Cate Blanchett would be pushing 50 by the time they get around to it, they'd need another Galadriel.
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Just keep leftists from re-writing it
Not well. There would be too much background information to give, so the audience can relate to it, before they could make three movies.
Maybe if it was done as a mini-series.
Man...I dunno. It’s been a very long time since I attempted to read the Simarillion (sp?), but what I remember was rather ponderous and not at all engaging. I’m not sure it would make a good film.
With enough Peter Jackson fan fiction, I’m sure it would market quite well.
It would make a better miniseries, nothing terribly exciting happens but it’s got a lot of really in depth story that needs room to breathe.
I don’t think Jackson would want to tackle it. And it’d look a little too much like a Norse pagan version of the Bible miniseries if it did, especially if they threw in the Song of the Ainur . . .
Cate Blanchett would be pushing 50 by the time they get around to it, they'd need another Galadriel.
I don’t think it would translate well - I just reread it about a month ago and gave this some thought as I was reading it (I’d just seen the 2nd hobbit movie and knew there were parts of the latter parts of the Simirillion already referenced there). While it is written loosely enough that the directors would have a blast interpreting it on their own, it covers too much time and too many characters to lend itself to a fair script that would do justice in even 3 movies. Just my opinion and I know the worth of such...
I think the Silmarillion would be extremely tough to film as it is not a narrative story with characters thoughts and feelings. It is like reading non-fiction history. It would be interesting to see how it is approached.
In the last installment of The Hobbit I as impressed with their depiction of Sauron ‘The Necromancer’.
In Silmarillion he is described as being a werewolf king. According to the Silmarillion theology, Sauron is merely a sublieutenant of Morgoth, on a power level with Gandalf and the Balrog. What would a werewolf look like with such powers?
It would however be refreshing to get away from Ian McClellans dominating the series. It is time for a younger Gandalf, or Olorin, to take over.
Of Course, this project would all depend on Cate Blanchett maintaining her looks, she must be pushing 50 by now, but then again elves are supposed to be immortal.
The crossing of the Halcaraxe is a specially significant event because it is those elves who crossed over into Middle-Earth on their own, who are most important in fighting Sauron (not Thranduil, for instance).
It is too complicated to turn into a decent film.
It would be a tough job. I came to the realization that no Single movie, whether in 3 parts or 5 could ever do it justice.
Every story told in the book is a treasure and shining gem. It wouldn’t be possible to bring it to the big screen fairly. To many continuity and development constraints.
It would however make a great 2-3 seasons of 12 episodes each cable series done in a story book fashion. It could possibly go 5 seasons if they wanted the post Melkor early Sauron stuff.
I’m envisioning it more as a TV series.
If you have the time, this makes The Silmarillion come alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKVUkyFbU1s&list=PLmq-2EnAFfm1XjqIobOfc9fBlG5-rsi3M
In actuality, the part that foretells the events in the ‘Ring’ trilogy is only about 20 pages at the end of the Silmarillion. The rest of it might not fare too well with other than devoted Tolkien fans.