Silmarillion fans

i have to say i dont wish it...at all. im too afraid of it being ruined... 😖

Even though it's next to impossible I hope that one day a Silmarillion movie will be made.

I also hope so
But that's quite difficult because of alle the different characters and the network of stories.

It's surely easily to make a movie for example with the Lay of Leithian (story of Lúthien) oder the Lay of the Children of Húrin.

we've had a thread about this before...

is it a good book............i've never read it but one of my friends said he read about four pages and quit cuz it was so boring.

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Glaurung my dog send greetings to all Silmarillion fans 🙂

If Cristopher Tolkien compiled a book with so many lost stories wrote by JRR what's the difficult of made a Silmarillion's movie at the XXI century.
When I was younger I always believed that someday i might see LOTR at the movies, so I will wait patiently more 20 years for the greatest movie of all times SILMARILLION and I will see the great Glaurung slaughted by Finrod Felagund, the sweet Luthien Thinuviel, my mistress Yavanna, the greatness of the Valar and of Maiar at Valaquenta, the march of the Eldar, the rage of the Noldor, the fall of Numenor, the pride of the dwarfs at Moria, Baulrogs all over Beleriand and at last I hope i may see the beauty and power of the high-elfs Vanyar..

Maybe someday all of us can see and chat about Silmarilion

I'd like so much to see the Battle of Unnumbered Tears... and the following years 🙂

The difficulty is that what makes a book does not necessarily make a film. LOTR is a complete story with properly set plotline that a decent film could be made of; the Silmarillion- never intended even for publication, such was its state- is NOT. Simple as that. The very fact there are so many people in it is one of the major probems- it is a loose collection of vaguely associated stories, not a proper narrative, The only people who would like it are hardcore fans. LOTR, when filmed properly, appeals to a wide audience; this would not.

Thats why I think it would be easyer to take just one of the stories - for example Lúthien Tinúviels oder Túrins

i dunno i think that even taking one o fthe short stories would be weird...it would be confusing too, to those who dont kno the book. bu ti f someone tried ot do thw whole thing, it would be like trying to make a complete history of man, whihc is near impossible, and probably unfathomably boring to everyone except those who are interested in the subject and learned in its lore, which is a small few. therefore i still think that it would be a disgrace to tolkien and his legacy to make a film of the silmarillion.

I think it xould be made in 3 movies. If the first one had the part about how middle earth was made, and ended with the flight of the noldor. Then the second could pick off where that led off, and end with the last chapter, then the third one could be about numenor, and abbout the wghite council. Then they could make the hobbit, and release the hobbit, the silamrillion movies, and the LOTR movies all together as one giant DVD set.

The Fact is, (although I haven't re-read the Silmarillion yet) there are too many characters is short stories to be able to hire enough actors worth the box office. Remember, movies and TV are about money. No one but we, the JRRT fans, will see it. HBO won't fund it, nor will any other cable or network venue.
So, I AM sorry, indeed, to agree that it won't be made.
Oh, and Christopher Tolkein has SAID that it will NOT be made into a move as long as he is alive.
So there you are.

i wish someone would take a shot at it though. you could split it up into about 5 movies (i think). they wouldnt have to be done in order since many of the stories could be done on there own. if the first flopped then they wouldnt have to do another. it wont happen though, but heres how i would split it up

movie #1 beren and luthien
movie #2 tale of turin (include battle of unnumbered tears)
movie #3 tale of tuor (include war of wrath)
movie #4 tale of numenor
movie #5 the begining up to the fall of fingolfin, this being the last since it would most likely be the least popular

but it shouldnt be the last cuz it should start and end w/a good one

how exactly did beren and luthien get into angband right up to morgoth, sounds like the security there is much like my very own country gem, buckingham palace

were beren and luthien tho ones who were disguised as like animals etc or was that another group of people?

that wasnt them...

It's possible if done JUST right. Definetetly not a movie, but a series with a lot of mystique that can make you interested in watching just to see the characters and short stories, even if you know nothing of the background.