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Ian McKellen was great, as was Christopher Lee. Two brilliant wizards!
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Except for that whole "wizard's duel" thing...
I actually don't care for the portrayal of Theoden. In the books, he seems older, somehow. Less middle-aged and more venerable. And I almost screamed with fury when Gandalf "exorcised" Saruman out of him. (That sounds funny, but I'm unsure how to rephrase it.)
I do agree with whoever it was who said that Aragorn came out more indecisive than in the books. Not because he wanted to go to the White City vs. say going with Frodo, but because he didn't want to be king at all. In the books, I at least saw him as quite prepared to take up the burden (Not to mention the fact that Elrond sort of made that a condition for marrying Arwen...) Also, at the end of FotR, Aragorn lets Frodo leave. Alone. Frankly, I just don't see Aragorn letting him do that. He would go with him, to continue to protect him. (While I'm on the subject of that scene, the whole Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli fighting the Uruk-hai did NOT need to occur)
Also, I found the way Frodo was so--dare I say it?--
immature annoyed me greatly. The hobbit was fifty something at this point. Come on, PJ.
At this point, I need to go dunk my head in cold water to cool my wrath so I don't say anything I will regret.