda like ESPN has gone to hell..