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Boromir88 · 04-09-2005, 05:00 PM

I think I will direct my thoughts towards Gimli, who is the biggest comic relief character in the film.

A lot of things with Gimli I do find funny, like some of his lines. In FOTR I thought he was funny, and an accurate portrayal towards the book. For example, grunting at Aragorn "recover my strength!" Or the small part about Dwarf Women in TTT. A bit of a more stretch, after Legolas' Mumak slide, "that still only counts as one," got a laugh from me after the disgust of the scene. But, I think with Gimli is that Jackson overused him as the "comic relief." This is my biggest complaint with Jackson, was it just seemed like he couldn't let go of something once he started. Ok, we get it, Gimli is funny, but pleast stop, we can see that by now. And it's blatant diversion from the books that get me a little mad. Like making Gimli look like an out of shape dwarf, that was only slowing down Aragorn and Legolas. I don't see why Jackson did this, it just seems like Jackson intentionally deviated from the books.

Some other examples would be the Steward punching bag. Again, this is another thing Jackson beat into our heads. With the scumbag portrayal of Denethor, I can see where Gandalf might hit him a couple times. Especially when he's telling everyone to flee, but I think just one would do the trick, to get Denethor back to his senses. But no, he hits him in the face, jams it in his stomach, and as Denethor bends down whacks it over his head and knocks him out. This and further scenes of Denethor's beating just makes it seem like Gandalf looked for any reason to beat up the guy, and of course this got laughs because everyone saw it as Gandalf beating up the mean, nasty, cherry-spitter. That's another thing I can't understand, why make Denethor a totally rude slob? Again, JACKSON we get the point! Denethor is crazy and shouldn't be in power.

To sort of sum up these rantings...A lot of the comic relief, I found funny, but it's just I think Jackson overused it. Just seemed like he didn't think we would get it, and beat these concepts into our heads.

04-09-2005, 05:00 PM	#2
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	I think I will direct my thoughts towards Gimli, who is the biggest comic relief character in the film. A lot of things with Gimli I do find funny, like some of his lines. In FOTR I thought he was funny, and an accurate portrayal towards the book. For example, grunting at Aragorn "recover my strength!" Or the small part about Dwarf Women in TTT. A bit of a more stretch, after Legolas' Mumak slide, "that still only counts as one," got a laugh from me after the disgust of the scene. But, I think with Gimli is that Jackson overused him as the "comic relief." This is my biggest complaint with Jackson, was it just seemed like he couldn't let go of something once he started. Ok, we get it, Gimli is funny, but pleast stop, we can see that by now. And it's blatant diversion from the books that get me a little mad. Like making Gimli look like an out of shape dwarf, that was only slowing down Aragorn and Legolas. I don't see why Jackson did this, it just seems like Jackson intentionally deviated from the books. Some other examples would be the Steward punching bag. Again, this is another thing Jackson beat into our heads. With the scumbag portrayal of Denethor, I can see where Gandalf might hit him a couple times. Especially when he's telling everyone to flee, but I think just one would do the trick, to get Denethor back to his senses. But no, he hits him in the face, jams it in his stomach, and as Denethor bends down whacks it over his head and knocks him out. This and further scenes of Denethor's beating just makes it seem like Gandalf looked for any reason to beat up the guy, and of course this got laughs because everyone saw it as Gandalf beating up the mean, nasty, cherry-spitter. That's another thing I can't understand, why make Denethor a totally rude slob? Again, JACKSON we get the point! Denethor is crazy and shouldn't be in power. To sort of sum up these rantings...A lot of the comic relief, I found funny, but it's just I think Jackson overused it. Just seemed like he didn't think we would get it, and beat these concepts into our heads. __________________ Fenris Penguin