Would have jennifer garner made a better arwen? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

One Axe to Rule them All · 09-01-2003, 04:25 PM

I think that Jennifer garner would have made a better arwen than Liv Tyler.What do you think?[ September 02, 2003: Message edited by: One Axe to Rule them All ]

HCIsland · 09-01-2003, 04:52 PM

Who is Jennifer Garner?H.C.

One Axe to Rule them All · 09-01-2003, 04:57 PM

Jennifer garner is the main character on Alias and plays Elektra on Daredevil.

Snowdog · 09-01-2003, 05:16 PM

You're probably right about <A HREF="http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0264464/CT-4314.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Jennifer Garner</A>. I wouldn't mind seeing <A HREF="http://www.bettina-zimmermann.de/images/gb8.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Bettina Zimmermann</A> as Arwen as well.

The Only Real Estel · 09-01-2003, 05:25 PM

Hmm, that's tough. I don't know, Liv didn't make the best-looking Arwen, but PJ can't go with to well-known stars. It just doesn't seem to fit well to have big names in LOTR. Don't ask me why , but it just doesn't.

Lord of Angmar · 09-01-2003, 08:30 PM

I always thought Natalie Portman would be an excellent Arwen. At any rate, I did not have any problem with Liv Tyler. I think Jennifer Garner is too tough and... well... un-Elvish to play Arwen. She would make a very good Eowyn, I think.

Arien · 09-02-2003, 03:12 AM

No, I think Liv Tyler was definately a better choice than Jennifer Garner. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think Jennifer Garner is too tough and... well... un-Elvish to play Arwen. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I have to agree with you there.

Elentári · 09-02-2003, 04:30 AM

I loved the way Liv lowered her voice, it was so musical...and Elvish. I don't know who Jennifer Garner is, but I think Liv did a good job.

Evisse the Blue · 09-02-2003, 04:43 AM

Oh, man. I thought you were kidding about Jennifer Garner. No offense, but No, I don't think she would have made a better Arwen. Liv was okay, but in the beginning I used to think Sophie Marceau would have made an even better Arwen. I dunno why, maybe it's her role in Braveheart that made a big impression on me.

samrohan · 09-02-2003, 06:05 AM

I think Gwyneth Paltrow would have made a good Arwen, but frankly the Arwen's role is so much over-cast and over-exposed that it does not matter. Arwen does not appear much until the wedding, or am I wrong. I have always been against Liv in that role anyway... Though I think she is absolutely gorgeous.

Meela · 09-02-2003, 07:55 AM

There was nothing wrong with Liv. If all those actresses had filmed the role of Arwen as well, she would be the best out of them. Her voice was nice in the films, I agree. It's rather girly and high in real life (although it's still a nice voice), but once she lowers it she makes a good elf.

Mariska Greenleaf · 09-02-2003, 08:35 AM

I like Jennifer Garner better as an actress then Liv, but to play Arwen? I don't think she would have done a better job.

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-02-2003, 08:36 AM

Liv turned out to be much better in the role than I could have imagined, but for my money, Madeleine Stowe circa The Last of the Mohicans would have been an ideal Arwen. She's gorgeous, has that weird, ethereal Elvish quality, and would have brought a weight and maturity to the role that young Liv does not. Arwen crying into her pillow in Imladris is just one more TTT scene that I strongly disliked.

Finnguala · 09-02-2003, 12:41 PM

Liv, Liv, goooooo Liv! What is wrong with her? Everybody seems against Liv somehow... and PJ piked her anyway, soooooooooooooooo... (Yeah yeah, start shouting at me again!! )

Elentári · 09-02-2003, 12:47 PM

Hehehe Finnguala...I'm backing you up on this, ok? I thought Liv did just fine. And frankly I'm glad she lowered her voice. It annoys me when she does her interviews...just as everyone says she dresses like a slut. But I reckon that's just because she's the only girl there normally, and the boys hardly dress up! If other actresses were there to, I think people would say she was dressing very modestly. But hey, she's beautiful, so why hide it?

One Axe to Rule them All · 09-02-2003, 01:25 PM

I still think Liv did a mediocre job and Jen would have done much better no matter what all of you say.... And I apoligize for the typo in the title, I know, I know.She can be very elvish (Jennifer Garner) when she wants to be, and her acting is really great, but I shouldn't be mad at PJ; I should be mad at the casting director....Excuse me while I go find the nearest gun and go hunting for the casting director, and maybe PJ if i'm in a really bad mood.

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-02-2003, 01:38 PM

(pssst, One Axe - you can edit the title by going to your first post, clicking on "edit" and retyping it correctly!)

Goldberry · 09-02-2003, 01:47 PM

Liv wasn't bad. I thought she did pretty well, for the part they gave her. I think she acted in her normal voice, and then the editors or whoever made it lower with some sort of device-thingy. I have trouble picturing other actresses as Arwen in the movies, since Liv is already in my head, but Jennifer Garner doesn't seem like quite the right person for the role. Still, I don't know much about her so maybe she would have done fine.

Arwen Evenstar the Fair · 09-02-2003, 05:42 PM

I really liked Liv Tyler's performance, now I can't see anyone else as Arwen. She did an excellent job!

Lathriel · 09-02-2003, 05:53 PM

I don't think Jennifer Garner would have made a better Arwen, besides I can't imagine her in love with Aragorn. I think Liv played the role well. Her low voice makes her a bit mysterious.

Diamond18 · 09-02-2003, 06:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think she acted in her normal voice, and then the editors or whoever made it lower with some sort of device-thingy. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>No, she lowered her voice herself. It's not really that hard... But in interviews on the DVD she does say that her father asked her whose voice that was. She laughed, called him a jerk, and said that she did it herself. I even heard her doing the voice in a couple interviews, to demonstrate.Jennifer Garner just does not look Elvish. She has almost masculine jawbones and her lips just don't look right for her face. I saw her in a Hallmark movie years before Alias, and that was my impression.

Gorwingel · 09-02-2003, 09:41 PM

Jennifer Garner as Arwen!!!!I am sorry but I just don't think that would have worked (Unless they would have kept the original script where she was a serious warrior elf. With those arms, imagine how she would be able to swing a sword ). I would think of Jennifer as more of an Eowyn type of person. She just doesn't have that elven quality to me. I personally don't mind Liv Tyler in the role though. I do think it is one of her better performances, but I also do think that she stands out slightly when grouped together with the other elves.samrohan, I have never thought of how Gwyneth would have done in Arwen's role, but I think she would have been great. She kind of reminds me of a Cate Blanchett type of actress, and she is also very tall, with a very airy, elven quality. She would have been wonderful

One Axe to Rule them All · 09-02-2003, 09:59 PM

Thanks Estelyn, you learn something new everyday... Fine I guess I am just a deluded fool; but I am a happy deluded fool with the image of Jennifer Garner as arwen in my head....

Iargwath · 09-03-2003, 01:59 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I always thought Natalie Portman would be an excellent Arwen.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I also thought that Natalie Portman would have potrayed Arwen well (she already has the leaf shaped ears) Yet i'm afraid she is too short. Her height doesn't match that of the Elves. I liked Liv Tyler as Arwen, since i imagined Arwen to have the same sort of features

The Only Real Estel · 09-03-2003, 02:15 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I would think of Jennifer as more of an Eowyn type of person. She just doesn't have that elven quality to me.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, people have been saying things like that above. I'm just wondering...I'm sure that PJ & co. could give her that...elvish quality. I'm also sure that they could've made her less tough looking or sounding or whatever you guys meant by tough. Makeup is a great thing you know. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>There was nothing wrong with Liv. If all those actresses had filmed the role of Arwen as well, she would be the best out of them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Possibly, but unless you've had some experiance in watching all the 'other' actresses act out Arwen's part, I think that's an unfair judgement. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>It's rather girly and high in real life<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Deffinatly.

Cinderella · 09-03-2003, 02:59 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> but I also do think that she stands out slightly when grouped together with the other elves. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> But isn't Arwen supposed to stand out from the other elves? She is supposedly the most beautiful elf since Luthien so it makes sense that she sould seem to stand out a bit or not blend as well with the other elves.No, Jennifer Garner as Arwen....no... no no no, the eowyn thing I can most defintely see, Ms. Otto is my only Eowyn other than the one in my head when I read the boks, but Jennifer Garner could hve done that part quite well I think. I like Liv as Arwen for the most part, but she does sort of grate on my nerves every once in a while. Someone I always thought would make a great Arwen is <A HREF="http://www.dazzled.com/beckinsale/ph1.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Kate Beckinsale</A> or <A HREF="http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/1d/images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10044000/10044001.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Jennifer Connelly</A>

Meela · 09-03-2003, 03:07 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Possibly, but unless you've had some experiance in watching all the 'other' actresses act out Arwen's part, I think that's an unfair judgement. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Naturally. But I just prefer Liv. I have never seen another actress who I could consider for the role. Some probably could pass it off, but I just prefer Liv above them all. She just... has it.

Goldberry · 09-03-2003, 03:35 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> No, she lowered her voice herself. It's not really that hard... But in interviews on the DVD she does say that her father asked her whose voice that was. She laughed, called him a jerk, and said that she did it herself. I even heard her doing the voice in a couple interviews, to demonstrate. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Oh, oops, you are right. I got mixed up for some reason, probably because she says they put that scene into slow motion digitally, or something. Or maybe, I dreamed that she said it...I seem to be doing that a lot lately, dreaming things and actually believing they are real...odd.

The Only Real Estel · 09-03-2003, 05:40 PM

Although I think her freaqent 'breathing words' instead of 'saying words' is a bit over doing it. I'm always saying to myself: Don't BREATHE, TALK! Do you have a problem with talking? Why do you have to breathe your words!?, but that's just me I'm sure .

Olorin · 09-03-2003, 08:11 PM

I think Liv did a good job as Arwen. Yes, some other actors would have been just as good or even better, but I can't see J. Garner as Arwen.Every time I see a picture of Elrond, I see Agent Smith. If JG played Arwen, I would have seen the character from Alias or Daredevil whenever I saw her. For me at least, it would have severely diminished the role and the movie as a whole. I think PJ was right to pick unfamiliar faces (with the exception of Elrond).

Lindolirian · 09-03-2003, 08:57 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Madeleine Stowe circa The Last of the Mohicans would have been an ideal Arwen. She's gorgeous, has that weird, ethereal Elvish quality, and would have brought a weight and maturity to the role that young Liv does not. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Here, here! I just saw that movie recently, and I think she has the right character for an Arwen role. She is strong willed, and got a bit of an Elvish look to her, but most of all... she ain't a ditz! Pardon my grammar, but I don't think too highly of Liv...

09-04-2003, 01:48 PM

Jen would have been sexier, but I don't think she would have played a better role. One thing though, I actually HATED the way that Liv would just "breath" her lines "It is mine to give to whom I choose....like my heart." I HATED THAT!!!![ September 04, 2003: Message edited by: Glamdring ]

The Only Real Estel · 09-04-2003, 06:53 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Every time I see a picture of Elrond, I see Agent Smith. If JG played Arwen, I would have seen the character from Alias or Daredevil whenever I saw her. For me at least, it would have severely diminished the role and the movie as a whole.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well I hope you didn't see Aragorn without his clothes on, the way Viggo Mortensen is in a X-rated film, then. Point is, you have to block out what people did in their other roles, otherwise you'll never have any fun watching a movie!

Finiel · 09-05-2003, 09:43 AM

Liv Tyler is fine as Arwen. SOphie Morceau would have also been a great choice as an elf! She has the elvish dreamy enchanting look. I forgot who suggested Sophie.Jennifer Connely would have been a great elf too.Natalie Portman is beautiful but she would have looked too young as Viggo's girlfriend (Arwen).

One Axe to Rule them All · 09-05-2003, 09:52 AM

I guess the major thing that makes me hate liv as arwen is the way she breathed her lines instead of talking them. Jen can talk low without "Breathing" her lines and she would have done fine. and isn't arwen supposed to be a warrior-maiden?

The Only Real Estel · 09-05-2003, 10:31 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I guess the major thing that makes me hate liv as arwen is the way she breathed her lines instead of talking them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That also annoys me (as I said in my post a ways above), although I don't hate her for it. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>and isn't arwen supposed to be a warrior-maiden?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Not in the books. In the books she basically sits near Elrond in Rivendell, she really is more of a princess than a warrior-maiden. I think Jennifer might have made it as Arwen, as long as we're talking about PJ's warrior-maiden Arwen. If we're talking a booktual Arwen then there is no way that Garner could've made it.

One Axe to Rule them All · 09-06-2003, 12:03 PM

Can Anything But Arwen help me out here? I am soooo outnumbered here

The Only Real Estel · 09-06-2003, 12:05 PM

Hey man, I said Garner might have made it in PJ's version of LotR. So I'm half with you. [ September 06, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]

Lathriel · 09-06-2003, 06:28 PM

Sorry but I don't think Jennifer Garner would have made a good Eowyn because Eowyn is a blonde and Jennifer Garner is a dark type. Besides you would have two dark types Arwen and Garner as Eowyn. It is nice to have a blonde instead.

The Only Real Estel · 09-06-2003, 06:56 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I don't think Jennifer Garner would have made a good Eowyn because Eowyn is a blonde and Jennifer Garner is a dark type. Besides you would have two dark types Arwen and Garner as Eowyn. It is nice to have a blonde instead.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well...everyone's hair in the movies is a wig. So I'm sure they could've done a good job of transforming Garner into a 'blonde type'. Miranda Otto's (Eowyn)in real life is reddish.

09-01-2003, 04:25 PM	#1
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	Would have jennifer garner made a better arwen? I think that Jennifer garner would have made a better arwen than Liv Tyler.<P>What do you think?<p>[ September 02, 2003: Message edited by: One Axe to Rule them All ] __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!

09-01-2003, 04:52 PM	#2
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	Who is Jennifer Garner?<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor

09-01-2003, 04:57 PM	#3
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	Jennifer garner is the main character on Alias and plays Elektra on Daredevil. __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!

09-01-2003, 08:30 PM	#6
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	I always thought Natalie Portman would be an excellent Arwen. At any rate, I did not have any problem with Liv Tyler. I think Jennifer Garner is too tough and... well... un-Elvish to play Arwen. She would make a very good Eowyn, I think. __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.

09-02-2003, 03:12 AM	#7
Arien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London/Leeds UK Posts: 417	No, I think Liv Tyler was definately a better choice than Jennifer Garner.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think Jennifer Garner is too tough and... well... un-Elvish to play Arwen. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I have to agree with you there. __________________ "...still, we lay under the emptiness and drifted slowly outward, and somewhere in the wilderness we found salvation scratched into the earth like a message."

09-01-2003, 05:16 PM	#4
Snowdog Emperor of the South Pole Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Western Shore of Lake Evendim Posts: 647	You're probably right about <A HREF="http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0264464/CT-4314.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Jennifer Garner</A>. I wouldn't mind seeing <A HREF="http://www.bettina-zimmermann.de/images/gb8.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Bettina Zimmermann</A> as Arwen as well.

09-01-2003, 05:25 PM	#5
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	Hmm, that's tough. I don't know, Liv didn't make the best-looking Arwen, but PJ can't go with to well-known stars. It just doesn't seem to fit well to have big names in LOTR. Don't ask me why , but it just doesn't.

09-02-2003, 04:30 AM	#8
Elentári Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Up a tree somewhere in Caras Galadhon... Posts: 113	I loved the way Liv lowered her voice, it was so musical...and Elvish. I don't know who Jennifer Garner is, but I think Liv did a good job. __________________ Dotard! What is the house of Eorl but a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek, and their brats roll on the floor among the dogs? Spread the word! The 1st annual Golden Ring Marathon! October 20th 2005! Tell Everyone! Frodo Lives!

09-02-2003, 04:43 AM	#9
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Oh, man. I thought you were kidding about Jennifer Garner. No offense, but No, I don't think she would have made a better Arwen.<BR>Liv was okay, but in the beginning I used to think Sophie Marceau would have made an even better Arwen. I dunno why, maybe it's her role in Braveheart that made a big impression on me. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

09-02-2003, 06:05 AM	#10
samrohan Wight Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Touring Minas Tirith with Gimli and Legolas Posts: 107	I think Gwyneth Paltrow would have made a good Arwen, but frankly the Arwen's role is so much over-cast and over-exposed that it does not matter. Arwen does not appear much until the wedding, or am I wrong.<BR>I have always been against Liv in that role anyway... Though I think she is absolutely gorgeous. __________________ I can't believe I have not watched the return of the king yet.

09-02-2003, 07:55 AM	#11
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	There was nothing wrong with Liv. If all those actresses had filmed the role of Arwen as well, she would be the best out of them.<BR>Her voice was nice in the films, I agree. It's rather girly and high in real life (although it's still a nice voice), but once she lowers it she makes a good elf. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

09-02-2003, 08:35 AM	#12
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	I like Jennifer Garner better as an actress then Liv, but to play Arwen? I don't think she would have done a better job. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

09-02-2003, 08:36 AM	#13
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Liv turned out to be much better in the role than I could have imagined, but for my money, Madeleine Stowe circa <I>The Last of the Mohicans</I> would have been an ideal Arwen. She's gorgeous, has that weird, ethereal Elvish quality, and would have brought a weight and maturity to the role that young Liv does not. Arwen crying into her pillow in Imladris is just one more TTT scene that I strongly disliked.

09-02-2003, 12:41 PM	#14
Finnguala Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 124	Liv, Liv, goooooo Liv! What is wrong with her? Everybody seems against Liv somehow...<BR>and PJ piked <B>her</B> anyway, soooooooooooooooo... <P>(Yeah yeah, start shouting at me again!! ) __________________ ~'Autha Lun Tana Voima Te Vereni Vahve Maksi'~

09-02-2003, 12:47 PM	#15
Elentári Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Up a tree somewhere in Caras Galadhon... Posts: 113	Hehehe Finnguala...I'm backing you up on this, ok? I thought Liv did just fine. And frankly I'm glad she lowered her voice. It annoys me when she does her interviews...just as everyone says she dresses like a slut. But I reckon that's just because she's the only girl there normally, and the boys hardly dress up! If other actresses were there to, I think people would say she was dressing very modestly. But hey, she's beautiful, so why hide it? __________________ Dotard! What is the house of Eorl but a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek, and their brats roll on the floor among the dogs? Spread the word! The 1st annual Golden Ring Marathon! October 20th 2005! Tell Everyone! Frodo Lives!

09-02-2003, 01:25 PM	#16
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	I still think Liv did a mediocre job and Jen would have done much better no matter what all of you say.... <P>And I apoligize for the typo in the title, I know, I know.<P>She can be very elvish (Jennifer Garner) when she wants to be, and her acting is really great, but I shouldn't be mad at PJ; I should be mad at the casting director....<P>Excuse me while I go find the nearest gun and go hunting for the casting director, and maybe PJ if i'm in a really bad mood. __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!

09-02-2003, 01:38 PM	#17
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	(pssst, One Axe - you can edit the title by going to your first post, clicking on "edit" and retyping it correctly!) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-02-2003, 01:47 PM	#18
Goldberry Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Old Forest Posts: 338	Liv wasn't bad. I thought she did pretty well, for the part they gave her. I think she acted in her normal voice, and then the editors or whoever made it lower with some sort of device-thingy. <P>I have trouble picturing other actresses as Arwen in the movies, since Liv is already in my head, but Jennifer Garner doesn't seem like quite the right person for the role. Still, I don't know much about her so maybe she would have done fine. __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

09-02-2003, 05:42 PM	#19
Arwen Evenstar the Fair Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 235	I really liked Liv Tyler's performance, now I can't see anyone else as Arwen. She did an excellent job! __________________ ~Arwen~

09-02-2003, 05:53 PM	#20
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I don't think Jennifer Garner would have made a better Arwen, besides I can't imagine her in love with Aragorn.<BR>I think Liv played the role well.<BR>Her low voice makes her a bit mysterious. __________________ Back again

09-02-2003, 06:55 PM	#21
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think she acted in her normal voice, and then the editors or whoever made it lower with some sort of device-thingy. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No, she lowered her voice herself. It's not really that hard... But in interviews on the DVD she does say that her father asked her whose voice that was. She laughed, called him a jerk, and said that she did it herself. I even heard her doing the voice in a couple interviews, to demonstrate.<P>Jennifer Garner just does not look Elvish. She has almost masculine jawbones and her lips just don't look right for her face. I saw her in a Hallmark movie years before Alias, and that was my impression. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

09-02-2003, 09:41 PM	#22
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Jennifer Garner as Arwen!!!!<P>I am sorry but I just don't think that would have worked (Unless they would have kept the original script where she was a serious warrior elf. With those arms, imagine how she would be able to swing a sword ). I would think of Jennifer as more of an Eowyn type of person. She just doesn't have that elven quality to me. <P>I personally don't mind Liv Tyler in the role though. I do think it is one of her better performances, but I also do think that she stands out slightly when grouped together with the other elves.<P><B>samrohan</B>, I have never thought of how Gwyneth would have done in Arwen's role, but I think she would have been great. She kind of reminds me of a Cate Blanchett type of actress, and she is also very tall, with a very airy, elven quality. She would have been wonderful __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

09-02-2003, 09:59 PM	#23
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	Thanks Estelyn, you learn something new everyday...<P><BR>Fine I guess I am just a deluded fool; but I am a happy deluded fool with the image of Jennifer Garner as arwen in my head.... __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!

09-03-2003, 01:59 AM	#24
Iargwath Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 236	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I always thought Natalie Portman would be an excellent Arwen.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I also thought that Natalie Portman would have potrayed Arwen well (she already has the leaf shaped ears) Yet i'm afraid she is too short. Her height doesn't match that of the Elves. <P>I liked Liv Tyler as Arwen, since i imagined Arwen to have the same sort of features __________________ 'I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry'-Psalm 40 My M-e Forum

09-03-2003, 02:15 PM	#25
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I would think of Jennifer as more of an Eowyn type of person. She just doesn't have that elven quality to me.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, people have been saying things like that above. I'm just wondering...I'm sure that PJ & co. could give her that...elvish quality. I'm also sure that they could've made her less tough looking or sounding or whatever you guys meant by tough. Makeup is a great thing you know.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>There was nothing wrong with Liv. If all those actresses had filmed the role of Arwen as well, she would be the best out of them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Possibly, but unless you've had some experiance in watching all the 'other' actresses act out Arwen's part, I think that's an unfair judgement.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>It's rather girly and high in real life<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Deffinatly.

09-03-2003, 02:59 PM	#26
Cinderella Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Arda Unmarred, MA Posts: 173	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> but I also do think that she stands out slightly when grouped together with the other elves. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>But isn't Arwen <I>supposed</I> to stand out from the other elves? She is supposedly the most beautiful elf since Luthien so it makes sense that she sould seem to stand out a bit or not blend as well with the other elves.<P>No, Jennifer Garner as Arwen....no... no no no, the eowyn thing I can most defintely see, Ms. Otto is my only Eowyn other than the one in my head when I read the boks, but Jennifer Garner could hve done that part quite well I think. I like Liv as Arwen for the most part, but she does sort of grate on my nerves every once in a while. Someone I always thought would make a great Arwen is <A HREF="http://www.dazzled.com/beckinsale/ph1.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Kate Beckinsale</A> or <A HREF="http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/1d/images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10044000/10044001.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Jennifer Connelly</A> __________________ These violent delights have violent ends... "Live fast, die young, and have a beautiful looking corpse." -J. Dean

09-03-2003, 03:07 PM	#27
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Possibly, but unless you've had some experiance in watching all the 'other' actresses act out Arwen's part, I think that's an unfair judgement. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Naturally. But I just prefer Liv. I have never seen another actress who I could consider for the role. Some probably could pass it off, but I just prefer Liv above them all. She just... has it. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

09-03-2003, 03:35 PM	#28
Goldberry Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Old Forest Posts: 338	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> No, she lowered her voice herself. It's not really that hard... But in interviews on the DVD she does say that her father asked her whose voice that was. She laughed, called him a jerk, and said that she did it herself. I even heard her doing the voice in a couple interviews, to demonstrate. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Oh, oops, you are right. I got mixed up for some reason, probably because she says they put that scene into slow motion digitally, or something. Or maybe, I dreamed that she said it...I seem to be doing that a lot lately, dreaming things and actually believing they are real...odd. __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

09-03-2003, 05:40 PM	#29
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	Although I think her freaqent 'breathing words' instead of 'saying words' is a bit over doing it. I'm always saying to myself: <I>Don't BREATHE, TALK! Do you have a problem with talking? Why do you have to breathe your words!?</I>, but that's just me I'm sure .

09-03-2003, 08:11 PM	#30
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	I think Liv did a good job as Arwen. Yes, some other actors would have been just as good or even better, but I can't see J. Garner as Arwen.<P>Every time I see a picture of Elrond, I see Agent Smith. If JG played Arwen, I would have seen the character from Alias or Daredevil whenever I saw her. For me at least, it would have severely diminished the role and the movie as a whole. I think PJ was right to pick unfamiliar faces (with the exception of Elrond). __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

09-03-2003, 08:57 PM	#31
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Madeleine Stowe circa The Last of the Mohicans would have been an ideal Arwen. She's gorgeous, has that weird, ethereal Elvish quality, and would have brought a weight and maturity to the role that young Liv does not. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Here, here! I just saw that movie recently, and I think she has the right character for an Arwen role. She is strong willed, and got a bit of an Elvish look to her, but most of all... she ain't a ditz! Pardon my grammar, but I don't think too highly of Liv... __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

09-04-2003, 01:48 PM	#32
Glamdring Guest Posts: n/a	Jen would have been sexier, but I don't think she would have played a better role. One thing though, I actually HATED the way that Liv would just "breath" her lines "It is mine to give to whom I choose....like my heart." I HATED THAT!!!!<p>[ September 04, 2003: Message edited by: Glamdring ]

09-04-2003, 06:53 PM	#33
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Every time I see a picture of Elrond, I see Agent Smith. If JG played Arwen, I would have seen the character from Alias or Daredevil whenever I saw her. For me at least, it would have severely diminished the role and the movie as a whole.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well I hope you didn't see Aragorn without his clothes on, the way Viggo Mortensen is in a X-rated film, then. Point is, you have to block out what people did in their other roles, otherwise you'll never have any fun watching a movie!

09-05-2003, 09:43 AM	#34
Finiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: somewhere in the tropics Posts: 69	Liv Tyler is fine as Arwen.<BR>SOphie Morceau would have also been a great choice as an elf! She has the elvish dreamy enchanting look. I forgot who suggested Sophie.<P>Jennifer Connely would have been a great elf too.<P>Natalie Portman is beautiful but she would have looked too young as Viggo's girlfriend (Arwen). __________________ "The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of a bright world dies when day is done. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done."-- F.W. Bourdillon

09-05-2003, 09:52 AM	#35
One Axe to Rule them All Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Citadel Posts: 212	I guess the major thing that makes me hate liv as arwen is the way she breathed her lines instead of talking them. Jen can talk low without "Breathing" her lines and she would have done fine. and isn't arwen supposed to be a warrior-maiden? __________________ Why are you reading this? Go outside, be happy, get some sunlight! You're so pasty and thin! You horrify me, GO! Get some light before they take you too! It's too late for me but SAVE YOURSELF! For more LOTR fun, Join The Citadel!