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Bêthberry · 08-26-2002, 10:54 AM

There was much, for me, that was quite well-done in the first movie, although the omisison of Tom and Goldberry and of the Barrow-Downs suggests to me that the entire movie trilogy will have a diminished focus--as, perhaps, must be given the nature of the different media.<P>What I wonder about is the change between Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White. The White has a slightly different personality (I might go so far as to say is less subtle) and so far the pictures I've seen of Gandalf the White from the movie fill me with foreboding. The poses look too much like stilted action-figure positions. And the hair and beard don't suit the actor. Just MHO.<P>Bethberry

08-26-2002, 10:54 AM	#8
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,984	There was much, for me, that was quite well-done in the first movie, although the omisison of Tom and Goldberry and of the Barrow-Downs suggests to me that the entire movie trilogy will have a diminished focus--as, perhaps, must be given the nature of the different media.<P>What I wonder about is the change between Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White. The White has a slightly different personality (I might go so far as to say is less subtle) and so far the pictures I've seen of Gandalf the White from the movie fill me with foreboding. The poses look too much like stilted action-figure positions. And the hair and beard don't suit the actor. Just MHO.<P>Bethberry __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.