If you could direct The Silmarillion... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

doug*platypus · 01-17-2003, 08:23 PM

Great question! First thing I'd do would be to reemploy all the brilliant wardrobe, costume, makeup people from LOTR, especially the craftsmen who made the weapons and armour. I think the most important thing about the First Age is the magnificence and splendour of all the elven armies. Everything of theirs should look superb.<P>I'd include the Ainulindale and the Valaquenta, but I think I'd probably leave out some of the smaller stories such as Eöl, some of Túrin and Tuor's exploits, and focus on the elf princes, especially the friction between the Fëanorians and the others. The main plot would of course be the quest for the Silmarils. <P>Man, it would be a long movie. I might break it up into two. I think I'd leave out the downfall of Númenor, the only part of Númenor I'd show would be the Valar rewarding men with the island, and refer to its names, particularly Atalantë. And the very last thing I'd show would be Celebrimbor crafting the Rings of Power, with nasty old Sauron lurking in the background smiling.

01-17-2003, 08:23 PM	#3
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Great question! First thing I'd do would be to reemploy all the brilliant wardrobe, costume, makeup people from LOTR, especially the craftsmen who made the weapons and armour. I think the most important thing about the First Age is the magnificence and splendour of all the elven armies. Everything of theirs should look superb.<P>I'd include the Ainulindale and the Valaquenta, but I think I'd probably leave out some of the smaller stories such as Eöl, some of Túrin and Tuor's exploits, and focus on the elf princes, especially the friction between the Fëanorians and the others. The main plot would of course be the quest for the Silmarils. <P>Man, it would be a long movie. I might break it up into two. I think I'd leave out the downfall of Númenor, the only part of Númenor I'd show would be the Valar rewarding men with the island, and refer to its names, particularly Atalantë. And the very last thing I'd show would be Celebrimbor crafting the Rings of Power, with nasty old Sauron lurking in the background smiling. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.