Peter Jackson Silmarillion film yay or nay?

I wouldn't call any film realistic where a beg for a date is done by hanging from a dangerous height by a Ferris Wheel, or where arguments take place outside in the rain rather than heading inside to escape the chilly downpour.

EDIT: Which, now that I think about it, is the wrong trait anyway. Luthien is by no means realistic, just believable in the same way one can believe a man can fly.

edited 20th Jun '14 6:56:02 PM by Tuckerscreator

I would think a animated series of Silmarillion would be great. Animation gives a certain amount of flexibility that is hard to match with live action. Which these days uses a lot of CGI animated assets in the first place.

Yeah, Tolkien is anti-realism at its finest.

@ couchpotato: Yeah, I'm not saying good romance movies don't exist. But you also have stuff like Gigli and the Star Wars prequels.

@Shiro Okami

Lol. Okay dude that's a low blow. Don't compare the genius writing of romance with George Lucas's sad usage of it in the prequels.

I'm not comparing, I'm contrasting.

@Shiro Okami

Ah okay. Phew. ^^

I think a TV series would fit the Anthology style of The Silmarillion much better than a movie would. You could give each story it's own episode, with the larger ones being two or three-parters.

edited 1st Jul '14 10:20:24 AM by Druplesnubb

I agree.