Why didn't Gandalf cast fireballs? Or forcefields? Or ANYTHING useful?

Why didn't Gandalf cast fireballs? Or forcefields? Or ANYTHING useful?

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he tapped his cane on that bridge and the ballgrog couldn't pass.

>"Son of a fuck!"
Wow, a bitch too harsh, wasn't it?

youtube.com/watch?v=44kBN340vd4
he does a forcefield at 2:15

THEY'RE TAXING THE HOBBIES IN ISENGARD

What the fuck did you just say about me, you piece of shit? mortal fucking shit

Not that kind of setting. We need some battle mage (both weak and strong like in Black Company) movies in medieval fantasy setting.

He's an old god sent to oversee Middle-earth and it's inhabitants. The only reason he would use spells is if something completely unnatural and out of place happened, like the Balrog, Nazguls or Saruman.

Bilbo, your funeral is already paid for

He cast pine cones

>that time gandalf told pip to kill himself
toxic af desu

Gandalf beat the balrog and the orcs in the Hobbit by smashing bridges. His greatest power is gravity. Could this be a nod to the old fan theory that Gandalf is . . . Isaac Newton?

I've posted this before
Spells cast by Gandalf in Hobbit & LOTR trilogies include:

- create fire
- create light
- remove curse
- telekinesis
- summon animal
- concussion blast
- enchant weapon
- force field
- induce heat
- weather control

Dude has magic, he's just a humble guy

Peter Jackson, before FOTR was released, was talking how he liked Tolkien mages because they were not D&D mages casting fireballs and stuff.

And then there's this: youtu.be/0bG8CVUujhs?t=19

>concussion blast
>summon animal
>induce heat
>weather control

you're going to have to remind me . . . wait a minute
>Spells cast by Gandalf in Hobbit & LOTR trilogies
>Hobbit trilogy
DUDE

Gandalf and the other istari are a species of maiar sent to middle earth to deal with Sauron, their marching orders from their Valar masters was to limit their involvement and restrain their power.

How humble?

Reminder Thorin is famous for hiding behind a piece of wood. If Smaug settled on Bag End it wouldn't take Bilbo 170 years to get rid of him.

Chris Tolkien you bitch, just lease the Silmarillion rights to the government of New Zealand.

They are all 3rd level spells at most

He already passed the rights onto his money hungry grandchildren as part of the Amazon deal
It's happening

what tolkien's magic is isn't fucking dnd magic at all

it's essentially reality warping to meet the istari's will.

They don't cast, they change reality itself.

It's a supernatural magic, more so than something that would take mana, or true "dnd" style magic

i like it when he shines light at things to blind them.

In that case, I want modern animated Tolkino. Dwarves have never done anything of value in a Tolkien adaptation. Can we see them challenge Glaurung in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad? Dwarves in "great masks, hideous to look upon" cover the retreat of wilting Noldor against firedrakes and Balrogs. Fund that shit!

all of those things happened in the Lord of the rings trilogy

There are multiple duplicate powers, for example throwing Saruman around is just telekinesis, not "concussion blast"

elf-lovers would shit the bed, user

>He cast light-ray to get rid of the Nazgul chasing the retreating army
>He completely forgot about it when they directly attack minas tirith, and all the nice balistas get broken as a result. Also a bunch of soldiers die.
Peter Jackson suggested his staff ran out of batteries in the commentary.

Classic

>*whistle really loudly to Shadowfax, who's standing 600 yards away*
summon animal
>*tell Gwaihir's servant "I've been kidnapped. Go get help" when he visits you in torture prison*
summon animal
>*Pre arranged meeting with Gwaihir in the Misty Mountains*
summon animal

I'd assume that the trick requires a huge amount of concentration. He can't do that when he's swinging his sword. There's also the witch king flying about so maybe that has a dampening effect on Gandalfs powers. The human army also now has the ability to fight back, unlike Faramirs retreating army.

Doesn't Gandalf have a finite amount of spells or energy that he can actually use?

I'm all in favor of that kind of race baiting.

I'm actually pretty fucking surprised that made it in

Pippin is the most vulnerable character in the entire trilogy

gandalf wasnt supposed to solve their problems by himself, his main power was to rally people to fix their own shit.

was Gandalf a Jew?

the antithesis

>"CUR!"
>bitchslap
>EAAAHH!
I can see why they cut this scene.

Be careful what you wish for
>an army of purple-haired dwarf women battle a dragon supremacist dragon with their mary sue feminine penis axes.