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Terazed
Bree
Aug 7 2013, 5:33am
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To do a film based on the Silmarillion there really is only one version that can work. Pick a character and start the story in the middle just before that character undergoes an event of universal human significance. There are many stories in the Silmarillion that could be used. Use the story to explore the character's response to this universal situation and add backstory to give significance. It is a formula that has worked since at least the Illiad and that Tolkien, as a student of mythology, would have understood. It might have even been the way Tolkien thought as he put together the many stories that make up the Silmarillion over the decades.
I think you might not all agree on the movie/movies that are produced because in the end mythology is a very personal thing and each indivual finds different things in themselves that are brought out by the story and a director in the end has to choose a direction on his/her own beliefs.
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PJ Facebook comments & The Silmarillion
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Cillendor
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Aug 6 2013, 5:42pm
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The Silmarillion: Chronicles of The Elder Days
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Rembrethil
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Aug 6 2013, 6:42pm
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Actually that's not a bad (or overly painful idea)!
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malickfan
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Aug 6 2013, 6:53pm
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Have you seen...
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Ardamírë
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Aug 7 2013, 2:47am
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Similar but.....
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Rembrethil
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Aug 7 2013, 4:45am
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It's not my preferred style
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Ardamírë
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Aug 7 2013, 9:58pm
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Personally I'm (almost)completely against any more of Tolkien's books being adapated...but if they had to do it then Animation would be the way to go
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malickfan
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Aug 6 2013, 6:51pm
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Welcome, Cillendor
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CuriousG
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Aug 6 2013, 6:56pm
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It will be a cold day in Angband...
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Morthoron
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Aug 6 2013, 7:29pm
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Series yes, animation no.
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Elizabeth
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Aug 7 2013, 12:51am
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High-quality, full animation is expensive
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 7 2013, 1:00am
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Thanks for the warm welcome!
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Cillendor
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Aug 8 2013, 4:06am
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an individual story is probably a better option
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elostirion74
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Aug 6 2013, 8:36pm
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The Children of Húrin
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Cillendor
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Aug 8 2013, 4:45am
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The old fashioned route
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Terazed
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Aug 7 2013, 5:33am
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In my ideal world
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demnation
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Aug 7 2013, 7:26am
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I would love to see the Silmarillion bought to life on film
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ElendilTheShort
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Aug 7 2013, 11:36am
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Put it much better (and shorter than I did)
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malickfan
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Aug 7 2013, 11:52am
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But remember one thing
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Hamfast Gamgee
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Aug 8 2013, 11:04pm
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Could work but..
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Sam20
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Aug 10 2013, 9:14pm
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I think by the time this ever happens,
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Cillendor
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Aug 15 2013, 2:50am
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