04-19-2003, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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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.
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04-19-2003, 05:44 PM | #2 |
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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...
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04-19-2003, 05:52 PM | #3 |
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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
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04-19-2003, 06:11 PM | #4 |
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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.
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04-19-2003, 06:16 PM | #5 |
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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.
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04-19-2003, 06:31 PM | #6 |
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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.
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I think Richard Harris should have been Gandalf, and Ian Mckellen should have been Dumbledore.
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04-19-2003, 09:58 PM | #8 |
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But, but then...Gandalf would be...DEAD!
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Fitting, isn't it?
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04-20-2003, 01:13 AM | #10 |
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that would suck because wo would be magneto and richard harris could probably barely hold a sword
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04-20-2003, 01:54 AM | #11 |
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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.
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Hobbits as a whole are, though Frodo was less so than normal.
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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.
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I agree. Just correcting a little age mistake somebody made. *can't be bothered to check who*
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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.
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Viggo as Aragorn was great.
Now...
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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...
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