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

3. Great Opportunities For Creature Creation

creature Another excellent element of Jackson€™s directorial skills is his creature creation. The live action orcs in The Lord of the Rings were a welcome respite from the CGI overload of the Star Wars prequels. The motion-capture technology used to create Gollum was brilliant. And Jackson also brought to life several of Tolkien€™s more unique creations, such as the tree-esque Ents. He could do even more of this with The Silmarillion. Unlike the shadowy figure he became by the time of The Lord of the Rings, Sauron was a flesh-and-blood (more or less) entity in The Silmarillion, and it€™d be great to see how Jackson interprets that. Likewise, we would see the Valar during the War of Wrath, and I€™d love to see Jackson€™s take on a god. Even the elves would require some creativity. The slight figures of the elves in The Lord of the Rings was the result of thousands of years of living. During the time of The Silmarillion they were stronger beings, and some of them€”those that had lived in the Valinor€”had godlike qualities.
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