Who do you think in the movies is the best looking? [Archive]

Finduilas

12-17-2007, 12:55 PM

Hottest? What is your definition there?

I personally think that Eomer, Faramir, and Boromir are all very hansome. I also think that Orlando Bloom is hansome, though I would say that in LotR, he isn't as much so as he is in PotC.

For pretty, I think I like Eowyn best, next Galadriel. I don't care for Arwens looks.

Thenamir

12-17-2007, 01:39 PM

:rolleyes: The art of punnery and sarcasm is lost.

Finduilas

12-17-2007, 01:43 PM

:rolleyes: The art of punnery and sarcasm is lost.

Lol! I was just overlooking your post, and asking Robovorskii. So sorry. I have a horrible way of not making myself clear. I really can't believe that I made that mistake, it is so obviosly confusing. Sorry. I got your pun perfectly well, and found it funny. :D

Kitanna

12-17-2007, 02:02 PM

Duh. It's that well-known 'bit of rough' Sean Bean isn't it? :p
As if there could be any other. However, the rebel, Karl Urban, comes in a close second.

But if best-looking means, as Bethberry put it, best recreation from the book, I'll have to go with Galadriel. A lovely actress playing a beautiful character.

Mithalwen

12-17-2007, 02:39 PM

who find Sean Bean quite resistable. While I was amazed to see that Karl Urban looks amazing when shaved and with short hair (I loathe beards and dislike long hair on men - though Viggo might just be the exception that proves the rule), I fell in love with Hugo Weaving when I was 14 and I am a very faithful hound :D. So I don't care that his hair is receding, he still has my vote( "Morrrrrrrrrdoorrrrrrrrrr" *thud*.

Miranda Otto is lovely but I think Cate Blanchett is one of the great beauties of our time - though if you analyse her face it shouldn't work....There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Lalwendë

12-18-2007, 11:34 AM

who find Sean Bean quite resistable. While I was amazed to see that Karl Urban looks amazing when shaved and with short hair (I loathe beards and dislike long hair on men - though Viggo might just be the exception that proves the rule), I fell in love with Hugo Weaving when I was 14 and I am a very faithful hound :D. So I don't care that his hair is receding, he still has my vote( "Morrrrrrrrrdoorrrrrrrrrr" *thud*..

Was the thud the sound of his ham dropping on the floor as he acted the part? :D It's that "Morrrrrrrdoooorrrrrr" thing that puts me off. He's much better in Priscilla I think.

Viggo's no good because he has that weird thing going on where he's dark but has no eyebrows. Like the opposite of Hugo in fact.

There are altogether too many mullets and beards going on in Middle-earth in general. They've either got one or both. Not good. Boromir looks the cleanest of the lot though.

Mithalwen

12-18-2007, 12:38 PM

Rikae

12-18-2007, 01:01 PM

I'm going to reveal myself as the complete nutcase I am (and answer something I left unanswered in my original post on the 'downs) by saying:
Brad Dourif and Andy Serkis! (With the latter, I'm referring to his incarnation as "young Smeagol" - pointy ears, long hair and all. Precious!)

Groin Redbeard

12-18-2007, 01:03 PM

Hmmmm.....well I'm not into the whole elven thing of long blonde hair and talking real slow and elegant. I'm not into girls either, so I'd have to say that the best looking is Boromir!:cool:

Lalwendë

12-18-2007, 02:47 PM

Sorry Lal, but I now have to kill you. I think he did very well with what the script left of Elrond ...but I love Priscilla - what that says about my psyche is probably best left unsaid. But I am not sure that his finest role was not the sheepdog in Babe.... ;)

Sean Bean always look like his head is too big for his body and was set upside down..that hack jaw ... nah....

David Wenham is not particularly handsome but he is attractive and has a nice voice..... voices are my weakness

I'll let you off for the simple reason that at least he's not a great big girls blouse like the other male Elves, wafting around in their kaftans saying 'whispy' things and sulking under their greasy hair...they even annoy me how they use their swords in the manner of synchronised swimming instead of raddling them around in a wild, manly fashion :D

Wenham has the advantage of getting given the part of the tastiest book character ;)

The Might

12-18-2007, 03:49 PM

Besides Mouth of Sauron?
Well, guess I'd go with Rosie here, I like her more then the Elvish gals.

mormegil

12-18-2007, 04:17 PM

This should be made into an actual poll.

Galadriel=Cate Blanchett=the one I thought the most beautiful.

Nogrod

12-18-2007, 04:53 PM

Galadriel=Cate Blanchett=the one I thought the most beautiful.I'd agree that Cate Blanchett is the most beautiful of the ones discussed in real life (well, in pictures and tv/films outside LotR) and sure there is something elvenlike in her... but somehow I was disappointed in the end with her as Galadriel. I don't know why.

I'd probably go for Miranda Otto... How she sings the burial lament for Théodred and how she smiles on the refugee trail... Well, that's enough for me. :)

Mithalwen

12-19-2007, 02:41 PM

Wenham has the advantage of getting given the part of the tastiest book character ;)

Oh that we can certainly agree on. Faramir and Kester Woodseaves as the most wonderful men in all literature.... ;)

Sir Kohran

12-19-2007, 06:01 PM

Both Arwen (Liv Tyler) (http://www.lordoftherings.net/media/desktops/teaser_arwen_1024.jpg) and Eowyn (Miranda Otto) (http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebs/mirandaotto/miranda_otto_2.jpg) are quite gorgeous...I really can't choose, they're both too beautiful for such a choice. We'll call it a draw :)

Laurinquë

12-19-2007, 07:23 PM

Knight of Gondor

12-19-2007, 11:20 PM

As a man, I feel qualified only to mention who seems the beauty of the films among the women featured.

There aren't too many to go on. Arwen, Eowyn and Galadriel are the main ladies. All of the others are covered in grime and have messy hair, so as not to detract from the others.

Of the three, then, I would have to pick Eowyn/Miranda Otto. I never found Arwen/Liv Tyler attractive, and her interviews just remove all doubt. Galadriel/Cate Blanchett is just too...motherly, somehow.

Lalaith

12-20-2007, 12:12 PM

I am one of the few women

who find Sean Bean quite resistable.

Here's another. However, while I am obviously a woman of gravitas and substance, ahem, I will admit to being shallow as a puddle in some respects. Pretty Orlando Bloom is one such respect. (I believe Madame Lush is with me on this one...)
In other news, Viggo Mortensen is not at all bad as Aragorn, but does nothing for me in any other incarnation. Karl Urban was the best of the rest.
The Gondor brothers and the hobbit boys all left me cold, I have to say, looks-wise.

Meriadoc1961

12-20-2007, 02:37 PM

I was disappointed in the selection of both Cate Blanchette and Liv Tyler for their parts. I always felt that the best choices to fill those roles would have been Jennifer O'Dell from the TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for Galadriel and Jolene Blalock of Star Trek: Enterprise to play Arwen. Both of these women are incredibly beautiful, which is how Tolkien describes these two women in the books. I am not saying the choices of Blanchette and Tyler are ugly, I just do not see them as the drop-dead gorgeous types that are described by Tolkien. Of the two, I felt Tyler was the better choice.

I thought the selection for Gandalf and Saruman were particularly well made, as was Eomer, in my opinion.

They did a great job with Gollum and the Balrog, too.

So with what we have left I would say the characters of Eowyn and Rosie were good. I believe the young lady hobbits in FotR were the most attractive female characters in the movies, especially the shot that has Rosie and a few other lovely ladies looking up as the dragon firework flies overhead. They are very beautiful there. I really think they would have been excellent for these parts.

My wife's favorite is Legolas, so she also has to watch Pirates of the Caribbean.

Merry

Lalwendë

12-20-2007, 03:29 PM

Here's another. However, while I am obviously a woman of gravitas and substance, ahem, I will admit to being shallow as a puddle in some respects. Pretty Orlando Bloom is one such respect. (I believe Madame Lush is with me on this one...)
In other news, Viggo Mortensen is not at all bad as Aragorn, but does nothing for me in any other incarnation. Karl Urban was the best of the rest.
The Gondor brothers and the hobbit boys all left me cold, I have to say, looks-wise.

Oh no. While I can see that Orlio is a good looking young man, he isn't what I'd call 'fit' :D I think Viggo was right as Aragorn but maybe just a bit too intense and acTOR-ish to qualify as 'hot stuff'...Bean really isn't in the slightest bit good looking, but he manages to have that air of 'danger' about him I think.

What is this anyway? The corner of the Downs where we all come to express our airhead sides? If it is, it's welcome :D

Finduilas

12-20-2007, 03:36 PM

Personally I would have to say that yes, Viggo Mortensen is the best looking, but I also think that Billy Boyd is a good second. And yes this should be an offical poll.

A note of interest I would like to add is that I am actully the author of the thread, Roborovskii, but TheGreatElvenWarrior was giving me so much trouble over "how stupid" the thread was (apparently I was killing squirrels) that I decided to start a new account as Laurinque.

Forgive me for finding this amusing. But you needn't worry about it. The fact that several old downers posted on this thread with no problem, shows it isn't stupid enought to "kill squirrels". By the way, old downers for me count as people who have topped 1000 posts.

Hammerhand

12-20-2007, 04:16 PM

Despite being a very straight male, i think Sean Bean and Vigo pull off the best looking title. Nonetheless! i thought Liv Tyler was quite attractive at times.

Saying that, i think the female actors have been in more complimenting films over the years.

Kitanna

12-20-2007, 06:56 PM

Was the thud the sound of his ham dropping on the floor as he acted the part? :D It's that "Morrrrrrrdoooorrrrrr" thing that puts me off. He's much better in Priscilla I think.

If only Elrond's wardrobe had allowed for the same fabulous dress of Priscilla.

I'd probably go for Miranda Otto... How she sings the burial lament for Théodred

When I first saw TTT I thought Miranda Otto was sort of an ill-fit for Eowyn. I thought she was too small for the image I had in my mind of Eowyn. But I was so moved by her lament in the extended edition my mind changed and her acting in ROTK was pretty amazing as well.

Laurinquë

12-20-2007, 07:20 PM

Forgive me for finding this amusing. But you needn't worry about it. The fact that several old downers posted on this thread with no problem, shows it isn't stupid enought to "kill squirrels". By the way, old downers for me count as people who have topped 1000 posts.

Glad to hear I was not murduring squirrels, and I really do like this name better so no worries.

I really have no clue why I like Billy Boyd so much Lalaith, I think it is mostly the fact I am so fond of his character, Pippin.

Valier

12-20-2007, 07:24 PM

mmmmm Karl Urban (enough said):p

Lalaith

12-21-2007, 08:59 AM

I really have no clue why I like Billy Boyd so much Lalaith, I think it is mostly the fact I am so fond of his character, Pippin.

Ah, now if Diamond were around right now, she would I suspect be your New Best Friend.

Yes, Other Lal - Airhead Corner. Hehe. If only there was now some way I could bring Richard Armitage into this conversation....oh yes, I know, he could have been a really good Faramir.

Lindale

12-22-2007, 01:56 AM

Back when I was a kid of twelve I'd immediately say Orlando Bloom. But right now I say the most beautifully portrayed chars is Galadriel (there is something in Cate Blanchett that seems very apt for Galadriel and in her other role as Elizabeth). Arwen by Liv Tyler, I dunno. I think the guys that the fact that I don't like her very much in the movies is just due to the fact that Arwen's role is much too... not-very-bookish. Miranda Otto is quite nice too. A gorgeous Celtic warrior princess with a broken heart, she's quite nice. And don't forget Gollum. Andy Serkis was simply superb.

David Wenham is quite nice too, but I think he just looks a bit too... fat. No, I think I'm just weird. Ahahaha.

Lalwendë

12-22-2007, 03:25 AM

If only Elrond's wardrobe had allowed for the same fabulous dress of Priscilla.

I think Hugo expressed his camp side well though, when he presented Anduril to Aragorn, that superb cape swish was worthy of any drag queen :D

Yes, Other Lal - Airhead Corner. Hehe. If only there was now some way I could bring Richard Armitage into this conversation....oh yes, I know, he could have been a really good Faramir.

Now there's the odd thing. I am completely convinced that Faramir is Robin Hood himself brought to Middle-earth, but he plays Robin's nemesis Guy of Gisborne! Maybe he could be in The Hobbit? He'd make a good Bard. He even has the right accent, being that Lake Town is most definitely Northern. ;)

Lalaith

12-22-2007, 04:39 AM

Hmm...Bard. He broods, doesn't he? Yes, I could live with that.

The reason I thought Faramir was partly that Armitage in the role could help reconcile me to the character. I've just never liked Faramir as I ought to - found him a bit pious and dreary - which I feel bad about. I think that perhaps the sight of Armitage suffering with "weariness, grief for his father's mood, a wound, and over all the Black Breath" would help soften me.

Folwren

12-22-2007, 07:47 AM

Alright, alright, I'll say who I think is the best looking. Though, understand, I haven't fallen in love, gushed, or anything over any of these gents or ladies - ever!

The best looking was probably David Wenham. I really liked Sean Bean's Boromir, though...

And by the way, for you men out there....there is another pretty woman in the movies who is not a main character and who is not all dirty and begrimed. She's in Gondor, one of the ladies who went out to bid Faramir farewell, who is absolutely gorgeous (I think). She's prettier than Arwen and possibly Eowyn...but I wouldn't have Eowyn be exchanged for the world - she was one of the best adapted characters.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

12-22-2007, 12:24 PM

I really have no clue why I like Billy Boyd so much Lalaith, I think it is mostly the fact I am so fond of his character, Pippin.
You know...I can't call you Robi anymore....can I, but anyway I fell in love with Peregrin when I first saw the movies because of his character and his looks, but when I read the books I was even more crazy about him! But Billy Boyd when he's not playing Pippin is not as good looking.

But... people are going to kill me for this, Orlando Bloom is not so good looking when he's Legolas (which is a pretty respectable character in the books) or when he is someone else. My family, just by coincidence watched a bunch of movies with Orlio in them the other day and them more I see of him, the more I dislike him. Samwise is the way to go!

Laurinquë

12-22-2007, 02:46 PM

Tisk, tisk, not liking poor Legolas eh? Shame.

As for Billy Boyd, I DEFINITLY prefer him as Pippin, in real life he's just another pretty face. Ah, Pippin, I adore Pippin...not really sure why though.:p

Mithalwen

12-22-2007, 03:37 PM

I always felt that the best choices to fill those roles would have been Jennifer O'Dell from the TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for Galadriel and Jolene Blalock of Star Trek: Enterprise to play Arwen.

I didn't know who those actresses were and maybe I was unlucky with Google Image but really they don't look like my idea of the noblest elven women in Middle Earth ... their looks are rather...err....obvious and a bit synthetic. If that was what Tolkien had in mind, I am going to have to reassess my impression of the Prof and his characters in a big way!!! :eek:

Blanchett and Tyler both have the height and pale colouring that Tolkien specifies and they have that slight "strangeness in proportion" that may give a love it or hate it quality to their looks but it is very difficult to cast humans as elves - you have to make them look slightly different without turning it in to a freak show.

Lalwendë

12-23-2007, 06:06 AM

I think Orlando Bloom looks much better with short hair! He's too girly to carry off long hair. With his little plaits and perfectly groomed blonde barnet he reminded me of um...my Girl's World*... ;)

Hmm...Bard. He broods, doesn't he? Yes, I could live with that.

The reason I thought Faramir was partly that Armitage in the role could help reconcile me to the character. I've just never liked Faramir as I ought to - found him a bit pious and dreary - which I feel bad about. I think that perhaps the sight of Armitage suffering with "weariness, grief for his father's mood, a wound, and over all the Black Breath" would help soften me.

Well you know, it would help you appreciate Faramir more, and I wouldn't object...so how about angling for a re-make? :D

*Mithalwen and Lalaith will know what these are! I still have mine in the attic.

Lush

12-23-2007, 07:03 AM

Here's another. However, while I am obviously a woman of gravitas and substance, ahem, I will admit to being shallow as a puddle in some respects. Pretty Orlando Bloom is one such respect. (I believe Madame Lush is with me on this one...)

Oh, Madame Lush is with you all the way, Lalaith. That man is so fine... He could walk around with a chattering gibbon on his head and still look attractive, never mind some prissy blond wig.

I also have a thing for Viggo's Aragorn, but more so in the first film than I do in the later ones. I like it when he's all sensitive and mysterious and slightly unsure of himself and wearing dirty clothes (he's too clean in RotK... I guess you can always say that Legolas is clean all the time - but he's an Elf, that's allowed), for some reason... AND Billy Boyd. I dated a dude who looked a lot like him once. I've only recently made the connection when I unearthed some of our pictures together at my parents' house. There's that impish quality you can't pass up.

I also think that Miranda Otto is stunning. She's got this face that's very hard to pin down - she looks very different from different angles (well, we all do - but I would say this is really pronounced when you're watching her on film), and it makes her not merely gorgeous, but also interesting.

Lindale

12-24-2007, 12:55 AM

Tisk, tisk, not liking poor Legolas eh? Shame.

What's not to like about Legolas? Ah well. The impossible stunts maybe. But if his hair was shorter, it would've been very different.:p

Volo

12-26-2007, 08:06 AM

I remember confusing film Pippin and film Merry because "Merry" sounds like the better looking one. Many years later it was funny to notice that a friend called the guy in Lost Pippin. It nearly ended in a bet.

Lyta_Underhill

12-26-2007, 08:59 PM

Oddly enough, I don't seem to be able to extricate "best looking" from "best character portrayal." I was so amazed by what Sean Bean did for Boromir that I found him irresistible. He won me over and made me really rethink Tolkien's Boromir. It was a real revelation and I realized I had never really *seen* Boromir before...Sean Bean really deserves a mention for that. (Yes, I thought Sean Bean was hot, too...) And again, I liked Billy Boyd and Elijah Wood for the fact that Frodo and Pippin resonated for me through them quite well...it is strange how I can't seem to separate my estimation of "best looking" from "best resonance of character." Viggo as Aragorn did this to me as well, and I also found resonance in Cate Blanchett's "man maiden" Galadriel; she did not need to have what many consider the traditional "beauty," but she had the sadness of the "Long Defeat," the wisdom of Three Ages and the tall grace of the Elves. She was perfect. I see her in my mind when I read of the Galadriel of old and the passing of the Third Age.

Of course, I'll give a mention to the Balrog...really HOT! And I *still* can't tell if those are wings or shadows! You gotta give credit to an enigma that lasts that long!

Gwathagor

12-27-2007, 01:25 AM

Galadriel and Faramir.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

12-28-2007, 01:47 PM

You know...I can't call you Robi anymore....can I, but anyway I fell in love with Peregrin when I first saw the movies because of his character and his looks, but when I read the books I was even more crazy about him! But Billy Boyd when he's not playing Pippin is not as good looking.
I got the radio production of LotR and I have been listening to it for a while and Pippin doesn't sound like Pippin to me and not as totally awesome, but maybe that is the fault of how Billy Boyd sounds and he is what I thougt Pippin should sound like. I don't know maybe I am just crazy!?

Mithalwen

12-28-2007, 02:40 PM

I think Orlando Bloom looks much better with short hair! He's too girly to carry off long hair. With his little plaits and perfectly groomed blonde barnet he reminded me of um...my Girl's World*... ;)

*Mithalwen and Lalaith will know what these are! I still have mine in the attic.

Only because I saw James May's programme the other day. I didn't have anything so fancy - as youngest child and youngest cousin hand me downs were my fate and that isn't going to happen with that kind of thing...

But Orli does look better not being plutonium blonde.

Richard Armitage is fab though but I see him more as Boromir - bit edgier ..unless of course you had Hugh Jackman as Boromir and RA as Faramir ... now that is a thought

Meriadoc1961

12-28-2007, 03:12 PM

The reason I thought of Jennifer O'Dell from the TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for Galadriel was because years ago there was a painting on one of the annual LotR calendars that showed Galadriel with Sam and Frodo with her mirror. It was a beautiful painting, simply breathtaking, and Galadriel was stunningly beautiful in it, just as I had always imagined her to be when I read the books. The first time I saw Jennifer O'Dell I immediately thought of Galadriel in that painting, and this was before I ever heard that there was going to be a live-action movie made of LotR. So my first and only choice for the part has always been Jennifer O'Dell for Galadriel.

By the way, does anyone else remember that painting from the calendar I am speaking about?

As for Jolene Blalock of Star Trek: Enterprise to play Arwen, she is, indeed, very beautiful, plus she had the added bonus of already being used to wearing pointed ears playing the part of a Vulcan! :)

Merry

TheGreatElvenWarrior

12-28-2007, 08:19 PM

And I will say it again, Legolas is NOT good looking, but I could go for Faramir if Samwise or Pippin was gone... but so could my friend!

Gwathagor

12-28-2007, 10:03 PM

Mithalwen

12-29-2007, 02:16 PM

I got the radio production of LotR and I have been listening to it for a while and Pippin doesn't sound like Pippin to me and not as totally awesome, but maybe that is the fault of how Billy Boyd sounds and he is what I thougt Pippin should sound like. I don't know maybe I am just crazy!?

Well Billy boyd sounds very Scottish - I guess he does come from the north of the Shire ;) , but then they should have made Merry sound Welsh!

Bear in mind with the radio you have to do more with the voice and thay while I think Billy Boyd was the eldest of the actors playing hobbits in the film, they make far less distinction in age in the film than in the book and in the radio version. So on the Radio Frodo sounds older, Pippin very young, Merry scholarly, Sam rustic.

However this is off topic but I would be only too happy to discuss the Radio Series in a place that will not incur Modwrath.

Groin Redbeard

12-29-2007, 04:52 PM

Galadriel and Faramir.

That's true. This would probably be my pick out of all the boys and girls in the movies. Maybe Boromir instead of Faramir.

Guinevere

12-30-2007, 03:28 PM

Oddly enough, I don't seem to be able to extricate "best looking" from "best character portrayal." I was so amazed by what Sean Bean did for Boromir that I found him irresistible. He won me over and made me really rethink Tolkien's Boromir. It was a real revelation and I realized I had never really *seen* Boromir before...Sean Bean really deserves a mention for that. (Yes, I thought Sean Bean was hot, too...) And again, I liked Billy Boyd and Elijah Wood for the fact that Frodo and Pippin resonated for me through them quite well...it is strange how I can't seem to separate my estimation of "best looking" from "best resonance of character." Viggo as Aragorn did this to me as well, and I also found resonance in Cate Blanchett's "man maiden" Galadriel; she did not need to have what many consider the traditional "beauty," but she had the sadness of the "Long Defeat," the wisdom of Three Ages and the tall grace of the Elves. She was perfect. I see her in my mind when I read of the Galadriel of old and the passing of the Third Age.

This is just about my opinion, too! Gandalf was spot-on as well.

But the person who fascinated me most when I saw FotR for the first time was Frodo! I couldn't see enough of those soulful eyes and that expressive face. (For example his face during Bilbo's party. Or the moment he looks back after Gandalf's fall. Or right at the end, when he and Sam look into Mordor... )
And I don't think I am the only one: lovely Frolijah has inspired thousands of fanfictions.

Lord Halsar

12-30-2007, 04:32 PM

I seem to like the appearances of Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee as our two favorite wizards in LotR. In their other movies they look thin and unimpressive. But as Gandalf and Saruman they looked...healthy. I also admire a man with a long beard and a deep voice with a number of years under his belt. As Theodore Roosevelt said, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick.":D

TheGreatElvenWarrior

12-30-2007, 06:30 PM

Well Billy boyd sounds very Scottish - I guess he does come from the north of the Shire ;) , but then they should have made Merry sound Welsh!

Bear in mind with the radio you have to do more with the voice and thay while I think Billy Boyd was the eldest of the actors playing hobbits in the film, they make far less distinction in age in the film than in the book and in the radio version. So on the Radio Frodo sounds older, Pippin very young, Merry scholarly, Sam rustic.
Well yes, I agree. Maybe we could start a new thread on this. (so the mods won't kill us)

Is it the BBC radio dramatization with Ian Holm as Frodo?Yes

Lalwendë

12-31-2007, 09:32 AM

Only because I saw James May's programme the other day. I didn't have anything so fancy - as youngest child and youngest cousin hand me downs were my fate and that isn't going to happen with that kind of thing...

But Orli does look better not being plutonium blonde.

Richard Armitage is fab though but I see him more as Boromir - bit edgier ..unless of course you had Hugh Jackman as Boromir and RA as Faramir ... now that is a thought

James May was wrong about Girls World ending up tatty though - mine is pristine, and I still have her make up, and what's more, it still works. Because I was a conscientious child and always washed and dried her face and hair after playing with her. I think the only bit that got lost was the false eyelashes...

Now back to the programme...now you're talking! That would be a great combo! Although I still think Bean cannot be replaced. How about a combo of Bean as Boromir and Armitage as Faramir? They both sound Northern too, so it would fit, although Armitage is a Lancastrian...

Now I admit, Elijah Wood has everything in the right place, but he's just too girly for my liking. It would have been better if they'd got Jake Gyllenhall (or however you spell it) in, if they wanted a 'kiddy Frodo' - he has that whole liquid puppy dog eyes thing going on without looking too wussy :D

Mithalwen

12-31-2007, 11:34 AM

James May was wrong about Girls World ending up tatty though - mine is pristine, and I still have her make up, and what's more, it still works. Because I was a conscientious child and always washed and dried her face and hair after playing with her. I think the only bit that got lost was the false eyelashes...

Now back to the programme...now you're talking! That would be a great combo! Although I still think Bean cannot be replaced. How about a combo of Bean as Boromir and Armitage as Faramir? They both sound Northern too, so it would fit, although Armitage is a Lancastrian...

James May should have had me as a sister - I loved my toy cars and garage.

Sorry Lal but I can't completely agree to your solution because of Mr Bean fatal charm not working on me at all - though I think he was fine as Boromir apart from not speaking at all like his supposed brother/father. So the divine mr A being from Lancs and teh less divine mr B being from Yorks is probably a relatively minor issue (not withstanding that the folk in those parts seem not to have noticed that the War of the Roses is over :rolleyes: ) compared to one bro being a Yorkie and the other and Aussie speaking RP...

Lalwendë

12-31-2007, 01:45 PM

The War of the Roses is over? Not round here it's not. ;)

I'm going by 'soap opera' theory in my casting choice. Have you ever noticed how the casting folk for soaps don't seem to have a grasp of accents? Otherwise Coronation Street, which is apparently in Manchester, would not be seemingly populated by Tykes.

Of course, Boromir could have got his accent from his mum; this is possible if she did the lion's share of raising him. Or maybe Denethor was putting on a 'telephone voice'? That sounds most likely, as there are parallels between Minas Tirith and Sheffield - one has seven levels, the other seven hills...

TheGreatElvenWarrior

12-31-2007, 06:32 PM

Brad Dourif and Andy Serkis! (With the latter, I'm referring to his incarnation as "young Smeagol" - pointy ears, long hair and all. Precious!)Yes, he is very good looking(before the Gollumificating process)!

Lalwendë

01-01-2008, 09:36 AM

Yes, he is very good looking(before the Gollumificating process)!

Have you seen 24 Hour Party People? He's a bit scary in that and he's not even Gollumified* ;)

*Gollumed - what a new verb that is!

"Sorry for the hissing, I've been Gollumed."
"Shut it, or I'll flippin' Gollum you!"
"Her Majesty's Government seeks to ban Golluming as it is a menace to society!"

:cool:

TheGreatElvenWarrior

01-01-2008, 02:13 PM

"Her Majesty's Government seeks to ban Golluming as it is a menace to society!":cool:Oh, That's too bad, Golluming is very fun!(It scares my friends, but of course they do that too!) Oh yes, I have not seen 24 Hour People!

Sir Kohran

01-05-2008, 10:55 AM

there is another pretty woman in the movies who is not a main character and who is not all dirty and begrimed. She's in Gondor, one of the ladies who went out to bid Faramir farewell, who is absolutely gorgeous (I think). She's prettier than Arwen and possibly Eowyn

I assume you mean the girl slightly to the left, next to the hooded person, in this shot? (http://www.maj.com/gallery/sir-kohran/Fantasy/girl.jpg) If so then I agree that she is absolutely stunning, definitely better-looking than Eowyn or maybe even Arwen.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

01-07-2008, 11:56 PM

I assume you mean the girl slightly to the left, next to the hooded person, in this shot? (http://www.maj.com/gallery/sir-kohran/Fantasy/girl.jpg) If so then I agree that she is absolutely stunning, definitely better-looking than Eowyn or maybe even Arwen.Yes, she is quite beautiful... should have used her for Arwen!

Rune Son of Bjarne

01-29-2008, 11:56 AM

Cate Blanchett!

Not only is she the best looking, she is simply the best!

The best casted, the best actress, She Is Galadriel!

Laurinquë

02-05-2008, 02:07 AM

Now I admit, Elijah Wood has everything in the right place, but he's just too girly for my liking. It would have been better if they'd got Jake Gyllenhall (or however you spell it) in, if they wanted a 'kiddy Frodo' - he has that whole liquid puppy dog eyes thing going on without looking too wussy :D

I totally agree, Elijah Wood was great but he was too girly, well, then that's not exactly his fault, but still. Anyway, despite this and TGEW's protests to the contrary, I think Elijah Wood as Frodo is cute, in fact he is stunning.

There, I admitted it. Ha.:p

Kitanna

02-09-2008, 02:33 AM

Cate Blanchett!

Not only is she the best looking, she is simply the best!

The best casted, the best actress, She Is Galadriel!
I quite agree. Cate Blanchett has an other wordly air about her in many of her movies. (I find her particularly striking as Elizabeth I) I'm not always a fan of the lines she was given as Galadriel, but she delivered them wonderfully.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

02-13-2008, 09:57 AM

I think that the people in the movies that are best looking are-

Samwise Gamgee
Peregrin Took
Faramir
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Well, you know I don't fall for many people in those movies.... but if it was the books, Eomer might not be so bad...

Bêthberry

02-15-2008, 01:56 PM

Perhaps this question about beauty, appearance and appeal can best be discussed by considering some criteria for choices.

There was a time when the criteria for beauty were considered to be eternal and absolute. There's lots of discussion of the Venus de Milo and the David as perfect representations of female and male form. Yet at the same time art over the centuries has given us various versions of attractiveness: Reubens' female forms would not be considered desireable by today's standards of anorexic fashion models. Even Marilyn Monroe, one of the most desireable of all Hollywood sex symbols, would by today's standards be considered a tad fleshy. And how would Brad Pitt measure up against John Wayne? Or Greory Peck against Johnny Depp?

Is it always youth and the fullness of health? Or do some forms of beauty evoke wisdom, maturity, calmness, self-possession? Or is the hint and thrill of danger an attractive aspect of beauty?

The threads on Novice and Newcomers aren't expected to have the depth (or dryness :p) of the threads in Books, yet still at the Barrow Downs some form of reasoned opinion is expected. Maybe we could get away from unexamined or unexplained opinion (which leads so quickly to personal insult) and more into the reasons why each one of us finds different characters appealing.

For starters, here's a bit of background on Aesthetic relativism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetic_relativism). I'm sure it's boring enough to drive the petty insults away before the mods find this thread.

And while we are at it, here's Barrow Downs' very own perfection: :Merisu:

Fordim Hedgethistle

02-15-2008, 02:51 PM

Figwit. (http://www.figwitlives.net/)

Mithalwen

02-15-2008, 03:16 PM

Fordim, you are such a fangirl.....:rolleyes::p

Bêthberry

02-15-2008, 03:30 PM

Fordim, you are such a fangirl.....:rolleyes::p

But we've always known that Fordim favours the uncanonical.

As for who I think is the best looking in the movies, I am compelled to recall alatar's thread Legolas's Snow Angels (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=12283).

That thread reminds me that it is Legolas who is the best looking, although I don't think we've ever satisfactorily explained why elves should have such good vision, although we made giant strides towards explaining his high stepping.

sindaadvialwen

03-14-2008, 06:32 AM

after giving this much careful consideration, i have come the absolute conclusion that almost the entire male cast are v appealing. i believe it 2 be ( in hottness order) Eomer, Faramir, Boromir, fellowship/ 2 towers aragorn then Legolas.... guess i just have thing for a nice rough looking man.... :D

claudea99

03-27-2008, 10:10 PM

Rose Cotton. Love women with hairy feet.

MatthewM

03-28-2008, 12:30 AM

Rose Cotton. Love women with hairy feet.

Um...to each his own...I guess...

Eönwë

03-31-2008, 02:29 PM

Um...to each his own...I guess...

That was not needed

Gwathagor

03-31-2008, 11:37 PM

Ha ha ha ha ha.

yavanna_kementari

04-10-2008, 07:26 AM

For me, it's FARAMIR! I loved Faramir's character in the books and with David Wenham's portrayal... i learned to love Faramir even more.

The Sixth Wizard

04-11-2008, 12:35 AM

I agree with claudea, Rose Cotton is hawt... :D

TheGreatElvenWarrior

05-11-2008, 12:53 AM

I agree with claudea, Rose Cotton is hawt... :D

If I was a guy then I'd probably think that Rosie was as lovely as Samwise...

Gollum the Great

05-16-2008, 07:59 PM

It seems as though there are several characters who are the big ones on this thread.
Well, what I can't believe is that so many people like FARAMIR, the those THREE WOMEN, ARAGORN, and ORLANDO BLOOM (mighty powerful shivers!).
I also heartily dislike Frodo and Elrond was disapointing.

However, to return to the point, Sauron, Boromir, Gollum/Smeagol, Gandalf the Grey, Saruman, collectively Uruk-hai, Theoden, the Balrog, and (yes I know he he hardly appeared) Gil-Galad.

Overall though, I'll go with Boromir. He ROCKS.

Oh yeah. When I said Sauron, I meant the warrior. That "Great Eye" was kind of retarted.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

06-08-2008, 09:16 PM

I really have come to have a liking recently for Sean Bean... maybe even more so than my hobbits... how unexpected for me...

Diane C

09-25-2008, 05:58 AM

Boromir
Faramir
Eowyn

in that order

Andsigil

09-25-2008, 08:16 AM

I was disappointed in the selection of both Cate Blanchette and Liv Tyler for their parts. I always felt that the best choices to fill those roles would have been Jennifer O'Dell from the TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for Galadriel and Jolene Blalock of Star Trek: Enterprise to play Arwen. Both of these women are incredibly beautiful, which is how Tolkien describes these two women in the books. I am not saying the choices of Blanchette and Tyler are ugly, I just do not see them as the drop-dead gorgeous types that are described by Tolkien. Of the two, I felt Tyler was the better choice

My understanding is that Claire Forlani was considered for the role of Arwen. She looks quite elvish already:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/IMAGES/MMPH/238382.jpg

However, I must say that I did enjoy Liv Tyler as Arwen. Her sultry voice (in that film, at least) and mannerisms enhanced her beauty. I can't see her in any film now without thinking of Arwen.