*TTT - Gandalf the White (Ian McKellan)*

[Lush]

I have to disagree with you there, Rimbaud. While the direction of TTT was certainly not up to par with FotR (yes, yes, the sagging middle, that RotK will hopefully redeem), I cannot go as far as saying that "Frodo's part is horridly written," or that Ian McKellen's talent is somehow undermined by PJ's ineptitude. I think this is largely a matte of taste.<BR>*Ahem* Well, this is a Gandalf thread, and I must say that I was impressed. Ian McKellen gives me goosebumps (ha! So much for the pretty boys!), and his presence is commanding, powerful, enchanting, yet still somewhat down-to-earth. I can only hope that he will have more screen time in RotK; his impact here was somewhat muted by his lack of anything to say.