After The Hobbit: 10 Reasons Peter Jackson Must Make The Silmarillion

5. There Would Be Lots Of Opportunities For Epic Battles

helms deep One of the many things Peter Jackson is great at is battle scenes. This includes small-scale melees like the fight between the fellowship and the orcs at the end of Fellowship of the Ring. And massive sieges, like the battles of Helms Deep, Isengard and Minas Tirith. He loves big battles so much he adds them even when they weren€™t in the book, like the transformation of the Goblin King scene in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey from a brief scuffle into a 30-minute dizzying conflagration. Well, he would love The Silmarillion, then. It€™s full of epic battles that I personally would love to see Peter Jackson bring to the screen. This includes The Battle of Sudden Flame, when Morgoth caused the volcanoes around Angband to erupt and sent dragons out to destroy the elf and human armies surrounding his realm. And Beren and Luthien€™s assault on Angand, which includes a fight with the giant wolf Carcharoth. There€™s also the fall of Gondolin, when Morgoth sent his forces into the hidden city from the northern mountain slopes; this involves an awesome scene in which the people of Gondolin see the fires of Morgoth€™s dragons coming, and think for a second it€™s the sun rising from the wrong direction. And the battle I€™ve always wanted to see: The War of Wrath. After Earendil convinces the Valar to help Middle Earth, the hosts of the Valar and the high elves assault Morgoth and defeat him completely. In the process, Middle Earth is transformed, with Beleriand disappearing under the ocean. It would be tough to pull off a fight between the gods in which half of the Earth is destroyed, but if anyone can do it, it€™s Peter Jackson.
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