RE: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>...out of character for the movie Gandalf...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I beg to differ, but this IS the movie Gandalf. PJ has control over his characters and his script. This is his version of 'improving Tolkien,' and another glaring case of screwing it up royally.<P>I think I know what you meant, though. It seems inconsistent with Gandalf's character up to this point in the Jackson movies. And I agree, up to a point. <P>But where I disagree is where the movie Gandalf <I>has already diverged</I> from the book Gandalf (in TTT). Why did PJ show Gandalf 'casting Saruman out of Theoden?' Not because it was in Tolkien, but because that is Jackson's version of a better wizard. All Dungeons & Dragons. Words of truth and fresh air is just too darn subtle for Monster-Man Jackson.<P>So we have "Gung-Fu Gandalf and the Staff of Striking." (That will be the name of the scene on the DVD, right?) Instead of Denethor turning over the defence of the city to Gandalf, PJ instead gives us the Coup of the (Third) Age. <P>Perhaps PJ first offered the role of Gandalf to Eddie Murphy? <I>"Back in the fire, b*tch!"</I><p>[ 7:03 PM December 22, 2003: Message edited by: Theron Bugtussle ]
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For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying. -Gandalf, The Two Towers
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