Prince Caspian: Can Hollywood Be Restrained?

The article over at Hollywood Jesus talks about the problems of storytelling in a society used to instant gratification, and worries how Prince Caspian will be adapted.

I think the the article is spot-on. I'm looking forward to PC (despite its already-obvious deviance from the book) because I think it looks like a fun film in the swashbuckling fantasy vein. But I'm also kind of waiting to get past it so we can get to VDT, which I have hopes will be a more serious adaptation. Michael Apted (director, Amazing Grace) will be at the helm and the franchise should be established firmly enough by that time that they won't have to turn it into a summer money-maker. (Not that they won't, but I'm hoping.)

*sigh* Yes, I'm a cynic. It's hard not to be after seeing so many books butchered. The movies don't mean to murder them, but they so often succeed in completely missing the point.