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Sorry, everyone. His presence is entirely my fault isn't it, little brother? I don't think I'd mind seeing a forty hour movie, actually. I obviously wouldn't try to get through it at one sitting, but... Any other idea is even worse. Of course, as I've said, I wouldn't want to see any dramatisation of the Silmarillion at all. This is just speculation, right? Right!?
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Don't be so rough on him Elemmire, he is still a hobbit.
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well, since the LoTR movies came out, i've been hoping that they will make Silmarilion movie(s) and the Hobbit, and if they do make them they should bring back Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving to play Elrond and Galadriel
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A movie of the Silmarillion is never going to happen- there simply is too much within it.
A series of movies wouldn't happen because it would be catering to such a limited audience- the number of people who have read or are interested in reading the Silmarillion minus the number of people who abhor the idea. A miniseries I could possibly see happening if the rights became available. IF. Even then, they'd most likely only touch on the major/dramatic segments, as in Tuor's list. Personally I don't see it happening. Note- Angelina Jolie???
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I have nothing against Hugo Weaving, but... he's not my idea of Elrond. Not to mention... I doubt Elrond's that old during the Silmarillion time frame... Once again... I ABHOR THE VERY IDEA OF A SILMARILLION MOVIE... and yet, at the same time... are somewhat amused and/or fascinated by it... Masochistic, ne?
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It would be impossible to make a good silmarillion movie - after all, the silmarillion [i]book[/]i is just an incomplete mishmash cobbled together from the assorted notes Tolkien left behind at his death. You're not going to get anything really film-worthy out of that.
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12-19-2004, 03:52 AM | #69 |
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Right.
And then you've got to consider the changes that Tolkien himself made to the Silmarillion. Which version are you going to film, A, B, C, or D which was just made up on the spot by the director? How does Amras die? What happens to Doriath? And so on and so forth. Making a Silmarillion film would be an incredibly bad move because it would be just asking people like Peter Jackson, who have already shown a willingness to make silly changes, to take the incomplete story and attempt to 'improve' upon it. Bad idea.
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And fitting Maeglin (one of my favorite stories in the Silmarillion etc., if not my absolute favorite) in would be extremely difficult- though the story in itself would make a good movie. But no, come to think of it, even then it wouldn't because you'd have to go into the background of the rest of it for the end to make sense.
Note: Haldir lives!
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Since it's left so open, everyone has a completely different interpretation of the Silmarillion. The only one who would be happy with an adaptation is the filmmaker (who probably wouldn't know the story well enough to count)... And the legions of vapid fangirls... Quote:
I still don't understand the point of that...
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All the same I won't be really looking forward to it.
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Okay, from what I understand, Peter jackson has the rights to do The Hobbit at some point in time. Does this extend the The Silmarillion also. He did such a great jobn with LOTR I would like to see him do something with this also. No one big movie, but a bunch of smaller ones each showcasing Turin or Beren or a Noldor Prince. That would be cool!!
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I think the only plausible films that they could make are:
1. Making of the Rings of Power. 2. The War of the Last Alliance However, this would require too much self-creativity (by the producers and director) with plot and script, since Tolkien only provides few details of what happened. I think that in order for it to be half-decent these things would have to have a Tolkien "flavour". And PLEASE let us hope that PJ doesn't do it. We know what the results are when he starts putting his own angle on events!!!
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christopher tolkien still owns the rights for the silmarillion and from what i've seen of him i really dont think he'll sell the rights, even if someone put a gun to his head
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I hope he don't will. someone would have ruined the whole thing, and that would be tragic.
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A film-maker's judgement would definitely have to be called into question if he/she ever seriously considered making The Silm into a movie... it's that simple.
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there should definitly be some Silmarillion films, because they establish the core ideas and mythology behind LoTR, you just can't have one without the other, in my opinion
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NO way. And there were never supposed to be a LotR movie eather - not the way they made it.
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