#my casting opinions change every single time i watch but sean astin has my back always

[tidalcreek]

hey it's the anon who asked about book aragorn again, what's your opinion on the other characters? like do you agree with their casting or what did you imagine them look like? for lotr and the hobbit

ok THANK YOU YESSS.... i have so many opinions under the readmore of shame. to preface i think that the tolkien universe casting is actually very good and one of the strongest components of the movies im just very particular and i read the books and formed those opinions first <3 

perfect tier: 

SAM GAMGEE 

gandalf and saruman are SO good..i am always thinking about christopher lee gandalf but i have zero criticisms of ian mckellen thats my grandpa

also thorin 😔 movie thorin is very unlike book thorin but i love him and i do think richard armitage could have pulled off a more bookish characterization if theyd let him

also very good:

pippin and merry :-)

eomer

galadriel..cate blanchett can be perfectly cast Once (editing this weeks later i dont actually like her acting that much i just love her voiceovers)

gimli

theoden

m*rtin fr**man bilbo and the rest of the hobbit cast in general honestly. can’t say anything bad about it they saved those movies

idk its good i dont have a Problem with it:

frodo (no disrespect to elijah thee wood i just dont think he’s That good All the time? but sometimes he does do a perfect job? he mystifies me)

legolas..idk what about him feels boring to me but orlando “there’s nothing behind those eyes” bloom DOES bring his own special thing to the table here and it’s fun

ian holm bilbo

just especially incongruous with my book version but i do actually like them:

boromir + faramir (mostly aesthetic, they have dark hair in the books and i latched onto a specific image w that and also faramir’s characterization got fucked up in two towers. but sean and david r great)

eowyn..miranda otto is actually very good as Book Eowyn but my brain did an even worse thing which is become attached to a version of eowyn that is not like the book at all :) i think i gave her annabeth chase/ginny weasley syndrome bc i was 13 and gay

actively hate this one:

aragorn -_- 

most of the elves..2 be fair my problem with the elves is about peter jackson way more than the actors. his interpretation of the elves as a race is just BORINGGG i love the book elves and i cannot vibe with the movies....all that insane howard shore scoring and for a bunch of tall white people with no emotions

#my casting opinions change every single time i watch but sean astin has my back always #lotr