Commander Obi-Wan Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I've tried to read the Silmarillion twice and I just can't get through it. I love the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books but Silmarillion just reads to slow or something for me. Same here. Though, the only book I've read by Tolkein was The Hobbit. I just couldn't start the Silmarillion or the Lord of the Rings books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I liked the Silmarillion as much as the regular books, but they'd have to give it a major rewrite to make a movie out of it. It's more like a historical timeline than a cohesive story, and any film made of it would probably drag on and bore the audience. They'd have to focus on specific characters (like Beren) to make a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsaberboy Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I didnt even know there was a Hobbit movie planned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I think the Silmarillion would be very hard to make into a film. Perhaps a selection of some of the stories though. Hobbit is much more famous to the general public though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=381433 Maybe MGM will just not distribute any Hobbit movie made by someone other than Jackson. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTV2 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 This has been known for awhile now. Too bad though, he made the LOTR series awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Too bad though, he made the LOTR series awesome. Yeah he did. But don't forget about that other guy. Tolken? or Tolkin? or Tolkien? Or something like that. I think he helped Jackson somewhere along the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcd1234 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Newest word over at Rotten Tomatoes is that Sam Raimi is being pursued to do the films. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=381905 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Yeah he did. But don't forget about that other guy. Tolken? or Tolkin? or Tolkien? Or something like that. I think he helped Jackson somewhere along the line. Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I've got bad experiences with fourth movies. I get this horrible picture inside my head about a guy with long ears ruining the whole movie by bouncing around the main characters spewing silly lines. So what will be Jackson's next movie? Lord of the Rings 4: The Victory Celebration. If you thought Brokeback Mountain was bad... I don't think it would work as a movie/series.I recall quite a few people saying that about a certain trilogy, too. You know, the one with the ring and the dark riders and a gang of homosexuals saving the world;)? I didnt even know there was a Hobbit movie planned....Me neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 You know, the one with the ring and the dark riders and a gang of homosexuals saving the world? Pee Wee's Big Adventure? In all seriousness, as much as I love Peter Jackson's movies, and want him to direct... I'm not really concerned about this (mainly because I've never read the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings series). Instead, I'm going to be hopeful that the movie will be great, because there's no sense whining and repeating "no no no no no." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider AL Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Originally Posted by Dagobahn Eagle: I've got bad experiences with fourth movies. I get this horrible picture inside my head about a guy with long ears ruining the whole movie by bouncing around the main characters spewing silly lines. Yeah, but Legolas won't be in the Hobbit... At the end of the day, I'm not all that bothered if they don't make a Hobbit movie. I fear that even Jackson would make the tone too light, when it would ideally have to be told as a very dark fable indeed to retain the gravitas of the original text. As for the Silmarillion being unfilmable... People said the same thing about LotR. Admittedly it wouldn't be the easiest literary project to adapt for the small screen... but it's certainly not impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Mania Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 What? He's good at ideas, but not so good at implementation of said ideas IMO. When he let other people do what they know best like with ESB and RotJ it worked out well. With the prequels we got Jarjar and battle droids with highpitched voices. Do you like people complaining about your creation? It's George Lucas's universe, not yours, if you don't like what's in it, then oh well. There's nothing you can really do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider AL Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Do you like people complaining about your creation? It's George Lucas's universe, not yours, if you don't like what's in it, then oh well. There's nothing you can really do about it.Lucas wasn't the only person to work on the original trilogy, friend. He didn't direct or script the best of the trilogy, ESB. His ideas were often overruled because he wasn't the media mogul he is today. Face it, what he came out with in the prequels was poorly scripted, poorly directed dross, compared to the glorious group effort that was the OT. All because he believed his own hype. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 But the wittle battle droids were so cute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 But the wittle battle droids were so cute That gave me a mental image of Frodo taking on battle droids with a lightsabre on a dark and creepy night like in the "oh no, don't fry tomatoes, they see our bonfire"-scene . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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