The Perfect Cast!

Agalayth · 04-19-2003, 05:35 PM

Christopher Lee: Could there be a better Saruman? His voice is deep, powerful, and has a very sinister sound to it: perfect. He also had some experience with being a villain, because he was Count Dooku in Star Wars: The Attack of the Clones (which wasn't a good movie in my eyes, but he was good).

Ian McKellen: He is very diverse actor with much experience. He was a villain in the X-Men movie, but he's a perfect hero in LOTR.

Cate Blanchett: In my eyes, she is the perfect Galadriel. One reason is because she projects the pure beauty of the Elves. She's not hot or sexy, but that's not what the Elves are supposed to be anyways. Also, she way she acts and talks, it seems like she knows all, and seems like she truly has been around since the first rings were forged.

Hugo Weaving: Hugo Weaving easily portrays what I though Elrond was like in the books. I especially think his facial expressions and voice are very authoritive and powerful.

This is what I'm writing about now, but I think that everyone in the LOTR was perfectly cast.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-19-2003, 05:44 PM

I agree about Lee. Superb. McKellen did well, but he didn't really seem like Gandalf to me. But I did love him in X-Men.

Cate Blanchett performed well, but she didn't really seem like Galadriel to me, either. As for Hugo...Well, I won't go into him.

But I must say that Elijah Wood doesn't look fifty...

gimli7410 · 04-19-2003, 05:52 PM

what do you mean mckellan didnt seem like gandalf to you. i thought he was great as gandalf. but i didnt like cate blanchett as galadriel and i thought viggo mortensen was perfect as aragorn

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-19-2003, 06:11 PM

I mean precisely what I said. He didn't seem like Gandalf to me. He seemed a bit...I don't know...but he just wasn't Gandalf for me.

BeardofPants · 04-19-2003, 06:16 PM

Hobbits age differently from humans.

Cate Blanchett has a big nose, and looks far too Australian to be an elf (no offence, aussies

), Saruman looks like a drag queen. Hugo Weaving is definately too much of a combination of Aussie/Drag Queen to be an elf!

I liked Ian in Gods and Monsters, but his Gandalf did leave a bit to be desired (not really his fault, more the direction I guess)... contrarily, I thought he was probably one of the better portrayals.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-19-2003, 06:31 PM

Yes, but that's still seventeen years after he "came of age". Probably, Elijah Wood still hadn't "come of age" by Tolkien's definition when he played EW, or just barely.

Elf Girl · 04-19-2003, 09:42 PM

I think Richard Harris should have been Gandalf, and Ian Mckellen should have been Dumbledore.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-19-2003, 09:58 PM

But, but then...Gandalf would be...DEAD!

Elf Girl · 04-19-2003, 09:59 PM

Fitting, isn't it?

gimli7410 · 04-20-2003, 01:13 AM

that would suck because wo would be magneto and richard harris could probably barely hold a sword

cassiopeia · 04-20-2003, 01:54 AM

*Refuses to even respond to BoP's comments*

I don't think Elijah is too young if you think of it this way: he left on the quest a little after Bilbo's 111st birthday, so he would be thirty-three. Thirty-three is the hobbit's coming of age, which I always thought was akin to our 18. Which is around the age Elijah was when the film began shooting. Of course, if they stuck to the book, he is too young, but the fangirls wouldn't like a middle-aged Frodo, would they?

Elrond didn't look life an elf. Elves are supposed to be fair. I'm sorry to say, but Hugo isn't. But he is an Aussie....
Sam was perfect. Except...does it actually say in the books that he is fat? Because I have tried to find if it says this, but I have had no luck.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-20-2003, 03:12 AM

Hobbits as a whole are, though Frodo was less so than normal.

Elf Girl · 04-20-2003, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cassiopeia
I don't think Elijah is too young if you think of it this way: he left on the quest a little after Bilbo's 111st birthday, so he would be thirty-three.

He left at age 50, 17 years after Bilbo's 111st birthday. However due to the effects of the One Ring, he would still look 33.

Sminty_Smeagol · 04-20-2003, 09:04 AM

Hm... hey it makes sense. That's really... wow... I always thought Frodo was too young! However, Elijah did look a bit... young for his age.

Lol if they matured more slowly... and they had the physical maturity of 18 when they were 33.... lol imagine having double the years of teenage-ness... oh my. That would stink.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-20-2003, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl
He left at age 50, 17 years after Bilbo's 111st birthday. However due to the effects of the One Ring, he would still look 33.

Hmm...true...but I still think that the Hobbits didn't age that much more slowly than Men. I mean, they only lived about ten years longer on average than the Edain of Beleriand (Hobbits seem to live to be about 99-100, while according to some source, I think Foster, the Edain lived to be about ninety). I think that the 33 "coming of age" was really more a time when they were considered mature and respectable, rather than like leaving the state of minorhood today.

Elf Girl · 04-20-2003, 11:52 AM

I agree. Just correcting a little age mistake somebody made. *can't be bothered to check who*

SamwiseGamgeeOTS · 04-20-2003, 03:32 PM

true true, the only thing that bothered me were the hobbits ages. Sauron looked a little weird for me in the beggining, but I got used to it. He kind of looked like one of those cheep sci-fi characters at first to me, but..I dunno.

Elvellyn · 04-20-2003, 07:10 PM

Viggo as Aragorn was great.

Now...

What did you think of Liv Tyler as Arwen?

Elf Girl · 04-20-2003, 07:12 PM

GRRRRR! Kill it we hates it forever!

Agalayth · 04-20-2003, 07:21 PM

LOL

I don't exactly know what Arwen is really supposed to be like (I hardly remember her in the books). She's alright at acting, but possibly miscast. I can't think of anyone who could play that role though...

04-19-2003, 05:35 PM	#1
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	The Perfect Cast! Christopher Lee: Could there be a better Saruman? His voice is deep, powerful, and has a very sinister sound to it: perfect. He also had some experience with being a villain, because he was Count Dooku in Star Wars: The Attack of the Clones (which wasn't a good movie in my eyes, but he was good). Ian McKellen: He is very diverse actor with much experience. He was a villain in the X-Men movie, but he's a perfect hero in LOTR. Cate Blanchett: In my eyes, she is the perfect Galadriel. One reason is because she projects the pure beauty of the Elves. She's not hot or sexy, but that's not what the Elves are supposed to be anyways. Also, she way she acts and talks, it seems like she knows all, and seems like she truly has been around since the first rings were forged. Hugo Weaving: Hugo Weaving easily portrays what I though Elrond was like in the books. I especially think his facial expressions and voice are very authoritive and powerful. This is what I'm writing about now, but I think that everyone in the LOTR was perfectly cast. __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

04-19-2003, 05:44 PM	#2
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I agree about Lee. Superb. McKellen did well, but he didn't really seem like Gandalf to me. But I did love him in X-Men. Cate Blanchett performed well, but she didn't really seem like Galadriel to me, either. As for Hugo...Well, I won't go into him. But I must say that Elijah Wood doesn't look fifty... __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-19-2003, 05:52 PM	#3
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	what do you mean mckellan didnt seem like gandalf to you. i thought he was great as gandalf. but i didnt like cate blanchett as galadriel and i thought viggo mortensen was perfect as aragorn __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

04-19-2003, 06:11 PM	#4
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I mean precisely what I said. He didn't seem like Gandalf to me. He seemed a bit...I don't know...but he just wasn't Gandalf for me. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-19-2003, 06:16 PM	#5
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Hobbits age differently from humans. Cate Blanchett has a big nose, and looks far too Australian to be an elf (no offence, aussies ), Saruman looks like a drag queen. Hugo Weaving is definately too much of a combination of Aussie/Drag Queen to be an elf! I liked Ian in Gods and Monsters, but his Gandalf did leave a bit to be desired (not really his fault, more the direction I guess)... contrarily, I thought he was probably one of the better portrayals. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-19-2003, 06:31 PM	#6
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Yes, but that's still seventeen years after he "came of age". Probably, Elijah Wood still hadn't "come of age" by Tolkien's definition when he played EW, or just barely. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-19-2003, 09:42 PM	#7
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I think Richard Harris should have been Gandalf, and Ian Mckellen should have been Dumbledore. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-19-2003, 09:58 PM	#8
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	But, but then...Gandalf would be...DEAD! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-19-2003, 09:59 PM	#9
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Fitting, isn't it? __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-20-2003, 01:13 AM	#10
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	that would suck because wo would be magneto and richard harris could probably barely hold a sword __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

04-20-2003, 01:54 AM	#11
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	Refuses to even respond to BoP's comments I don't think Elijah is too young if you think of it this way: he left on the quest a little after Bilbo's 111st birthday, so he would be thirty-three. Thirty-three is the hobbit's coming of age, which I always thought was akin to our 18. Which is around the age Elijah was when the film began shooting. Of course, if they stuck to the book, he is too young, but the fangirls wouldn't like a middle-aged Frodo, would they? Elrond didn't look life an elf. Elves are supposed to be fair. I'm sorry to say, but Hugo isn't. But he is an Aussie.... Sam was perfect. Except...does it actually say in the books that he is fat? Because I have tried to find if it says this, but I have had no luck. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. Last edited by cassiopeia : 04-20-2003 at 01:56 AM.

04-20-2003, 03:12 AM	#12
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Hobbits as a whole are, though Frodo was less so than normal. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-20-2003, 09:04 AM	#14
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	Hm... hey it makes sense. That's really... wow... I always thought Frodo was too young! However, Elijah did look a bit... young for his age. Lol if they matured more slowly... and they had the physical maturity of 18 when they were 33.... lol imagine having double the years of teenage-ness... oh my. That would stink. __________________ I love the fishes. Last edited by Sminty_Smeagol : 04-20-2003 at 09:06 AM.

04-20-2003, 11:52 AM	#16
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I agree. Just correcting a little age mistake somebody made. can't be bothered to check who __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-20-2003, 03:32 PM	#17
SamwiseGamgeeOTS Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A quaint little hole which last time I checked was somewhere near Ohio, Middle-Earth. Posts: 165	true true, the only thing that bothered me were the hobbits ages. Sauron looked a little weird for me in the beggining, but I got used to it. He kind of looked like one of those cheep sci-fi characters at first to me, but..I dunno. __________________ "...Eragon recoiled in shock. Standing in front of him, licking off the membrane that encased it, was a dragon."

04-20-2003, 07:12 PM	#19
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	GRRRRR! Kill it we hates it forever! __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

04-20-2003, 07:21 PM	#20
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	LOL I don't exactly know what Arwen is really supposed to be like (I hardly remember her in the books). She's alright at acting, but possibly miscast. I can't think of anyone who could play that role though... __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

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