Cate Blanchett Bringing Galadriel To Life Again

[Fearzone]

She wasn't that great as Galadriel.

 

[MrLS]

Mikael Persbrandt as Beorn was the biggest surprise for me, mostly because I have never seen him outside Swedish cinema before.
Well I hope will dish us up with the same great acting he tends to throw at us in his Swedish flicks.

 

[Falseprophet]

Not being a huge fan of Tolkien, I was okay with the Jackson/Blanchett take on Galadriel. Although the scene where Frodo offers to give her the One Ring was over the top (mostly because of the CGI), and this in a movie with Christopher Lee in it.

This is good news. I hope the movie really is getting closer to being made!

On a side note, this has been bugging me for awhile... why are actresses called actors now? I know it's been that way for years, but why? Can someone explain the problem with the word actress?

Political corretness basically. People don't like the idea of seperating female actors into their own category anymore. That's the world we live in.

Ya know, we haven't used the words "authoress" and "poetess" in almost a century (and they are real words). So why do female actors still get tagged with "actress" when female writers don't?

 

[duchaked]

yeahhhh they kinda need Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis lol

 

[duchaked]

i dont think galadrial is even in the Hobbit, unless they are showing the meeting of the white council and their move against sauron

He did say the Hobbit was to be a two parter, maybe the White council driving Sauron/The Necromancer from Dul Guldur will be the climax of part 1.

Still, Galadriel being in the Hobbit wouldnt be the least of errors he made. Note to Mr. Jackson... Aragorn got Anduril before they left Rivendel.

still stiff about that detail? lol

man can't believe the LotR trilogy came out so long ago...time flies (even when you're not having fun)

 

[Neverhoodian]

A part of me is worried how the film's going to turn out and if it will take too many liberties with the story (I'll admit though, I didn't mind most of the changes they made with LotR).

Another part of me doesn't care because I'll get to see my sweetie-I mean Cate Blanchett-as Galadriel again.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

still stiff about that detail? lol

Its a pain that never ends.

Other sticking points; Arwin summond the river to wipeout the Nazgul, no she didnt. Saruman getting killed atop Isenguard, no he wasnt. The Ents deciding not to go to war, they were anyway. The Shire was supposed to be Scourged. Legolas actually 1-shotted a Felbeast.

My favourite part of the books is where Gimli called Eomer a horsefuc... oh wait, that was something else.

 

[Orthon]

Uh, Mikael Persbrandt in an english film?

Look, I don't want to judge him before I've seen him do the part. But..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQzcGkp0EI

Wait until something like 1 minute in and you'll know his english isn't exactly fantastic. I'm sure he can fix it so it sounds natural in the film, but I still wonder how he got the part, if he talks like that.

But oh well, it's still cool to have him in the Hobbit.

 

[Sovvolf]

Hahaha Jed Brophy again... He seems to be a trademark of Peter Jackson.
As for the casting... I'm happy with it, very happy with it.

 

[Nocta-Aeterna]

I don't remember Galadriel even being IN The Hobbit. But then, it's been quite some time since I've read the thing.

My thoughts exactly

I guess they're going to make a MASSIVE detour

 

[latenightapplepie]

Excellent. I can't think of a performance by Blanchett I haven't enjoyed.

 

[Lord_Kristof]

Yeah, Saruman, Radagast and Galadriel in The Hobbit? Nope, weren't there. I can't see a reason to put them in either. I can understand why some changes were made in LOTR, but any changes made to the Hobbit do not make any sense other than a whim of the film makers. It's entirely possible to make a single movie out of that book, even if some stuff will be changed or removed. But ADDING stuff in seems like a really shitty idea.

 

[fgdfgdgd]

I can't really express how much i'm looking forward to this movie(s) Especially now that Jacktions is attacked to direct.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Continuity ftw. One of those little things in movies i really appreciate. Role Reprisal is the bestest. (only reason y i watched Starship Trooper 3 cause RICO was back! XD)

 

[solidstatemind]

I was originally annoyed about the revisions that Jackson made, too;
-Narsil was reforged into Anduril before the Fellowship left Rivendell,
-No Barrow-wights; no barrows; so no explanation of why Merry's dagger would be so harmful to the Witch-King of Angmar
-Arwen playing a much greater role than she did in the books
-no Tom Bombadil
-no Cleansing of the Shire

etc, etc.

however, it must be said that- while it wasn't 100% faithful to what Tolkien wrote, the Movie trilogy stayed very faithful to the spirit of the books, and many of the edits are understandable. (For example, how in the hell would you translate Tom Bombadil to the screen?)

I trust Jackson to not muck the Hobbit up completely, because LotR would've been much easier to screw up, given the extended scope and depth of the tale.

 

[duchaked]

Legolas actually 1-shotted a Felbeast.

lol I remember that one! that was pretty B.A.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

-No Barrow-wights; no barrows; so no explanation of why Merry's dagger would be so harmful to the Witch-King of Angmar
-no Tom Bombadil

I missed the dagger reference first time I watched it, too caught up no doubt. But when he was stabbed I thought "Why is he just sitting there?" then a few days later I caught on and remembered.

Was surprised Bombadil wasnt in the movie, then again if he were, the two chapters he featured in would have added atleast another 90 minutes to the movie.

But yeah, the movies did keep in general with the books' spirit.

lol I remember that one! that was pretty B.A.

Maybe they added the Mumakil scene to make up for it.

 

[murphy7801]

he is for like a page