Nicholas McConnaughay said:I really do like Ian McKellen, but I don't know if I think he was the best part of the Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit series. I think he's the best thing of the X-Men series as Magneto though! I think it depends on what film you are looking at. I feel like the best part of The Two Towers was Smeagle. As for The Hobbit franchise as a whole, in the second film, I liked Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug, and in the whole series, I liked Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins.Smaug said:Ian McKellen is the best thing to ever happen to those movies. Without him in Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit the films would be crap. Oh, him and Christopher Lee. Huge fan of Ian Holm too but he didn't have a big enough role in the films/story.
Best thing in the X-Men is *Cough* Patrick Stewart......
I did like Brad Dourif as Grima Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings. John Rhys Davis was another great actor.
Most of the cast was great for both series that Peter did. But some of the cast was utter crap like Sean Astin....