10. When He Wasted All That Time Doing Research And Drinking
When Gandalf first sees the ring in Bilbo's house, he goes to touch it - and sees a flash of Sauron's crazy hypnotic fire-infused eye once his fingers get close enough. However, he leaves poor innocent Frodo with the ring, and runs off into god-knows-where to research the long and grim history of the ring itself. Plus, he can be seen holding a giant flagon of an unidentified liquid (no doubt some sort of illegal Middle Earth moonshine) - and surely this intoxication affects his performance when he goes a-knocking on Saruman's door later on? Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam set off on their merry journey into hell. Well done Gandalf, for not seeing the obvious in the first place.