Book vs. Movie characters - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Snowdog · 06-27-2003, 09:37 AM

This is my opinion on how well the respective actors did in portraying the characters I saw in my mind when I read the books.

I would have to say that the portrayal of Boromir, Bilbo, and Grima, and to a lesser extent Sarumann, Merry, & Pippen, were excellent and even maybe increased their character traits over the books a little. Galadriel's portrayal, though fairly true to the books, diminished her character for Galadriel was not that 'creepy', and much prettier than Cate. Eowyn and Aragorn portray their book parts good, and in the case of Eowyn, it remains to be seen if Miranda increases the character traits. Gandalf is alright, and Gimli was done well. I don't see Frodo as the books portrayed, but I like the way Sam was portrayed. Elrond... Sorry, I see Agent Smith there, even though I thought his part was well represented. and don't get me started on Arwen.........

06-27-2003, 09:37 AM	#11
Snowdog Emperor of the South Pole Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Western Shore of Lake Evendim Posts: 666	This is my opinion on how well the respective actors did in portraying the characters I saw in my mind when I read the books. I would have to say that the portrayal of Boromir, Bilbo, and Grima, and to a lesser extent Sarumann, Merry, & Pippen, were excellent and even maybe increased their character traits over the books a little. Galadriel's portrayal, though fairly true to the books, diminished her character for Galadriel was not that 'creepy', and much prettier than Cate. Eowyn and Aragorn portray their book parts good, and in the case of Eowyn, it remains to be seen if Miranda increases the character traits. Gandalf is alright, and Gimli was done well. I don't see Frodo as the books portrayed, but I like the way Sam was portrayed. Elrond... Sorry, I see Agent Smith there, even though I thought his part was well represented. and don't get me started on Arwen.........