I guess the problem with trying to do a movie like this is that there's no real way you can cast regular people to play indivuduals who are semi-divine (well not really, but I guess on the sliding scale you have Illuvater, the Valar, the Maiar and then the Elves, much closer to the divine than Men). The movie just can't compare to what you imagine in your mind. Speaking of which, the MAD magazine parody of LOTR spoke exactly to this I think. The Galadriel character says something to the extent of, "My name is Goloodriel and I'm the wisest elf on earth! That's why I'm always backlit like someone in a feminine hygiene commercial!" That just speaks to how you can't really get the right effects with a movie (and it's just hilarious!!! At least I think so).
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Isil was first wrought and made ready, and first rose into the realms of the stars, and was the elder of the new lights, as was Telperion of the Trees. Then for a while the world had moonlight, and many things stirred and woke that had waited long in the sleep of Yavanna. The servants of Morgoth were filled with amazement, but the Elves of the Outer Lands looked up in delight; and even as the Moon rose above the darkness in the West, Fingolfin let blow his silver trumpets and began his march into Middle Earth, and the shadows of his host went long and black before them.
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