[Tired of Taxes]

The movies are great. But, Viggo just about ruined them all for me, too, especially because he played my favorite character. Also because he admitted he never even read LOTR until he was on the plane headed to start filming. I’m not sure he ever read the whole trilogy. Arghhh.

Also almost ruining it was the actor who played Gandalf with his political cause. What a shame.

[Corin Stormhands]

Quite frankly, I don't give a rat's butt that Viggo is a moron. Yes, he is a liberal moron. But if I wanted to give up on every liberal moron in Hollywood, I wouldn't have much to watch.

The stories are great and beautifully told, acted and filmed. It's just frankly not worth my time to keep up with everyone's agenda. I just know what I like.

IMHO, if we have to judge every movie, every TV show, every book based on the moral/political persuasions of the artists involved, then we're going to be awfully bored.

Your mileage may vary.

[Thoro]

Also almost ruining it was the actor who played Gandalf with his political cause. What a shame.

I love Ian Mckellen in the LOTR, X-men and other movies. I know enough of his personal life to not read up too much on him outside his movie work. That was one thing I was happy about. Unlike Viggo, McKellen is(or was?) relatively low key. Whenever someone would ask McKellen about a project, or if he was involved in promoting a project, McKellen would try to stick strictly to the project, and steer all questions back into what related to the project. Viggo, on the other hand, would steer it into politics somehow and make some assinine statement.