Nope, worst casting for LotR was another Elf: Haldir, the chubby elf with a five o'clock shadow…

Ted Sandyman said:

Right now I would have cast Olivia Wilde - just because of the looks, she is not a great actress but at least as good as Liv Tyler and she is certainly better looking, much more female-like, I would go as far as saying much more Elf-like.

In the male department I really like how they go almost entirely American-free for the Hobbit. Brits are just so much better in general. But they could go for more Scandinavian actors as well.

Now, I appologize in advance with both of these statements, I do not want to cause havoc over them. It is just a matter of taste as has been mentioned.

LOVED the casting of Liv and thought she did a wonderful job as Arwen.

But to be fair, I've always loved Liv even before the LotR movies. Empire Records, That Thing You Do, Armageddon, etc.

lleimmoen said:

not letting the fact that im english sway my opinion- i think it was important that a good majority of the cast were english, given that tolkien was, and as in my chapter that discusses this (a time and a place) based much of the places in middle earth in english locations

Yeh i agree with getting the accent right. Sean Astin(sam) had a devonshire twist to his english accent which i thought suited the hobbit way of life as thats what we're like down here. A slow pace of life, farmers/gardeners etc with not much care for the outer world. For an american (i think) he did a great job.

Billiant! I love it! Nicely put! I agree! can I get this art as a poster or something?

Brownmantle said:

best thing to do would be check artisits site

Brownmantle said:

Why yes you can!

http://magali-villeneuve.blogspot.com/

and she sells prints at:

http://www.doseimaus.kingeshop.com/

I just got a print of her Legolas art. I won it from the Cardboard of the Rings guys for getting the most votes in their Watcher in the Water design contest.

The prints are beautiful, I would definitely reccomend getting one.