I have read and watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Both were a while ago, but late one night I began wondering if Gandalf really left it all out on the court.
Gandalf started out Grey. He was the second most powerful wizard in all the land. Upon his new self-appointed nickname, Gandalf the White, and with Saruman out of the picture, Gandalf failed to impress. (Saruman, btw, had whooped Gandalf’s grey butt previously.) Possibly the most impressive thing he did all through the trilogy was creating that large dragon firework. Was Gandalf just a glorified pyrotechnics expert?
Well obviously not. He told a balron, “You shall not pass,” while slamming down his staff. Then he failed to do one pull-up to save himself. Maybe he had an alternate agenda…he wanted to slay said Balron. Sure, I’ll buy. And he does defeat this balron.
He sucks the bad off an old king. Good stuff.
He rides Shadowfax out with a bright white light to “shoo” some incoming ringwraiths. Well done.
But where in the film does Gandalf stand face to face with a ringwraith and lop off his melon? Well, nowhere. Needless to say, Gandalf has some impressive staff skills, which he displays on the tower wall…but does the staff even kill anybody. Sure, I believe he has a sword also, but I’m not going back to look. Worst case scenario, some orcs woke up dazed with a few baseball-sized welts.
Eowyn, with the help of Merry, took down a ringwraith! Couldn’t Gandalf have shot off a few fireballs, a lightning bolt or something we’ve never even heard of…
While Gandalf was pretty sweet and he certainly played an integral part in saving the lives of men…he put up 22 points in game seven of the NBA finals. We expected something in the 40s.
I agree fully. Toward the end he wasn’t using any magic. Maybe he would have felt a little less manly than the others. Can you imagine the next day at the local Perkins. Legolas brags about how many kills he had with his arrows over a nice wedge of pancakes. Aragorn boasts about orc slayings while he sips on his hot cup of coffee. Then they all join in and make fun of the wizard. Comments like “hey sweet job out there fairy boy,” start flying around the table. “Yeah nice sparkles on that one spell sissy.” Basically after a life of mockery Gandalf just wants to be a part of the gang. Unfortunatly this isnt the time or day for this. You gotta bring your magical A game in a time like this. What if you had the power to kill orcs instantaneously, but unfortunatle you had to skip and sing “The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow” to unleash this power. When it all hits the fan in middle earth you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do.
You guys are so lame.