Lord of the Rings -- the men

To treat myself for finishing and turning in another manuscript to my agent, I spent a couple of days watching the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy on DVD. These are the extended versions with extra scenes. And unlike some DVDs with deleted scenes included, these weren’t stuck at the end. These were placed in the movies where they’d been originally. Some of them clarified things and made me go, “Oh, that makes sense.” Others just extended scenes that were already there. I really enjoyed them. The only thing I wished there’d been more of was the development of the relationship between Faramir and Eowyn. In the theater release, there is only a momentary shot of the two of them at Aragorn’s coronation. In the extended version, there were a couple of extra brief scenes, but it still felt like there needed to be one more to explain how that relationship came about after she’d had feelings for Aragorn.

Anyway, today I’m posted some photos of my favorite male characters from the movies. Tomorrow, I’ll post about the female characters.

First off is Frodo, who has the toughest task in the movies, to be the bearer of the One Ring. Poor Frodo is almost offed so many times, but he sticks with it. And Elijah Wood is a cutie.

Next up is Aragorn, one of the Fellowship and the king referred to in Return of the King. He’s a reluctant king at first, but he comes into his own at the end. And he gets the beautiful girl (Arwen) to boot.

And who can forget Legolas — that elf with the long, blond hair? These movies were the first time I’d seen Orlando Bloom, and the first time I saw him sans the Legolas hair, I was taken aback by his dark, curly hair. Several of the actors who played the other blond elves also have dark hair. I want to live with the elves for awhile.

Some other characters I really like but who don’t get as much attention are:

Eomer, nephew of King Theodan of Rohan and brother to Eowyn. He’s one heck of a horse soldier.

Faramir, who I actually liked better than his ill-fated brother Boromir. I liked that there was a gentleness and kindness to Faramir even though life pushed him to be a soldier like his brother.

And then there is Haldir, one of the elves many movie watchers might not even be able to name. But he was fun in his arrogance, and he heads up the elvish army that shows up to help defend Helm’s Deep in The Two Towers. The arrival of the elvish army is one of my favorite scenes. I want me some elvish armor.

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