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12-19-2003, 05:42 PM
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High King of Númenórë
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Top 3 Best Cast Characters Thread...
Ok, I've been thinking about this for a while now. Now that we have all 3 movies completed, list your top 3 Best Cast Characters for each film and then overall. This would obviously include your favorites as well:
The Fellowship of the Ring: 1) Gandalf - Sir Ian McKellen 2) Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen 3) Sam - Sean Astin The Two Towers: 1) Gollum - Andy Serkis 2) Aragorn - Viggo 3) Wormtongue - Brad Dourif The Return of the King: 1) Theoden - Bernard Hill 2) Sam - Sean 3) Aragorn - Viggo Overall: 1) Aragorn - Viggo 2) Gandalf - Sir Ian 3) Sam - Sean For me Aragorn, Gandalf and Sam were all cast perfectly. Some people say Aragorn should be older, but I never read him as looking old, even though by age he was. I pictured him just as Viggo was, with a few grey hairs in his beard and weather worn, just as he was in the movie. You can't say enough about Sir Ian, I mean he is practically dead on with Gandalf, from the voice and demeanor all on down to the persona. I think Sam was the best cast hobbit as well. He was simple in nature and yet conveyed his hard-nosed love for Frodo. I'd also like to give some honorable mentions to Theoden, if it weren't for the Two Towers he would have been in my top 3 overall. He stole the show in RotK. I also think Saruman was cast pretty damn perfectly as well. Andy Serkis did an awesome job with Gollum, especially after knowing how much work actually went into that character, simply amazing. Of course I think overall everyone was cast well. I don't think there was one weak link throughout this whole trilogy. It's just those listed above stick out to me the most... *edit* I also want to give honorable mention to Boromir. I thought Sean Bean was awesome as well. I especially liked his scene, though small, in the TTT EE...
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12-19-2003, 06:05 PM
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Hobbit
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Here's my list:
The Fellowship of the Ring: 1) Gandalf - Sir Ian McKellen 2) Bilbo - Ian Holm 3) Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen The Two Towers: 1) Gollum - Andy Serkis 2) Frodo - Elijah Wood 3) Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen The Return of the King: 1) Pippin - Billy Boyd 2) Frodo - Elijah Wood 3) Sam -Sean Astin Overall: 1) Gandalf - Sir Ian McKellen 2) Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen 3) Gollum - Andy Serkis |
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12-19-2003, 06:06 PM
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Elf Lord
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Fellowship of the Ring
Aragorn-Viggo Mortensen Sam- Sean Astin Boromir- Sean Bean Two Towers Eowyn- Miranda Otto Gimli- John Rhys Davis Eomer- Karl Urban Return of the King Faramir- David Wenham Gandalf- Sir Ian McKellen Eowyn-Miranda Otto Overall Faramir- David Wenham Eowyn- Miranda Otto Sam- Sean Astin
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12-20-2003, 03:14 AM
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Lover of all things orange and cheesy
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Aw, only three? Hmm... this is gonna be tough. I think all of the actors matched their characters well, even if their character wasn't portrayed the way they were in the books. Fine, I'll try...
Fellowship of the Ring: Gimli~John Rhys Davies Aragorn~Viggo Mortensen Galadriel~Cate Blanchett The Two Towers: Aragorn~Viggo Mortensen Eowyn~Miranda Otto Gandalf~Sir Ian McKellan Return of the King: Gimli~John Rhys Davies Faramir~David Wenham Theoden~Bernard Hill Overall: Gimli~John Rhys Davies Aragorn~Viggo Mortensen Faramir~David Wenham
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12-20-2003, 11:30 AM
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Tea Bag Queen
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Oh my gosh this is so difficult. I thought that all the characters were cast perfectly!
But i'll have a go... Fellowship of the Ring: Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen Frodo: Elijah Wood Gandalf: Ian McKellen The Two Towers Eowyn: Miranda Otto Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen Theoden: Bernard Hill Return of the King: Eomer: Karl Urban Faramir: David Wenham Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen Overall: Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen Gandalf: Ian McKellen Eomer: Karl Urban eeek that was difficult, i love every single character though because like i said everyone was absolutly perfect Last edited by Varda Oiolosseo : 12-20-2003 at 11:32 AM. |
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12-20-2003, 01:16 PM
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Elven Warrior
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Overall:
Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen Boromir - Sean Bean Bilbo - That guy from Alien They're the only 3 that were cast well in my oppinion.
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12-20-2003, 02:00 PM
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Elven Warrior
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The Fellowship of the Ring
Boromir - Sean Bean Bilbo - Ian Holm Gandalf - Ian Mckellan The Two Towers Wormtongue - Brad Dourif Eomer - Karl Urban Samwise - Sean Astin The Ruturn of the King Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen Theoden - Bernard Hill Faramir - David Wenham Overall   And I can't go without saying these...  Pippin - Billy Boyd Eowyn - Miranda Otto Saruman - Christopher Lee Gollum - Andy Serkis Question is...Who was not cast perfectly? I think that there are so many great actors in this movie...The problem with some of them is they weren't given enough screen time and so, didn't have any time to 'prove themselves'. (or the script stunk and made them look stupid  )
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12-20-2003, 02:56 PM
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Elf Lord
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The Fellowship of the Ring:
1) Gandalf - Sir Ian McKellen 2) Sam - Sean Astin 3) Aragorn - Viggo M. The Two Towers: 1) Gollum - Andy Serkis 2) Eowyn - Miranda Otto 3) Wormtongue - Brad Dourif The Return of the King: 1) Theoden - Bernard Hill 2) Eowyn - Miranda Otto 3) Faramir - David Wenham Overall: 1) Sam 2) Gandalf 3) Eowyn
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12-26-2003, 12:26 AM
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Enting
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Didn't ANYONE like Elijah Wood as Frodo?!?!?! I mean, he carried the whole film, and who could forget those girly-boy tears he shed after Gandalf fell in Moria? They were real tears, goshdarnit!
Overall: The Frodinator - Elijah Wood, a comprehensive performance. Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen, excellent metamorphosis of char. The Saminator - Sean Astin, the quiet achiever. Special mentions to Sean Bean for bringing an unlikeable character (Boromir) to life and making us actually like him! And Ian Holm for Bilbo, he is a Hobbit personified! Well done. Oscars, anyone?
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12-26-2003, 09:55 AM
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Mirthful Maiden
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Only three? hrmph
Fellowship Gandalf- Sir Ian Mckellen Boromir- Sean Bean Aragorn- Viggo Mortensen Two Towers Gollum- Andy Serkis Sam the Man- Sean Astin Legolas- Orlando Bloom Return of the King Gandalf- Sir Ian McKellen Pippin- Billy Boyd Frodo- Elijah Wood (yes I liked him in this movie) Honorable mention to everyone else.  I would say the majority of the casting was spot on, everyone was perfect. I only have minor complaints, and they are mostly on how the character was portrayed/changed by PJ, not on the actors themselves.
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12-26-2003, 12:10 PM
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Tea Bag Queen
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Elvengirl i agree Orlando was great as legolas I've changed my mind to what i posted earlier because i have discovered that i can't choose because there are waay to many to choose from that were brilliant. |
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12-26-2003, 12:41 PM
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Mirthful Maiden
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12-26-2003, 12:59 PM
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Elf Lord
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Originally posted by AD
Special mentions to Sean Bean for bringing an unlikeable character (Boromir) to life and making us actually like him! ________________________________ Exactly. He did a remarkable job. When I first read LOTR it was almost "good riddance" to Boromir (and all the more surprise when book Faramir turned out to be my favorite LOTR character). Oscars? If the Academy overcomes anti-fantasy bias, and views all three films as one story, then Sean Astin has a chance for Supporting Actor, but I have my doubts he'll evenl be nominated.
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12-26-2003, 02:12 PM
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Elven Warrior
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hmm, let me see.... in no particular order
Fellowship Gandalf: Sir Ian Mckellen Boromir: Sean Bean Gimli: John Rhys Davies Two Towers Gollum: Andy Serkis Eowyn: Miranda Otto Frodo: Elijah Wood Return of the King Sam: Sean Astin Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen Theoden: Bernard Hill Overall Eowyn, Sam, and Gollum (Andy Serkis did an amazing job!!) Honorable mention goes out to Christopher Lee as Saruman, Billy Boyd as Pippin, and everyone else! but those two in particular.
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12-26-2003, 06:48 PM
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Elven Warrior
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 Hey! I liked Boromir in the books! He was not a perfect, good-hearted guy, but...
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12-26-2003, 07:39 PM
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Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
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I'm too lazy to do alll the movies, plus I haven't seen but RotK lately.
But overall:1. Samwise Gamee - Sean Bean 2. Bilbo Baggins - Ian Holm (SYNTHETIC HOBBIT!  )3. Gollum - Andy Serkis
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12-26-2003, 08:14 PM
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Off the top of my head:
1. Sean Bean (Boromir) 2. Bernard Hill (Theoden) 3. Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
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12-27-2003, 12:17 AM
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>I actually did not like Elijah Wood for the most part, especially for the first two movies. I found him to be a whining wimp. Just MO, I don't mean to offend you.>
Lol I'm not offended, everyone has a different opinion and I encourage that! I tend to think that PJ wanted Frodo portrayed as a bit of a whiny wimp that had to always be saved by other people in the first 2 movies (Arwen,Aragorn,Sammy,Gollum), though, so you can't really blame the actor there. I think he did a terrific job of conveying the horror of Sauron's presence each time he put That Blasted Ring on, and the love/hate/pity thing going on with Gollum. Honestly, I can't think of any other contemporary actors who could have played this difficult role so well, as Elijah Wood has done. So my pick for WORST THREE Performances (hehe): 1. The Uruk-hai leader dude from FoTR. Ugghh. 2. The Balrog...where were those fluffy slippers, darnit? 3. The Wargs & their Riders, complete nonsense taking away preciousss screen time from the gorgeous Eowyn. :>
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12-27-2003, 12:43 AM
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Mirthful Maiden
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Aragorn's Dimple, I did like Elijah in RoTK. His portrayal of Frodo on Mt. Doom was great and I just love when he claims the ring as his own. That look in his eye was just perfect. For the other two films, if he was supposed to be a wuss, well then I must say he plays it pretty good. You dislike the Balrog?! What was wrong with him? I thought that scene was awesome!
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12-27-2003, 02:16 PM
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Elven Warrior
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The Fellowship of the Ring:
1) Boromir - Sean Bean 2) Gandalf - Sir Ian McKellen 3) Aragorn - Viggo Mortensen The Two Towers: 1) Aragorn - Viggo 2) Eomer - Karl Urban 3) Gollum - Andy Serkis The Return of the King: 1) Theoden - Bernard Hill 2) Aragorn - Viggo 3) Eowyn - Miranda Otto Overall: 1) Aragorn - Viggo 2) Theoden - Bernard Hill 3) Boromir - Sean Bean This was a trickier task than I thought it would be when I first read the opening Post for the Thread, but it really made me think about which of the actors played their part most particularly well and most beliveably right the way through. Nice Thread Dúnedain!  |
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