ardillacid Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Just wondering. I am totally addicted to Tolkien. I've read the Silmarillion 4 or 5 times now. Ardillacid who would kill a chipmunk for a taco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagiDragon Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 excellent read it *SO* totally mirrors the way God works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardillacid Posted April 24, 2005 Author Share Posted April 24, 2005 Yessssssss! What is your favorite part. (as if one could pick ) Ardillacid who would kill a chipmunk for a taco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keighters Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 My brother is addicted to The Silmarillion and everything else Tolkien for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudette Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I bought it for my dad and have yet to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnanc Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathurian Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Read it twice and love it. I like the Book of Lost Tales better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike2theg Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Possibly his best work. Oh yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookwyrm Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I'm totally in LOVE with the Silmarillion. And everything Tolkien. I was rereading The Two Towers for the first time in like five years (high school stinks, I'm too busy for fun) and I was like 'Oh my gosh I forgot how much this book ROCKED!' Anyway...yeah. BTW, Dudette, your sig rocks my socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margarite Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Now you've hit on my favorite subject. Silmarillion was like a 3D thinking adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSoror Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I said yes, but in truth finishing it is on my to do list. I started it over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciana Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I said yes too, even though I still ahve to finish it-- definitely by summer when things are less hectic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 (edited) The Silmarillion really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really rocks my socks so much. I love it... and Tolkien. Yes, I confess to you, my brothers and sisters... But it's soooo awesome. I mean... 3D thinking adventure.. They could never make it into a movie, but if they could, it would be so awesome. If you read Silm, then you also have to read in The Book of Lost Tales 2, the fall of Gondolin. Possibly my favorite of Tolkien's writings. How he tells of the destruction of Gondolin and the noble defense of the different houses of elves... Wow. I should read more Classics, like Vergil, Homer, and such. The Silmarillion is too awesome. Edit: Ok, the only way I could see them making it into a successful film is if... A team of super duper ultra japanese (or american i guess!) got together and decided to make a multi-part epic. But that would be sooo hard... You would need someone with a really specific vision (preferably Catholic, so as to understand Tolkien best) and then a super talented team of artists and then a really awesome script... I don't know how you could write a script that does justice to the book. You'd have to focus... on what? Just Feanor and the Silmarils? But what about Turin and Gondolin and such? I dunno. Some things are best left as books, no? You cannot beat the written word. It is probably impossible to make a worthy film on the Silmarillion, but I'm sure one could make smaller plays or ballets or operas or paintings based on parts of the Silmarillion. For instance, I heard that someone wrote a ballet about Beren and Luthien. Now that's cool... Edited April 25, 2005 by Antonius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam42 Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 [quote name='ardillacid' date='Apr 23 2005, 11:40 PM'] Just wondering. I am totally addicted to Tolkien. I've read the Silmarillion 4 or 5 times now. Ardillacid who would kill a chipmunk for a taco [/quote] I am an Inkling through and through.....hot stuff will attest to that...... He actually makes fun of me for it.....can you believe that?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam42 Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 [quote]For instance, I heard that someone wrote a ballet about Beren and Luthien. Now that's cool...[/quote] Yeah, it's called the Lay of Luthien. I agree that some things should be left to books and the Silmarillion is one of those things. Although I never thought that the LOTR would be made into a major motion picture. If they were to do it, there would have to be artistic liscense taken as in the Trilogy..... [url="http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/"]The Encyclopedia of Arda[/url] just in case you don't have it listed in your favorites... If you don't, what's keeping you? Cam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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