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Author working on the movie usually has nothing to do with how faithful the movie is, and especially with how good it is. You'll always be disappointed in adaptations if you expect 1:1 translation. Instead I think that in movies it's better to look for things only a movie can do instead of just the plot. That's like double satisfaction, first you enjoy the movie for the actors, the cinematography, the score, and then you enjoy the book even more for the advanced takes on characters and writing. Though to be honest some books that got hyped up by the movies have been a bit disappointing for me personally. Some directors just know better how to make something worth watching.
>I just wish we got more unicorn and horse media that isn't blatantly for kids or trying too hard to not be
Just because of FiM? Nobody in the industry gets why FiM was a success, I think it's impossible to replicate now, horses or no horses. For good horse-based media in general, well, Steel Ball Run is coming out whenever soon.