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[Juni Ori]

We had this interesting discussion about the issue some time ago and I heard pretty surprising names. However not all had read the book, so we mainly focused to the movies - which are far overrated imo - and thus we can focus to them here too, but don't be afraid to tell both if there's any difference. Who are your favorites? Mine?

Movie: Boromir
Book: very hard to name a single one, so many great characters, but if I have to pick one, it would be... *considering ages* Boromir

[BeefontheBone]

Tom Bombadil. Not really.

[Tulac]

I'd say Bilbo, but he's more interesting in Hobbit.

[DakaSha]

never read the books and only saw the first movie so i couldnt really say. i thought gimli(?... the dwarf) was kinda funny in the movie ... i liked how they said the ring cant be detroyed and he just flipped out and tried to smash it with his axe...

also i cant take that elven leader very seriously considering hes mr smith from the matrix

[BeefontheBone]

Elrond. He's not great in the movie, and you're right about that - I kept expecting him to start taking over random orcs

[Juni Ori]

Tom Bombadil is actually very interesting character in many ways. Bilbo had imo way too small part in LotR to be taken into account - but that's just me. Interesting character in Hobbit, no doubt. Gimli and Legolas were both poor in the movies - Legolas being stand-steadily-on-any-surface-no-matter-how-unstable and ridiculously accurate with his bow and Gimli being far too comical. Though admitted, the ring chopping attempt and "Not from the beard" (or something like that) were quite funny.

Elrond in the movie = catasthrope...

[Frodo]

My favourite character is Frodo.     

I thought Elrond was really good in the film.  Treebeard was really interesting in the film.  I also loved Aragorn as Strider, cos he was all mysterious.     

From the book, Tom Bombadil is a brilliant character.  I found Gollum really sinister and creepy in the book, so he was better in the book.  

[PrejudiceSucks]

That child with a good sword, who you see dropping rocks on the Urak-Hai in The Two Towers, for sure.

And none of that Tom Bombadil business. JRR should have stuck with writing quasi-religious tomes, rather than songs. Bah.

[A. J. Raffles]

Gandalf. The know-it-all everybody listens to.

[Japofran]

Juni Ori, on Dec 7 2006, 03:45 PM, said:

Gimli and Legolas were both poor in the movies - Legolas being stand-steadily-on-any-surface-no-matter-how-unstable and ridiculously accurate with his bow and Gimli being far too comical.

AYE! Far far far too so.

[DeathDude]

Yeah probably Gandalf would vote, although Bormir in the movies was potrayed really well too. Sean Bean did an excellent job with the role.

[Frodo]

Gandalf is a wise old wizard.  

[Mighty Midget]

I haven't read the books in years now, coz I grew tired of them, but as "a favourite character", I'd have to say all them tribes and people other than the main characters. I think they add more "life to Middle Earth" than any main character alone. Them Rohans were pretty cool, and even though P.J. kinda made a mess of it, I liked the effort he put into showing the daily life of them riders.

Other than that: Bored Of The Rings is a far better book, on the sole condition you have read LotR first. There, Goodgulf is my favourite.

[Juni Ori]

Frodo, on Dec 7 2006, 06:53 PM, said:

My favourite character is Frodo.  

Really? I guess none of us saw that coming! Treebeard and Strider, agree. Treebeard was excellent in books and surprisingly they didn't spoil him in the film. Aragorn was better as Strider in both book and movie, but especially in the book. About Frodo, I still think Elijah Wood looks... well, far too girly. Frodo doesn't have to be übermacho, but at least clearly male.

@A. J. Raffles: That's exactly why I don't like him.

[A. J. Raffles]

Juni Ori, on Dec 8 2006, 06:41 AM, said:

@A. J. Raffles: That's exactly why I don't like him.

Well, and where would they all be without him?