The Fellowship of the Ring

so it's been a year since i've read it and in that time i've:
watched the fellowship of the ring.
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
i know, i know. i'm over 5 and didn't see a peter jackson movie for the first decade and a half of my life, weird. but whatever. there are people out there who don't know who the bee gees were. or michael jackson.
*shudder*
or queen.
ok that's just screwed up.
anyway gandalf's frolicking about doing goodness knows what for like fifty years while the ring just hangs about with frodo. like, seriously, how long does it take to track down a delirous grey rodent who can't even speak right when you're a wizard?!! a wizard! isn't there a spell for that? or use the eagles!
but NO apparently the fate of middle earth wasn't important enough for ian mckellen so he's going to walk.
man i forgot how much that part annoys me. i hope it gets better.