[greyhavener]

I wanted to see a wearier more ageless attitude in the elves. I'm not sure I'd fault the actors so much as the plot changes and dialog. I really hated the whole Elrond trying to send Arwen off to the Grey Havens thing. I do think the extended version with the gift-giving scene did Galadriel more justice.

Sean Bean performance captured Boromir perfectly for me. I'm trying to reserve judgement on Faramir and Eowyn but I left TTT very disappointed in both of them. Again, my problems were more with dialog and persona than the actors. I liked Viggo's Aragorn but I see Aragorn as a bit less conflicted. I think the book portrays him as more settled in his role as king and Arwen's mate.

Elijah Wood looks like a hobbit and he's a good actor, but I envision someone older for Frodo. Maybe they could have aged him so he looks older than Merry and Pippin. Also the victim image bothers me.

Merry should have been more complex and mature than Pippin not tweeledee and tweedledum. Though a bit of that came out with the Ents. I thought Sean Astin's performance as Sam was wonderful.

I was happy with both the wizards and with Gimli. Gollum was interesting enlightening but dragged on a bit for me in TTT.

[ June 27, 2003: Message edited by: greyhavener ]