Who do you think in the movies is the best looking?

[Lalwendë]

Duh. It's that well-known 'bit of rough' Sean Bean isn't it?

[Bêthberry]

er, "best looking" = "most imaginatively recreates the book character's visual description"

No question: CGI Gollem. Best looking rendition of a Tolkien character.

Gandalf might come in second.

[MatthewM]

EOWYN! mmm...

Arwen's such a close second though I don't know...maybe both!

[Oddwen]

The Ring.

[Thenamir]

For me it's a toss-up between Arwen and her grandmother, Galadriel. But my wife beats 'em both.

[Aganzir]

Although I'm tempted to agree with Oddwen, I think Saruman was the hottest. I've never seen Christopher Lee as good-looking, not even when he was young. And especially that nose prosthesis is great.

[Thenamir]

Using Bethberry's standard, I'd have to say it's the Balrog.

<bad pun mode=ON> The Balrog is hands-down the hottest character on screen.<bad pun mode=OFF>

[Finduilas]

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.

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Duh. It's that well-known 'bit of rough' Sean Bean isn't it?

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]

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 . 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]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

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 . 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? 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]

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

[Rikae]

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]

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!

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

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

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

[The Might]

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

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

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....

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Was the thud the sound of his ham dropping on the floor as he acted the part? 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.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Kitanna

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

Originally Posted by Lalaith

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]

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.