10/10 to Ian McKellen..a superb Gandalf that I cannot now imagine anyone else being able to play, he pitched it perfectly.
Other 10's go to Ian Holm as Bilbo, Sean Astin (yes I know he's a terrible luvvie in real life) Andy Serkis and Bernard Hill.
9/10's go to Miranda Otto, a good performance but just not pretty enough to be Eowyn, Elijah Wood (if in doubt roll those eyes some!), Karl Urban, a touch overstated and Christopher Lee...mostly the fault of the script.
To skip to the low points John Noble 1/10 for really horrible cod-shakespearean overacting. Orlando Bloom...Oh dear me. Need I say more? and of course, whoever it was that played Celeborn. He'd clearly been smoking SOMETHING
