Silmarillion movie - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HCIsland · 06-11-2003, 07:28 AM

The other issue that I would have with Silmarilion movies is that most of the chapters are incredible downers. Although LotR is bittersweet, there still is a message of hope and sacrafice to build a better world.<P>The message that comes to me from most of the Silmarilion is life's a *****, you better get used to it. For me, the joy of the Silmarilion is in the details and once they are removed (as they would have to be) all you have left is a mish-mosh of really depressing stories.<P>I truly think this book is unfilmable without major changes, changes that would in fact not make it the Silmarilion anymore.<P>H.C.

06-11-2003, 07:28 AM	#11
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	The other issue that I would have with Silmarilion movies is that most of the chapters are incredible downers. Although LotR is bittersweet, there still is a message of hope and sacrafice to build a better world.<P>The message that comes to me from most of the Silmarilion is life's a *****, you better get used to it. For me, the joy of the Silmarilion is in the details and once they are removed (as they would have to be) all you have left is a mish-mosh of really depressing stories.<P>I truly think this book is unfilmable without major changes, changes that would in fact not make it the Silmarilion anymore.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor