Barb Jernigan wrote:
 
> I like 'em in a doublet ... that's SUCH a good cut for fellas....

Nothing wrong with a well-made doublet. But "bad boy" plus
doublet equals double-drool!
 
> > I *love* long hair on men, and beards/goatees on
> > many of them. (Some men should never wear them; some should never
> > go without them.)
> 
> Russ is bearded, per my request (and discovering it's nice not to spend
> all that time shaving)

That's what most of the guys I know who grow beards say.
 
> > That British-Stage-Actor's voice. Probably what gets me about
> > Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan, too.
> 
> and Sean Connery, and.....

Yes, "and." :) Lots of 'em out there.
 

> =nodding=
> (too pretty for me....)

Oh, he's eye-candy-ish, at least. Not much more--certainly not a
major "drool" factor (until you start seeing his wicked sense of
humor in LotR2)--but I do *love* that hair. Oh--I've said that
before, huh? 
 
> > Missed that one, but caught a few others. Overall, though, the
> > acting and editing was so good that I didn't catch too many. (Or
> > maybe I was just too involved in the story!)
> 
> even better!

Definitely! And it's fascinating to me to find out the
behind-the-scenes stuff.  For example, in one scene there were 3
different editing cuts over the course of about 2 minutes. Each
one was filmed months apart in radically different locales--but
they all flowed together. Weird.
 

> > > > Then, of course, there are Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin
> > > > (Billy Boyd), who are purely amusing. :)
> > >
> > > In #1, yeah, but their characters are maturing quite well.
> >
> > They do in the books, as well; though in the books, they were
> > never quite as mischievous as in the movie. A lot of that came
> 
> some things translate better in person....

The actors themselves have a bizarre (but fun) sense of humor.
There's a comment from them in the cast commentary, just as the
Fellowship is leaving Rivendell, that is beyond funny (to me, at
least; maybe it's just the particular setting).
 
> > from the actors.
> 
> always does -- even when the playwrite is long dead, it's a collaboration

oh yes--it's all about interpretation. (THe director has a large
part to play in that, too.)
 
> > (You should listen to the cast commentary of the
> > movie sometime, if you have the Extended DVD version. Dom and
> > Billy had me rolling on the floor.)
> 
> I have it -- but haven't cracked the shrink wrap. One of these moons....

Oh--definitely worth the time, imho.
 
> > I'm reading _Return of the
> > King_ now; wonder how they're going to get their final maturation
> > into the next movie.
> 
> >From what I've seen to date, they'll do JUST fine

Oh, I have no doubt. I just wonder how. :)

> > Slightly different comic relief, too; the hobbits' senses of
> > humor aren't as black as Gimli's, ever.  Gimli did, however, have
> > some *great* scenes in _The Two Towers_; and the friendship
> 
> yes.... and no.
> but that's talking like a writer/critic

What didn't you like?
 
> > The problem with these movies is that the cute guys are either
> > too old for me (e.g. Viggo, born in 1958), too young for me (e.g.
> 
> ah, a nicely weathered 44

Yeah... a bit much for me (29), but still, nice eye candy :)
 
> > Elijah Wood, born in 1981), or married (e.g. Sean Astin). Grrrrr!
> 
> ah well!

I suppose I can drool, at least. :)
 
> > Well, I never got into the books until after I'd seen the movies,
> > so I came into them with no preconceptions of "what should be."
> > Personally, I think they're amazing.
> 
> oh yes, indeed they are....

Especially when you realize that there were 5-6 years of prep
before the actors ever arrived. Wow.
 
> > > Hope there will be enough with will, means, and good scripts
> > (looking how
> > > Star Wars still pretty much stands alone in the Space Opera that
> > meets my
> > > preferences), tygress
> >
> > Lissa Hear,Hear! Wingling
> 
> we shall see....
> (Reid's making PLANS, anyway) tygress

Lissa DecentFantasyIsAGoodThing Wingling

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