The cast of LOTR - SPOILERS

Started by kotte, December 17, 2003, 03:24:20 PM

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kotte

December 17, 2003, 03:24:20 PM
In times like these with a great trilogy coming to an end I think we should talk about the cast.
A film is as strong as it's weakest performance.

For the first two films I was a bit unsure about Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and Sean Astin. ROTK is where they all proved themselfs. Especially Astin. The place when Frodo leaves him is a pretty obvious thing to like but it's great. I'm amazed the cast managed to pull off the grandiloquent dialogue.

Ian McKellen did a superb job through-out the trilogy. Was kinda disappointed when I read he never even sat on a horse.

Viggo Mortensen is just the coolest guy. He is the MAN. How we all should be.

There are many more such as Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom and John Rhys-Davies.

Raikus

#1
December 17, 2003, 03:28:41 PM
Well, I'm seeing RoTK at 7, but I really think McKellen was the best throughout. I also think he was the most important part of making it work. If you didn't believe the character of Gandalf I don't think you would have gotten envolved in the movies.
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SoNowThen

#2
December 17, 2003, 03:34:43 PM
I don't think it's even a question... Viggo. Captivates you in every frame, sells ever single gesture, dominates totally. He moves firmly on my list of favorite actors with this trilogy.
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When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Alexandro

#3
December 17, 2003, 03:49:52 PM
What Andy Serkis did with Gollum elevated it from a great CGI creation to a great fully developed rounded character, period.

But everyone else is amazing too...

Kal

#4
December 17, 2003, 04:35:39 PM
Sean Astin is great... he was the fucking hero... if it wasnt for him the ring would have never been destroyed... He knew the truth about Gollum, he saved Frodo from the Spider and the Orcs, he even had to carry his sorry as up the mountain... and the acting was excellent... the problem with that is that I hope I dont see him in any other movie from now on, cause for me he is just Sam the Hobbit and thats it!

MacGuffin

#5
December 17, 2003, 04:41:40 PM
I take it this thread will contain spoilers throughout.
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kotte

#6
December 17, 2003, 04:53:06 PM
Quote from: MacGuffinI take it this thread will contain spoilers throughout.

Fuck. I'm sorry!  :oops:

godardian

#7
December 17, 2003, 06:54:21 PM
All this talk about Viggo Mortensen when he
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and
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is just too distracting and could easily lead me to unfair hormone-based bias, but after I shake my head and clear my mind out:

Cate Blanchett.
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#8
December 17, 2003, 09:49:39 PM
.i'm going with sean bean.....his death scene floored me and his extended scenes in TTT comanded more force than any of voggo's...

he's so underrated...

©brad

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December 18, 2003, 12:19:26 AM
Quote from: kotteIan McKellen did a superb job through-out the trilogy. Was kinda disappointed when I read he never even sat on a horse.

ahhh!! don't tell me that!

Quote from: andykSean Astin is great... he was the fucking hero... if it wasnt for him the ring would have never been destroyed... He knew the truth about Gollum, he saved Frodo from the Spider and the Orcs, he even had to carry his sorry as up the mountain... and the acting was excellent... the problem with that is that I hope I dont see him in any other movie from now on, cause for me he is just Sam the Hobbit and thats it!

yeah no shit. everyone praises frodo and thinks he's the man, but hey... it's all sam! sam's the one fighting orks and protecting/carrying/feeding frodo and shit. (the homoerotic subleties in two towers and ROTK could fill a book)

if i had to choose, i'd say..........

nah, can't. cough...andyserkis...cough

was it me, or did orlando bloom look like a full blown chick in the end? (i actually thought he-she-it was kinda hot :shock: )

Gamblour.

#10
December 18, 2003, 03:23:31 PM
Billy Boyd! He was great, I love that guy. But my heart is with Miranda Otto, I feel serious guilt now for voting Billy over Miranda... :cry: I will marry her one day to make up for it.
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phil marlowe

#11
December 18, 2003, 03:31:31 PM
even though he's a dirty old queer, i'm a mckellen man.

SoNowThen

#12
December 18, 2003, 03:36:40 PM
Quote from: godardianAll this talk about Viggo Mortensen when he
Quote from: SoNowThendominates
and
Quote from: SoNowThenmoves firmly
is just too distracting and could easily lead me to unfair hormone-based bias, but after I shake my head and clear my mind out:

Cate Blanchett.

No, be swayed.

He puts everybody else in these movies to shame, he's so fucking good.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

pookiethecat

#13
December 23, 2003, 08:22:19 PM
miranda otto stole the two towers.  they could have used more of her in rotk, i felt.  plus she looks uncannily like emily watson, one of my faves.
i wanna lick 'em.

bonanzataz

#14
December 24, 2003, 01:28:21 AM
that's funny. my sister and i said we wished emily watson was miranda otto's part. i guess ms. otto pissed me off b/c i knew she could never get with aragorn, why is she acting so damned clingy?

cate blanchett is good in every movie she does, but she seems to do a lot of crap. she needs to make a movie that showcases her talents more. like elizabeth.

elijah pisses me off most of the time. with his faces and whatnot. i guess he pulled frodo off, but i kinda wish petey j casted another frodo. who would've made a better frodo?

however, i can't choose between one person i thought was best. i pretty much like all of them. even elijah, sometimes.
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