re: Laundry list of LOTR questions

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Hasn't there been some Hollywood talk of making a few movies out of Silmarillion

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I have no idea how you make a film out of the Silmarillion. There's stuff in there that I don't think can be translated into a visual form, even with today's technology.

Like stated, it's basically The fantasy version of the Old Testsment.

The most obvious story to tell is the story of the Feanor and the Silmarils, but you have so much setup to even get there, then the story goes over thousands of years time before they are stolen.

You could probably end with Fingolfin and his battle with Melkor. Just imagine how epic it would be to show a line rider trekking hundreds of miles through Angband, as all hope is almost lost, and then the big battle. It would be positively stirring.