I wouldn't say we would see none of the chracters. Galadriel was around in the silmarillion and Elrond to a much lesser and much later extent.
The ents as well as a young Sauron make an appearance but on the whole I agree. The Silmarillion is a tough read and definitely doesn't really lend itself to a film adaptation.
Thanks for your feedback!
Indeed, I do remember Elrond being in the Silmarillion at a certain point, but that's something only Tolkien fans could know. Also we would see Sauron, albeit perhaps on a different shape than the one at the Lord of The Rings.
The way Silmarillion is written makes it difficult to follow through (one can say it is written on a nearly Biblical fasion), so making it a movie seems really unlikely. We can only hope for it to become a reality someday.
Yeah, I mean you are talking to someone who's steemit username is Fingolfin lol