man id like to see this movie these battels of maiars with balrogs destruction of all northern parth of middle earth cause of how hard they fighted it woud be best movie of all time they should make it in series like star wars ;))
I power read through 2-3 books a day if I have the time. It took me a freaking YEAR to get through The Silmarillion. It is not a long book per say, but a very meaty and history heavy. I'm going to take another stab at it, now that I understand so much more of Tolkien and his world XD
Who read the book - did you also think about how much effort and brainwork JRR have spent into it? Fascinating, all the characters and history and how everything gets together. A work of a lifetime - it is.
you guys must now that when J.R.R Tolkien wrote this books he was not well, he suffered from psychical issues from wold war 1 though he wrote some of his greatest works while he was in the army, but LOOK WHAT HE CREATED!!!
Dude the movie would take 3 weeks to watch and people who didn't read the books wouldn't get it too much stuff would get left out so it's better left a book. Isn't it sad that no one will come to Tolkiens work through the books ever again? Rip tolkien
Such a good read... I mentally absorbed this book when I was 13 and it blew my mind. It has been more than a decade since I read his books and I can still recall the images they placed in my mind. I was never really the same afterwards... I started imagining that everything was magical and I used to go on advetures right in my very own backyard... until I took an arrow to the knee.
I have read the book (well some of it) and even though i read the lord of the rings series when i was 9 The Silmarillion is very intersting about the history of middle earth but it's really hard to understand.
The scope of Tolkien's creation myth and the history it encompasses (the whole first two ages, the ones before) are remarkable.
The genealogies in the book, and how the histories and lineages of characters in the LoTR are related way back into the First Age is only proof of how much Tolkien invested and cared for his work.
@omglemmings "There's a battle in there (don't remember the name, it's been a long time) which have dragons and balrogs involved" You might be referring to "The Fall Of Gondolin"...which moved me very much as I read it.
Also, make MMO of middle earth in the fourth age, just a thought. Not something gay like WOW, something where you truly control the character, with real action, kind of similar to Skyrim, but way better. And I know Skyrim is not an MMO.
@kodyswackhammer If Bethesda makes MMO out of Elder of Scrolls i will hate it. Many others will to. Every great game turned into MMO apears to suck...
Once you understand who everyone is in this book it is (to me) one of the greatest books of all time and, if successfully pulled off, could lead to the most epic and amazing movie series of all time. If the Twilight series can get five movies, then this book deserves 9.
If you read the Silmarillion along with the LOTR complete movie soundtrack on random it adds immensely to the emotion and intensity of the book. No matter which part you read the music flows and fits perfectly in my mind. If you give the book time to take it all in, its truly an epic among epics.
Sillmarilion is a pretty damn tough book for people to read, you know... & it took me several to years to understand why....!
Frankly, this is one of MY greatest reading experiences ever, (Turin's chapter break broke my bloody really!!)... but, thats only because i had read the LORT & Hobbit books several times...
I wouldn't want anyone to make this into a movie really... it would never ever ever match the depth & beauty of Tolkien's master work... i think.
Jos cu palaria in fata lui Tolkien......Intr-o vreme cand multi mediocri se straduiesc sa fie originali cu orice preti, el schimba harta literaturii si inventeaza un gen,fantasy,pe care multi il vor imita,dar foarte putini cu un talent comparabil cu al lui Tolkien.Cititi care ca merita cu adevarat......
Our Ilúvatar, who art in heaven hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Middle earth as it is in Valinor. Give us this day our lembas bread And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us(Melkor) And lead us not into Angband, but deliver us from it. because they are your elves, and the dwarfs, and the humans, for ever and ever.
@patrick1ge I TOUGHT your post was hard to understand. No person who spells "thought" and "repeat" the way you did should have any sort of valued opinion on literature. If you're going to comment on written works, at least have the common sense to try to be mildly, grammatically accurate. How can you compliment a book when you clearly can't read or write?
@patrick1ge the Siilmarillion was a compilation of what Tokien wanted to put in to books like the Lord of the Rings; however, it never got done and so his son Christopher Tolkien put together what he found within his father's notes. That's all.
@xXUnchaindXx That's not 'all'. Christopher admits quite openly that he wrote quite a bit of the Silmarillion where his father's notes were incomplete and he felt that there was a need to do so. Of course we won't ever know what the original writer's intentions were, but I believe his son is going to be as close as we'll get to the original intention for storylines. From here, it's all 'fan art', God help us all.
@TheThissalantine I certainly didn't mean to minimize the part the Christopher Tolkien played in writing. I do remember reading in the preface him saying that he filled in the gaps where he though appropriate to do so. I don't even remember why I wrote that comment. I think it was someone talking about how horrible of a read it was. Not easy by any means to understand, but it wasn't a horrible book for those of us who know what to look for. that's not at you "Thiss"
@SovereignStatesman but when making the pictures and movie, the main motive was "well, it doesn't say they DON'T have wings." seriously, that's what i read, i don't remember where though.
I explain all this on the webpage, i.e. Jackson got his exposure to balrogs from playing D&D during the 70's, and in the game they had wings.
Unfortunately, this is reinforced by artists, who by nature are not the most literate people (right-brained and all),and construe things literally which are meant metaphorically. Thus Treebeard becomes a talking tree, despite being initially described as a "man-like, almost troll-like figure;" in other words, a trollish-looking man.
@TheJboy88 iv never come round to reading this book,I'm a big LOTR and hobbit fan iv read each book a few times,how much would you rate this book for me to read,as I'm tempted from all the reviews...any response would be appreciated...;)
@akihamid1 I strongly reccommend that you read this book.
It covers everything a LOTR fan could want. The creation of Middle-Earth, the adventures that occurred before the big events of the book, the rise and fall of Sauron as well as histories of many of the nations seen in later Tolkien books.
Not to mention that the characters are fascinating to read about.
If you find it, give it a read. You won't be disappointed.
@TheJboy88 kk,thanks for that,il b sure to to give a read most likely in the summer when iv got time,itl be a good read to get me in the mood for the hobbit movie,kind regards,aki;)
@TheJboy88 Well said and well met my fellow Silmarillian friend. I have read through this thread..from the beginning. Your words echo my thoughts. as you said.."Read it"
@TheJboy88 the thing is that Silmarillion is not a novel, it's the short version of thousands of years worth of storyline. I mean, imagine how long it would have been if every story had been written like lotr or the hobbit. Thought experiment: What if someone had the time (and money) to make a tv show about Silmarillion similar to Game of Thrones?
@jeghaterdegforfaen Forget a series, it would cost way too much. You would need more special effects than all three LOTR movies combined. There's a battle in there (don't remember the name, it's been a long time) which have dragons and balrogs involved + the usual orcs, humans, etc.
@TheJboy88 I have this book, a real work of art, a medieval masterpiece. No one (as far as I know) as even reach the ankle of J.R.R Tolkien, not even close to one of his toes, yet.
I alwys thought that the only real problem people had with it was because Tolkien never got all the tales into a coherent story like he did "The Hobbit" or "The Lord of the Rings".
I got the impression that it was supposed to be more of a collection of the myths, legends and history of the Elves, Dwarves and First Men than a coherent narrative though....
The First movie about the Silmarillion is coming at 2018! The title of the first movie will be: "Ainulindalë" Read here. Official news by Peter Jackson and New Line that the Silmarillion will be made into a series of movies. (Damn YouTube won't let me post a link so everyone message me so i can send you the link) THIS IS NOT A SPAM COMMENT!
Still amazes me how Tolkien created all this... not a single person since has outdone his level of written creativity, although I would say that Frank Herbert would be close match.
That was awesome! I wish I could draw, just so I could make illustrations like that! It's been a while since I read the Silmarillion, I really should read it again. Good job! X)
Saroun was a servent of morgoth. Morgoth also created most of the evil creatures of middle earth like the belrog, trolls and orcs. Not only that but morgoth was the most powerful living creature to walk in the lands of middle earth
@marsking5 He didn't create Balrog's they were spirits like him but not as powerful, closer to being Saurons equals. And the Orcs, Trolls, and other beasts that served him were all perversions of other creatures since Morgoth lacked the Secret Fire and could not create life of his own, merely corrupt it.
Anyone in Alabama read Tolkein? The poisoning of those two trees in Auburn is straight out of the Silmarillion, where Morgoth poisons thw two trees in Valinor...
Wonder why I haven't read any connection in the blogosphere.
hey,would u reckommend reading this book?...(iv read lord of the rings/the hobbit),just seems like a book that would take too much effort getting into.Also how much would you rate this book compared to LOTR books?id appreciate feedback,cheers
@akihamid1 hey,would u reckommend reading this book?...(iv read lord of the rings/the hobbit),just seems like a book that would take too much effort getting into.Also how much would you rate this book compared to LOTR books?id appreciate feedback,cheers
@sdgsdoublerepeatd3-When the Eye of Sauron fell it was merely to indicate his departure. To some degree he entered the void like his Master Melkor. He departed Earth for a bit with the companionship & guide provided by Gollum. He agreed to a sort of unspoken truce in hopes that new contacts could provide better stability of peace. He also entered into a later age bracing for Armaggedon. He may come & go in Middle Earth but is not seen much like Melkor left Remenants behind. Rebalancing act.
Both J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien wrote all books (nearly 20 books in total) in such a way it's as if you were reading a historical book about what happened to our earth before we were born....it's amazing, the best series of all time. Even better is how some of the books they wrote they almost give the credit to the character the book is about...(i.e. Bilbo wrote "There and Back Again" or to us the title is "The Hobbit"). Oh if only this were real.
@theliverboyss I agreed and give thumbs up man... I always felt the Ainulindale is what the bible should've been (The beginning that tells of how Gods angels were created and their symphony that created the World)
@Feanorthabest all of the book "Narn I Chin Hurin" ( The Children of Hurin) is sad, so many deaths and all the killing. Tolkien wrote some beyond amayzing books and that is one of them. he wrote or came up with the history of middle earth 4000 thousand years of history
@AmdurLord oh i know! i havent read the actual published book, only the summarized version in Silmarillion, its the only one besides the histories of middle earth that i haven't read by tolkien. im hoping to get them for Christmas though! seriously, and he wrote 3 languages!!!
Hey Emeraldelleth!! I like you presentation, really! is simple and short, and good music, I hope than Silmarillion never make by Pete Jackson, LOTR was a palid image of the great work of Professor Tolkien, film have things than I never saw in books, with adaptions than Prof. never write...must have more drama, more histrionic work, and less efects, for that Terrence Malick must be the director of Silmarillion, I`m sure than have a film than will be a master work, really!!
No, Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro are already starting work and preparations for The Hobbit which will be released Dec 2012.....Filming hasn't started yet though...
cartea este superba! a doua carte dupa BIBLIE! cred k nu mai este cazul sa ii fac alta prezentare! sper k filmul sa se ridice la inaltimea cartii! genial tolkien!
i hope peter jackson makes a movie out of silmarillion. i hope i drops the hobbit idea cause i cant stand that bilbo character and makes this movei. i would love to see morgoth and sauron as his bitch!
Unfortunately there's not much about Glorfindel in the Silmarillion, but there are fantastic parts about Feanor and his family! Absolutely worth reading :)
Where? Uhm, that's a good question, actually there is not much about him at all. At least as far as I know. But I only read the Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, the Fall of Gondolin and the Silmarillion. So if you find anywhere anything more about Glorfindel, tell me! :D
Oh, and last but not least there's lots of fanfiction about him :)
@livkivi After his dead at the encircling mountains, Glorfindel's spirit returned to the Halls of Mandos, but was after a time re-embodied by the Valar. He then returned to Middle-earth (either in the mid-Second Age, or as a companion of the Istari in the Third). For the story of his return, read The Peoples of Middle-earth. Besides this, the battle with the Balrog at the first age was crucial, since he saved Eärendil (my great-grandson), responsible of the Melkors fall.
@livkivi Glorfindel fought a balrog and fell to his death. I think that is all about him in the Silmarillion. I believe in earlier versions though he had a more prominent role when Gondolin was seen to be a realistic defense against Morgoth.
@massacrelord No, Silmarils are the jewels that created by Fëanor. the land that Frodo and Sam went to is called Valinor or Undying Lands, that is where Valar and Eldar elves live.
I've added it to my favorites
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lortacfan 3 days ago
1:02 love the still of Fingolfin battling Morgoth
robaralis 1 week ago
Cholernie trudna książka. Nie przebrnąłem a próbowałem 2 razy
VojuVV 1 week ago
@Steelheart8280
Actually, the only thing it says about LOTR in the Silmarillion is "but that tale is told elsewhere." not word for word, but generally..
Gelathagath 1 week ago
Wish they would make "The Children Of Hurin" or "The Fall Of Gondolin" or the story of "Aragorn and Arwen" into a movie...
Lord Of The Ring isn't the only best part of the Book Of Silmarillion....
Steelheart8280 1 week ago
isn't this song from Clive Barker's Undying?
q3hellbouncer 1 week ago
Anyone have that pic at 0:31 ?
mackdaddy0629 1 week ago
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mackdaddy0629 1 week ago
I think a Silmarillion movie would be way too long. It's timeline takes generations of elves and humans. Why not a TV show?
xxxOrcaman4xxx 1 week ago
@xxxOrcaman4xxx each story can be broken down into individual movies.
LeBearExtrordinare 1 week ago
@LeBearExtrordinare That would be like over 6 movies, I think.
xxxOrcaman4xxx 1 week ago
@xxxOrcaman4xxx it would,if not more.if it can work for Harry potter,im pretty sure it could work for the silmarillion.
LeBearExtrordinare 1 week ago
man id like to see this movie these battels of maiars with balrogs destruction of all northern parth of middle earth cause of how hard they fighted it woud be best movie of all time they should make it in series like star wars ;))
Wenix100 2 weeks ago
These pictures are from the special edition. I have it :o) Pretty hard to read though.
vivalaliberty 2 weeks ago
It's like the Old Testament with Lo! and Thou and Thee and shit like that but I love it.
MegaPoone 2 weeks ago
I had to read this book twice to understand it. So many places and characters. If it is made into movie, it would be 3 to 5 movies. So dense it is.
BlackBunik 2 weeks ago
I power read through 2-3 books a day if I have the time. It took me a freaking YEAR to get through The Silmarillion. It is not a long book per say, but a very meaty and history heavy. I'm going to take another stab at it, now that I understand so much more of Tolkien and his world XD
Fyndy 2 weeks ago
the only thing i can understand in this book is the cover
mrtvikrokodili 2 weeks ago
Nice book and good introduction for the rest of his works.
VermillionVance 2 weeks ago
Who read the book - did you also think about how much effort and brainwork JRR have spent into it? Fascinating, all the characters and history and how everything gets together. A work of a lifetime - it is.
genjuro88 2 weeks ago
where did you get this kind of pictures?
indsest 2 weeks ago
you guys must now that when J.R.R Tolkien wrote this books he was not well, he suffered from psychical issues from wold war 1 though he wrote some of his greatest works while he was in the army, but LOOK WHAT HE CREATED!!!
lukavid123 3 weeks ago
silimarilion is history of LOTR and it deserves respect!!!!
BioBroly111 3 weeks ago
I used to read the Silmarillion until I took an arrow in the knee.
sortedevaras 3 weeks ago
Could anyone please tell me why people usuallly refer to this book while they're discussing LOTR topic ?
MariusThePaladin 3 weeks ago
@MariusThePaladin Because this is a collection of the history of middle earth's stories.
Didn't read it myself (yet), but that's what it's supposed to be about.
diekerel 3 weeks ago
@diekerel WOW !!! I hope they will translate this in to my coutry's language.
Thanks for the info. !!!
MariusThePaladin 3 weeks ago
For me this is my bible.
lordmattis94 3 weeks ago
0:19 Ungoliant <3
shadowfiddy4 3 weeks ago
So, what this video is trying to convey is...Skyrim?
Autoclesis 4 weeks ago
@Autoclesis no it's silmarillion P.S. silmarillion was published at least 70 years before than skyrim.
lortacfan 3 weeks ago 24
@lortacfan What's skyrim?
67nairb 3 weeks ago
@67nairb a game which is inspired by nordic culture.
lortacfan 3 weeks ago
@lortacfan Wtf has this got to do with Skyrim?
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@MarckMan1000 a damn guy asked is this video trying to convey skyrim.
lortacfan 1 week ago
After reading this book, and then watching the LOTR trilogy with friends, I feel like God :)
MacBuster69 4 weeks ago
movies have killed books... it is especially sad considering this book is a true work of magic....
ringfighter222 1 month ago
Dude the movie would take 3 weeks to watch and people who didn't read the books wouldn't get it too much stuff would get left out so it's better left a book. Isn't it sad that no one will come to Tolkiens work through the books ever again? Rip tolkien
kfletcher483 1 month ago
Such a good read... I mentally absorbed this book when I was 13 and it blew my mind. It has been more than a decade since I read his books and I can still recall the images they placed in my mind. I was never really the same afterwards... I started imagining that everything was magical and I used to go on advetures right in my very own backyard... until I took an arrow to the knee.
Haimsheli 1 month ago
I have read the book (well some of it) and even though i read the lord of the rings series when i was 9 The Silmarillion is very intersting about the history of middle earth but it's really hard to understand.
xplosives9 1 month ago
I agree with this being his best book.
The scope of Tolkien's creation myth and the history it encompasses (the whole first two ages, the ones before) are remarkable.
The genealogies in the book, and how the histories and lineages of characters in the LoTR are related way back into the First Age is only proof of how much Tolkien invested and cared for his work.
omglemmings 1 month ago
@omglemmings "There's a battle in there (don't remember the name, it's been a long time) which have dragons and balrogs involved" You might be referring to "The Fall Of Gondolin"...which moved me very much as I read it.
George19712 3 weeks ago
The 1st age was the most epic..
KlasJeff 1 month ago
Also, make MMO of middle earth in the fourth age, just a thought. Not something gay like WOW, something where you truly control the character, with real action, kind of similar to Skyrim, but way better. And I know Skyrim is not an MMO.
kodyswackhammer 1 month ago
@kodyswackhammer If Bethesda makes MMO out of Elder of Scrolls i will hate it. Many others will to. Every great game turned into MMO apears to suck...
vanjamenadzer 1 month ago 2
Once you understand who everyone is in this book it is (to me) one of the greatest books of all time and, if successfully pulled off, could lead to the most epic and amazing movie series of all time. If the Twilight series can get five movies, then this book deserves 9.
kodyswackhammer 1 month ago
i loved this work of art shure im 16 but i really enjoy reading tolkiens work though i dont feel like reading anything else xD
Wenix100 1 month ago
Hey, the music is "Gothic Power" by Chris Field. I cannot find access to it anywhere. Does anyone know where to find it?
milituslumes 1 month ago
If you read the Silmarillion along with the LOTR complete movie soundtrack on random it adds immensely to the emotion and intensity of the book. No matter which part you read the music flows and fits perfectly in my mind. If you give the book time to take it all in, its truly an epic among epics.
TheSantaman666 1 month ago
My favourite book
frajo99 2 months ago
It may be hard to read for some people, but it's truly worth any second!
88BeefJerky 2 months ago
The music sounds sort of like Carl Orff... but i wish i knew what it was
woodythewoodchuck1 2 months ago
I read this book high as a kite listening to Tchaikovsky's Serenade for String Orchestra...my fucking God...orgasmic...bliss
boxanova66 2 months ago
Feanor was just a Dickhead.
barquisimetal24 3 months ago
@barquisimetal24 no he was a douche
FuckinLittleDreamer 3 months ago
@FuckinLittleDreamer No, Fëanor was badass. ^^
FaeOfWinter 2 months ago
Sillmarilion is a pretty damn tough book for people to read, you know... & it took me several to years to understand why....!
Frankly, this is one of MY greatest reading experiences ever, (Turin's chapter break broke my bloody really!!)... but, thats only because i had read the LORT & Hobbit books several times...
I wouldn't want anyone to make this into a movie really... it would never ever ever match the depth & beauty of Tolkien's master work... i think.
kjknkkj 3 months ago 2
Silmarillion
styloismail 3 months ago
Peter Jackson should make a movie out of this.
CHCHuser 3 months ago
@CHCHuser IMO 1 movie would notbe enough, at least 3 movies :P.....
TheBIOPRINCE 3 months ago
@CHCHuser dont say crazy things he might see that comment
liveandbreathHH 3 months ago
Jos cu palaria in fata lui Tolkien......Intr-o vreme cand multi mediocri se straduiesc sa fie originali cu orice preti, el schimba harta literaturii si inventeaza un gen,fantasy,pe care multi il vor imita,dar foarte putini cu un talent comparabil cu al lui Tolkien.Cititi care ca merita cu adevarat......
cnaboby 4 months ago
I wish when i'm studying history it would be this
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TheLurtzzzz 4 months ago
8 people are the servants of Melkor!
GDQT 5 months ago
@GDQT
Lol yea.... true
kamurashi 4 months ago
if some of you guys tought LOTR or the hobbit was hard to understand DO NOT! I REAPET DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
patrick1ge 5 months ago 37
@patrick1ge
amen
Zigmono 5 months ago
@patrick1ge If u have problems with understanding it thats because u havent tryed enough.
vanjamenadzer 1 month ago
@patrick1ge I TOUGHT your post was hard to understand. No person who spells "thought" and "repeat" the way you did should have any sort of valued opinion on literature. If you're going to comment on written works, at least have the common sense to try to be mildly, grammatically accurate. How can you compliment a book when you clearly can't read or write?
vinnieknish 1 month ago
@patrick1ge I read it when I was maybe 14 and I understood it, great book
I did read the Hobbit and LotR first so maybe that helps
PMeursault 2 weeks ago
@patrick1ge the Siilmarillion was a compilation of what Tokien wanted to put in to books like the Lord of the Rings; however, it never got done and so his son Christopher Tolkien put together what he found within his father's notes. That's all.
xXUnchaindXx 2 weeks ago
@xXUnchaindXx That's not 'all'. Christopher admits quite openly that he wrote quite a bit of the Silmarillion where his father's notes were incomplete and he felt that there was a need to do so. Of course we won't ever know what the original writer's intentions were, but I believe his son is going to be as close as we'll get to the original intention for storylines. From here, it's all 'fan art', God help us all.
TheThissalantine 2 weeks ago
@TheThissalantine I certainly didn't mean to minimize the part the Christopher Tolkien played in writing. I do remember reading in the preface him saying that he filled in the gaps where he though appropriate to do so. I don't even remember why I wrote that comment. I think it was someone talking about how horrible of a read it was. Not easy by any means to understand, but it wasn't a horrible book for those of us who know what to look for. that's not at you "Thiss"
xXUnchaindXx 2 weeks ago
@patrick1ge read it and i got a tumor
TrollingDayAndNight 2 weeks ago
@patrick1ge yeah had it for 2 years still not even half way.
zoidberg96913 2 weeks ago
Amazing!
AzIgazsagnyomaban 5 months ago
im gonna getthis book. seems awesome
Diedrich92 6 months ago
I've read this book more than any other, and I discover something new each time. Masterpiece.
mistman1977 6 months ago 2
Why does everyone think balrogs have wings? They can't fly.
The "balrog-wings" myth is BUSTED at balrogwings.webs.com
SovereignStatesman 6 months ago
@SovereignStatesman but when making the pictures and movie, the main motive was "well, it doesn't say they DON'T have wings." seriously, that's what i read, i don't remember where though.
linksfood 6 months ago
@linksfood
I explain all this on the webpage, i.e. Jackson got his exposure to balrogs from playing D&D during the 70's, and in the game they had wings.
Unfortunately, this is reinforced by artists, who by nature are not the most literate people (right-brained and all),and construe things literally which are meant metaphorically. Thus Treebeard becomes a talking tree, despite being initially described as a "man-like, almost troll-like figure;" in other words, a trollish-looking man.
SovereignStatesman 6 months ago
Damn, if they make a movie of Sillmarillion it will be grandious.
Think about all the Balrogs, Dragons, Orcs, Morgoth, Unguliath.
And of course the Elfs and Valar.
senube 6 months ago
@senube
But no hobbits, so no one will wanna see it.
SovereignStatesman 6 months ago
I wish there was a director who could bring this to the screen but I hope they could do it justice
beamerball666 7 months ago 2
@beamerball666 I think Silmarillion is very hard to turn into movie
CHRIS1974100 6 months ago
@CHRIS1974100
Not if Peter Jackson does it, he'll just pull everything out of his ass like he did for the LotR movie.
It's easy to get something wrong.
SovereignStatesman 6 months ago
It really is a shame that this book never received that much public acclaim. Even today it's considered the weakest of his books by many people.
But you know what? To hell with all of them!
This book is a work of art. It's deep, it's epic, it's ambitious in scope, it's everything a fan of fantasy literature could want.
But alas, only a handful of people, like us, will ever really give this brilliant book the recognition, love and praise it deserves.
TheJboy88 7 months ago 97
@TheJboy88 iv never come round to reading this book,I'm a big LOTR and hobbit fan iv read each book a few times,how much would you rate this book for me to read,as I'm tempted from all the reviews...any response would be appreciated...;)
akihamid1 1 month ago
@akihamid1 I strongly reccommend that you read this book.
It covers everything a LOTR fan could want. The creation of Middle-Earth, the adventures that occurred before the big events of the book, the rise and fall of Sauron as well as histories of many of the nations seen in later Tolkien books.
Not to mention that the characters are fascinating to read about.
If you find it, give it a read. You won't be disappointed.
TheJboy88 1 month ago 2
@TheJboy88 kk,thanks for that,il b sure to to give a read most likely in the summer when iv got time,itl be a good read to get me in the mood for the hobbit movie,kind regards,aki;)
akihamid1 1 month ago
@TheJboy88 Well said and well met my fellow Silmarillian friend. I have read through this thread..from the beginning. Your words echo my thoughts. as you said.."Read it"
George19712 3 weeks ago
@TheJboy88 the thing is that Silmarillion is not a novel, it's the short version of thousands of years worth of storyline. I mean, imagine how long it would have been if every story had been written like lotr or the hobbit. Thought experiment: What if someone had the time (and money) to make a tv show about Silmarillion similar to Game of Thrones?
jeghaterdegforfaen 1 month ago
@jeghaterdegforfaen Forget a series, it would cost way too much. You would need more special effects than all three LOTR movies combined. There's a battle in there (don't remember the name, it's been a long time) which have dragons and balrogs involved + the usual orcs, humans, etc.
Radwar99 1 month ago
@TheJboy88 Yeap. GREAT BOOK. I cryed at the end of it.
vanjamenadzer 1 month ago
@TheJboy88 Exactly!! Even Tolkien said that Silmarillion was his best work! So why shall it be stomped at?!
UpTheIronOzzy 1 month ago
@TheJboy88 Nothing nor nobody deserves more recognition, love and praise in the whole of existence than you yourself.
TheOneAndOnlyMichel 1 month ago
@TheJboy88 I have this book, a real work of art, a medieval masterpiece. No one (as far as I know) as even reach the ankle of J.R.R Tolkien, not even close to one of his toes, yet.
brossmart 1 month ago 17
@brossmart some would say jk rowling, but all would be wrong.
MajinB00SH 2 weeks ago
@TheJboy88 this book never received thats much puplic becos he died before he finished this, and hes son finished it....
Yourpasswords 1 month ago
@TheJboy88
I alwys thought that the only real problem people had with it was because Tolkien never got all the tales into a coherent story like he did "The Hobbit" or "The Lord of the Rings".
I got the impression that it was supposed to be more of a collection of the myths, legends and history of the Elves, Dwarves and First Men than a coherent narrative though....
DCdabest 3 weeks ago
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The First movie about the Silmarillion is coming at 2018! The title of the first movie will be: "Ainulindalë" Read here. Official news by Peter Jackson and New Line that the Silmarillion will be made into a series of movies. (Damn YouTube won't let me post a link so everyone message me so i can send you the link) THIS IS NOT A SPAM COMMENT!
RulerL0rd 7 months ago
Great book trailer ! but do you know the name of the song ? =)
VardaonArda 7 months ago
Still amazes me how Tolkien created all this... not a single person since has outdone his level of written creativity, although I would say that Frank Herbert would be close match.
pspboy7 7 months ago 2
I'm so going to read the book again !
VardaonArda 7 months ago
Much more real than the bible !
heisenfeis 7 months ago 5
Turambar the best..:)))))
skylinecapajev007 8 months ago
@skylinecapajev007 I like Turin more XD
MeHesHovMe 8 months ago
That was awesome! I wish I could draw, just so I could make illustrations like that! It's been a while since I read the Silmarillion, I really should read it again. Good job! X)
gustjorodedheo 9 months ago
I really wish it could be made into the movie... but looking at the storyline I think it's so impossible... :( Still I keep dreaming and dreaming!
lalbenatan 9 months ago
Saroun was a servent of morgoth. Morgoth also created most of the evil creatures of middle earth like the belrog, trolls and orcs. Not only that but morgoth was the most powerful living creature to walk in the lands of middle earth
marsking5 10 months ago
@marsking5 He didn't create Balrog's they were spirits like him but not as powerful, closer to being Saurons equals. And the Orcs, Trolls, and other beasts that served him were all perversions of other creatures since Morgoth lacked the Secret Fire and could not create life of his own, merely corrupt it.
CrashB111 9 months ago
If I think Silmarillion as a TV show, oh cmon it would be very bad. It's best idea to keep it just a book
InfernumThe 10 months ago
middle earth bible.
lajorn 10 months ago 2
Anyone in Alabama read Tolkein? The poisoning of those two trees in Auburn is straight out of the Silmarillion, where Morgoth poisons thw two trees in Valinor...
Wonder why I haven't read any connection in the blogosphere.
Nielginfw 11 months ago
one flaw i find in all books where someone tries to kill everyone in the world is; what would they do next?
herogamer555 11 months ago
1:16 The balrog of Torres del Paine National Park
elespolarte 11 months ago
whats the name of the music in this video
davidegan300 11 months ago
when and how did the dragons of middle earth disappear?
TheNLguy 1 year ago
@TheNLguy I can only think of 4 dragons of middle earth (could be only 4 in 3rd age) and they were slain, like smaug ect.
machinehead5760 1 year ago
If this would come as a movie it would need about 10 films 3-4 hours each! Even if they cut and cut scenes again it it's too big!
goshlike76 1 year ago
Is this a extra story connected to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? It looks awesome.
dpraderio1 1 year ago
@dpraderio1 Its the history behind it, the history of middle earth. You get to know how sauron, gandalf ect were created.
machinehead5760 1 year ago
@dpraderio1 of course its connected, this is better, you should read the books
chichowero 1 year ago
@dpraderio1 "The Silmarillion" is a collection of stories that precede "The Lord of the Rings." It's mostly the story of the elves.
dmnddog74 1 year ago
hey,would u reckommend reading this book?...(iv read lord of the rings/the hobbit),just seems like a book that would take too much effort getting into.Also how much would you rate this book compared to LOTR books?id appreciate feedback,cheers
akihamid1 1 year ago
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@akihamid1 hey,would u reckommend reading this book?...(iv read lord of the rings/the hobbit),just seems like a book that would take too much effort getting into.Also how much would you rate this book compared to LOTR books?id appreciate feedback,cheers
slhstoledo29 1 year ago
@akihamid1 actually, i'm reading it now, and it is really good. so yes, read the book. as for comparing it, i don't know since i'm not done
TheTrueSiperx 1 year ago
@TheTrueSiperx kk cheers man
akihamid1 1 year ago
@sdgsdoublerepeatd3-When the Eye of Sauron fell it was merely to indicate his departure. To some degree he entered the void like his Master Melkor. He departed Earth for a bit with the companionship & guide provided by Gollum. He agreed to a sort of unspoken truce in hopes that new contacts could provide better stability of peace. He also entered into a later age bracing for Armaggedon. He may come & go in Middle Earth but is not seen much like Melkor left Remenants behind. Rebalancing act.
Underworldisis1 1 year ago
I personaly did not like this book, because it read too much like the bible. If I wanted to read the bible, I would have read the bible.
MessiahComing 1 year ago
Both J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien wrote all books (nearly 20 books in total) in such a way it's as if you were reading a historical book about what happened to our earth before we were born....it's amazing, the best series of all time. Even better is how some of the books they wrote they almost give the credit to the character the book is about...(i.e. Bilbo wrote "There and Back Again" or to us the title is "The Hobbit"). Oh if only this were real.
teaficionado 1 year ago 2
this is my bible.
theliverboyss 1 year ago 96
@theliverboyss It really is like a bible isn't it, only so much more epic! :D
AvolovaMovies 6 months ago
@theliverboyss I agreed and give thumbs up man... I always felt the Ainulindale is what the bible should've been (The beginning that tells of how Gods angels were created and their symphony that created the World)
RobRoyMH 5 months ago
the saddest part is when Túrin kills Beleg (in my opinion)
Feanorthabest 1 year ago
@Feanorthabest all of the book "Narn I Chin Hurin" ( The Children of Hurin) is sad, so many deaths and all the killing. Tolkien wrote some beyond amayzing books and that is one of them. he wrote or came up with the history of middle earth 4000 thousand years of history
very amazing work.
AmdurLord 1 year ago
@AmdurLord oh i know! i havent read the actual published book, only the summarized version in Silmarillion, its the only one besides the histories of middle earth that i haven't read by tolkien. im hoping to get them for Christmas though! seriously, and he wrote 3 languages!!!
Feanorthabest 1 year ago
is it true when the eye of Saron fell, it did not actuly remove him from Middle Earth?
sdgsdgsdgsd3 1 year ago
@sdgsdgsdgsd3 no it didn't, but he couldn't take physical form ever again, but his spirit remained
Feanorthabest 1 year ago
:23 Kinslaying!!!
27thorongil 1 year ago
I really have to read this book.
SMora092 1 year ago
it is turin turambar
SkullOuu 1 year ago
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is it true that they are making a movie, or at least considering it?
Skimur22 1 year ago
Turin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga
lebarosky 1 year ago
Sandra Nurmsalu is the only women I can actually imagine as LUTHIEN.
serennieballerina 1 year ago
Hey Emeraldelleth!! I like you presentation, really! is simple and short, and good music, I hope than Silmarillion never make by Pete Jackson, LOTR was a palid image of the great work of Professor Tolkien, film have things than I never saw in books, with adaptions than Prof. never write...must have more drama, more histrionic work, and less efects, for that Terrence Malick must be the director of Silmarillion, I`m sure than have a film than will be a master work, really!!
hunnol 1 year ago
Fingolfin!!
Piolosr2 1 year ago
No, Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro are already starting work and preparations for The Hobbit which will be released Dec 2012.....Filming hasn't started yet though...
BuddhaZenMind 1 year ago
I have been writing a screenplay outline... and I promise you, within 10 years, this will be a movie.
pirunravel 1 year ago
cartea este superba! a doua carte dupa BIBLIE! cred k nu mai este cazul sa ii fac alta prezentare! sper k filmul sa se ridice la inaltimea cartii! genial tolkien!
iletal83 1 year ago
@iletal83 biblia e de kkt silmarilion e mai tare
selearemus 1 year ago
Great video !! And I think, no film can make the silmarillion more real than the book.
FanTasTic !
Xyrdani 1 year ago
i hope peter jackson makes a movie out of silmarillion. i hope i drops the hobbit idea cause i cant stand that bilbo character and makes this movei. i would love to see morgoth and sauron as his bitch!
butacrunk 1 year ago
Everytime I see Gondolin burning or Ungolianth and Morgoth at the trees I feel hatred!!
But this Video is really great!!
Greetz from Germany!
Telethule 2 years ago
Best video of Silmarilion ever.
xxAtlantianKnightxx 2 years ago
is the witch king in it
bluesBrooks13 2 years ago
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vonrelem 2 years ago
omg i remember 0:44 from the book
Fluto6531 2 years ago
I really want to read it. Mostly because of Glorfindel :)
livkivi 2 years ago
Unfortunately there's not much about Glorfindel in the Silmarillion, but there are fantastic parts about Feanor and his family! Absolutely worth reading :)
xjinta 2 years ago 2
So, where can i read more about Glorfindel? He seems to be extremely interesting Elf!
Too bad that in the movie Arwen stole his role, while in book she was just sitting and looking pretty... :(
livkivi 2 years ago 3
Where? Uhm, that's a good question, actually there is not much about him at all. At least as far as I know. But I only read the Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, the Fall of Gondolin and the Silmarillion. So if you find anywhere anything more about Glorfindel, tell me! :D
Oh, and last but not least there's lots of fanfiction about him :)
xjinta 2 years ago 2
Well, they may have put her in the film to please feminists... :-)
subkontrabasklarinet 2 years ago
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Oh, my... Not more feminists! Eowyn is enough! xD
livkivi 2 years ago
@livkivi After his dead at the encircling mountains, Glorfindel's spirit returned to the Halls of Mandos, but was after a time re-embodied by the Valar. He then returned to Middle-earth (either in the mid-Second Age, or as a companion of the Istari in the Third). For the story of his return, read The Peoples of Middle-earth. Besides this, the battle with the Balrog at the first age was crucial, since he saved Eärendil (my great-grandson), responsible of the Melkors fall.
FINGOLFINofBELERIAND 1 year ago
@livkivi Glorfindel fought a balrog and fell to his death. I think that is all about him in the Silmarillion. I believe in earlier versions though he had a more prominent role when Gondolin was seen to be a realistic defense against Morgoth.
pscucailin 2 years ago 2
@pscucailin Glorfindel fought a motherfucking Balrog!
dudemandude999 2 years ago 17
Yeah and than he was resurrected and sent back to middle earth for the LOTR.
pscucailin 2 years ago
wait is this land (silmarillion) the place wher the elves want to leave to at the end of LOTR with frodo and gandalf and shit
massacrelord 1 year ago
@massacrelord
No it is not. The land they go to is The Undying Lands. The Silmarillion is a BOOK.
ambereyes93 1 year ago
@ambereyes93 I know its a book but iam
saying is this the land in the Silmarillion book
massacrelord 1 year ago
@massacrelord The place where the Elves want to go is called "Valinor"
FINGOLFINofBELERIAND 1 year ago
@massacrelord No, Silmarils are the jewels that created by Fëanor. the land that Frodo and Sam went to is called Valinor or Undying Lands, that is where Valar and Eldar elves live.
GDQT 5 months ago
not glorfindel ekthelion of the fountain fought the Barlog