but i also confess to being against most book-to-film-adaptations. the recent pride and prejudice... LWW... LOTR... etc. you name it, i could do without.
the "worldview" held by the director really does matter... in my opinion. when i watched the appendices for the extended LOTR movies... hearing Fran (one of the co-writers of the script) say they believed they'd stayed true to the "spirit of tolkien" made me a little queasy. the love-sick drama... "will arwen leave him? should he keep his options open? eowyn's kind of a babe... etc."
is non-existent in the book. someone already mentioned aragorn's apprehension in becoming king... and the butchering of faramir for the sake of plot... they even contemplated bringing arwen to helm's deep because... she so did not get enough screen time.
i won't fall into the "bash andrew adamson" temptation that is so over-powering... but i really have lost "faith" (that word is used figuratively only
) in hollywood's ability to remain faithful to the story. i think modernizing THS is only giving the director more room for his interpretation... and that it ought not be attempted.
this is my opinion only
. i am a self-proclaimed purist... and book snob... so naturally i am in no hurry for my favorite books to be adapted to film so others can be "entertained..." 
also, KenWritez... perhaps it has been a while since you've actually seen the ten commandments... do you not remember the considerable liberties that were taken? i really encourage you to watch it again, after reading the book of exodus to really appreciate how much of the movie was fictional... embellished, etc. remember, it was labeled as "culturally significant..." but not authentic. not pertinent to the discussion... but as you used it as a primary example... i thought it appropriate to debunk it
