12-19-2003, 05:42 PM | #1 |
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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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'Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!' - And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: 'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.' 'Then Tuor arrayed himself in the hauberk, and set the helm upon his head, and he girt himself with the sword; black were sheath and belt with clasps of silver. Thus armed he went forth from Turgon's hall, and stood upon the high terraces of Taras in the red light of the sun. None were there to see him, as he gazed westward, gleaming in silver and gold, and he knew not that in that hour he appeared as one of the Mighty of the West, and fit to be father of the kings of the Kings of Men beyond the Sea, as it was indeed his doom to be; but in the taking of those arms a change came upon Tuor son of Huor, and his heart grew great within him. And as he stepped down from the doors the swans did him reverence, and plucking each a great feather from their wings they proffered them to him, laying their long necks upon the stone before his feet; and he took the seven feathers and set them in the crest of his helm, and straightway the swans arose and flew north in the sunset, and Tuor saw them no more.' -Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin "Oh. Forgive me, fairest of all males of Entmoot...Back down, all ye other wannabe fairest males! Dunedain is the fairest!" --Linaewen Last edited by Dúnedain : 12-19-2003 at 06:42 PM. |
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