Who do you think in the movies is the best looking? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 12-18-2007, 02:47 PM

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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 · 12-18-2007, 03:49 PM

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

mormegil · 12-18-2007, 04:17 PM

This should be made into an actual poll.

Galadriel=Cate Blanchett=the one I thought the most beautiful.

Nogrod · 12-18-2007, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mormegil

Galadriel=Cate Blanchett=the one I thought the most beautiful.

I'd agree that Cate Blanchett is the most beautiful of the ones discussed in real life (well, in pictures and tv/films outside LotR) and sure there is something elvenlike in her... but somehow I was disappointed in the end with her as Galadriel. I don't know why.

I'd probably go for Miranda Otto... How she sings the burial lament for Théodred and how she smiles on the refugee trail... Well, that's enough for me.

Kitanna · 02-09-2008, 02:33 AM

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Cate Blanchett!

Not only is she the best looking, she is simply the best!

The best casted, the best actress, She Is Galadriel!

I quite agree. Cate Blanchett has an other wordly air about her in many of her movies. (I find her particularly striking as Elizabeth I) I'm not always a fan of the lines she was given as Galadriel, but she delivered them wonderfully.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 02-13-2008, 09:57 AM

I think that the people in the movies that are best looking are-

Samwise Gamgee
Peregrin Took
Faramir
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Well, you know I don't fall for many people in those movies.... but if it was the books, Eomer might not be so bad...

Mithalwen · 12-19-2007, 02:41 PM

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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....

Sir Kohran · 12-19-2007, 06:01 PM

Both Arwen (Liv Tyler) and Eowyn (Miranda Otto) are quite gorgeous...I really can't choose, they're both too beautiful for such a choice. We'll call it a draw

Laurinquë · 12-19-2007, 07:23 PM

Personally I would have to say that yes, Viggo Mortensen is the best looking, but I also think that Billy Boyd is a good second. And yes this should be an offical poll.

A note of interest I would like to add is that I am actully the author of the thread, Roborovskii, but TheGreatElvenWarrior was giving me so much trouble over "how stupid" the thread was (apparently I was killing squirrels) that I decided to start a new account as Laurinque.

Knight of Gondor · 12-19-2007, 11:20 PM

As a man, I feel qualified only to mention who seems the beauty of the films among the women featured.

There aren't too many to go on. Arwen, Eowyn and Galadriel are the main ladies. All of the others are covered in grime and have messy hair, so as not to detract from the others.

Of the three, then, I would have to pick Eowyn/Miranda Otto. I never found Arwen/Liv Tyler attractive, and her interviews just remove all doubt. Galadriel/Cate Blanchett is just too...motherly, somehow.

Lalaith · 12-20-2007, 12:12 PM

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I am one of the few women

who find Sean Bean quite resistable.

Here's another. However, while I am obviously a woman of gravitas and substance, ahem, I will admit to being shallow as a puddle in some respects. Pretty Orlando Bloom is one such respect. (I believe Madame Lush is with me on this one...)
In other news, Viggo Mortensen is not at all bad as Aragorn, but does nothing for me in any other incarnation. Karl Urban was the best of the rest.
The Gondor brothers and the hobbit boys all left me cold, I have to say, looks-wise.

Meriadoc1961 · 12-20-2007, 02:37 PM

I was disappointed in the selection of both Cate Blanchette and Liv Tyler for their parts. I always felt that the best choices to fill those roles would have been Jennifer O'Dell from the TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for Galadriel and Jolene Blalock of Star Trek: Enterprise to play Arwen. Both of these women are incredibly beautiful, which is how Tolkien describes these two women in the books. I am not saying the choices of Blanchette and Tyler are ugly, I just do not see them as the drop-dead gorgeous types that are described by Tolkien. Of the two, I felt Tyler was the better choice.

I thought the selection for Gandalf and Saruman were particularly well made, as was Eomer, in my opinion.

They did a great job with Gollum and the Balrog, too.

So with what we have left I would say the characters of Eowyn and Rosie were good. I believe the young lady hobbits in FotR were the most attractive female characters in the movies, especially the shot that has Rosie and a few other lovely ladies looking up as the dragon firework flies overhead. They are very beautiful there. I really think they would have been excellent for these parts.

My wife's favorite is Legolas, so she also has to watch Pirates of the Caribbean.

Merry

Lalwendë · 12-20-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalaith

Here's another. However, while I am obviously a woman of gravitas and substance, ahem, I will admit to being shallow as a puddle in some respects. Pretty Orlando Bloom is one such respect. (I believe Madame Lush is with me on this one...)
In other news, Viggo Mortensen is not at all bad as Aragorn, but does nothing for me in any other incarnation. Karl Urban was the best of the rest.
The Gondor brothers and the hobbit boys all left me cold, I have to say, looks-wise.

Oh no. While I can see that Orlio is a good looking young man, he isn't what I'd call 'fit'

I think Viggo was right as Aragorn but maybe just a bit too intense and acTOR-ish to qualify as 'hot stuff'...Bean really isn't in the slightest bit good looking, but he manages to have that air of 'danger' about him I think.

What is this anyway? The corner of the Downs where we all come to express our airhead sides? If it is, it's welcome

Finduilas · 12-20-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Laurinquë

Personally I would have to say that yes, Viggo Mortensen is the best looking, but I also think that Billy Boyd is a good second. And yes this should be an offical poll.

A note of interest I would like to add is that I am actully the author of the thread, Roborovskii, but TheGreatElvenWarrior was giving me so much trouble over "how stupid" the thread was (apparently I was killing squirrels) that I decided to start a new account as Laurinque.

Forgive me for finding this amusing. But you needn't worry about it. The fact that several old downers posted on this thread with no problem, shows it isn't stupid enought to "kill squirrels". By the way, old downers for me count as people who have topped 1000 posts.

Hammerhand · 12-20-2007, 04:16 PM

Despite being a very straight male, i think Sean Bean and Vigo pull off the best looking title. Nonetheless! i thought Liv Tyler was quite attractive at times.

Saying that, i think the female actors have been in more complimenting films over the years.

Laurinquë · 12-20-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Finduilas

Forgive me for finding this amusing. But you needn't worry about it. The fact that several old downers posted on this thread with no problem, shows it isn't stupid enought to "kill squirrels". By the way, old downers for me count as people who have topped 1000 posts.

Glad to hear I was not murduring squirrels, and I really do like this name better so no worries.

I really have no clue why I like Billy Boyd so much Lalaith, I think it is mostly the fact I am so fond of his character, Pippin.

Valier · 12-20-2007, 07:24 PM

mmmmm Karl Urban (enough said)

12-18-2007, 03:49 PM	#2
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Besides Mouth of Sauron? Well, guess I'd go with Rosie here, I like her more then the Elvish gals. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-18-2007, 04:17 PM	#3
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	This should be made into an actual poll. Galadriel=Cate Blanchett=the one I thought the most beautiful. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

02-13-2008, 09:57 AM	#6
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I think that the people in the movies that are best looking are- Samwise Gamgee Peregrin Took Faramir Meriadoc Brandybuck Well, you know I don't fall for many people in those movies.... but if it was the books, Eomer might not be so bad... __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead. Last edited by Estelyn Telcontar; 02-19-2008 at 08:17 AM.

12-19-2007, 06:01 PM	#8
Sir Kohran Wight Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England, UK Posts: 178	Both Arwen (Liv Tyler) and Eowyn (Miranda Otto) are quite gorgeous...I really can't choose, they're both too beautiful for such a choice. We'll call it a draw __________________ 'Dangerous!' cried Gandalf. 'And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord.' Last edited by Sir Kohran; 02-09-2008 at 01:41 PM.

12-19-2007, 07:23 PM	#9
Laurinquë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 347	Billy Boyd Personally I would have to say that yes, Viggo Mortensen is the best looking, but I also think that Billy Boyd is a good second. And yes this should be an offical poll. A note of interest I would like to add is that I am actully the author of the thread, Roborovskii, but TheGreatElvenWarrior was giving me so much trouble over "how stupid" the thread was (apparently I was killing squirrels) that I decided to start a new account as Laurinque.

12-19-2007, 11:20 PM	#10
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	As a man, I feel qualified only to mention who seems the beauty of the films among the women featured. There aren't too many to go on. Arwen, Eowyn and Galadriel are the main ladies. All of the others are covered in grime and have messy hair, so as not to detract from the others. Of the three, then, I would have to pick Eowyn/Miranda Otto. I never found Arwen/Liv Tyler attractive, and her interviews just remove all doubt. Galadriel/Cate Blanchett is just too...motherly, somehow. __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

12-20-2007, 02:37 PM	#12
Meriadoc1961 Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 101	I was disappointed in the selection of both Cate Blanchette and Liv Tyler for their parts. I always felt that the best choices to fill those roles would have been Jennifer O'Dell from the TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for Galadriel and Jolene Blalock of Star Trek: Enterprise to play Arwen. Both of these women are incredibly beautiful, which is how Tolkien describes these two women in the books. I am not saying the choices of Blanchette and Tyler are ugly, I just do not see them as the drop-dead gorgeous types that are described by Tolkien. Of the two, I felt Tyler was the better choice. I thought the selection for Gandalf and Saruman were particularly well made, as was Eomer, in my opinion. They did a great job with Gollum and the Balrog, too. So with what we have left I would say the characters of Eowyn and Rosie were good. I believe the young lady hobbits in FotR were the most attractive female characters in the movies, especially the shot that has Rosie and a few other lovely ladies looking up as the dragon firework flies overhead. They are very beautiful there. I really think they would have been excellent for these parts. My wife's favorite is Legolas, so she also has to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. Merry __________________ "If I yawn again, I shall split at the ears!" Last edited by Meriadoc1961; 12-20-2007 at 02:41 PM.

12-20-2007, 04:16 PM	#15
Hammerhand Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dark side of the moon. Posts: 81	Despite being a very straight male, i think Sean Bean and Vigo pull off the best looking title. Nonetheless! i thought Liv Tyler was quite attractive at times. Saying that, i think the female actors have been in more complimenting films over the years. __________________ A great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.

12-20-2007, 07:24 PM	#17
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	mmmmm Karl Urban (enough said) __________________ grand return?........