If Jackson made "The Silmarillion the Movie"

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by Thorin II
I'm not sure PJ is really "bound" by realism; it was more of a choice for how he wanted the film to look. He wanted it to feel more like historical fiction. Frankly, I think it was one of the better decisions he made on the film.

Tolkien already presented the book as historical - so whose history do you claim Jackson was trying to portray?

I agree with Sween - jackson was too human centric - one of the many problems with Lord of the Rings and something that would be completely disasterous for Silmarillion - especially since essentially it's the tale of the elves. Lord of the Rings was supposed to be the hobbits' tale and ended up the tale of Aragorn and Arwen.