[Knight of Gondor]

Yes, I've observed that many or most of the blows in LotR do not seem to do a lot of damage. I don't WISH for excessive gore, but when Gimli knocks down the Uruk at Helm's Deep, and then hauls back for a massive whomp on the uruk's bare torso, you'd think the axe would penetrate more than it did! Or when Theoden and the rest plunge out of the chamber, notice that most of the attacking uruks step back out of the way of the horses. None of them are sliced. If there IS damage shown, it's really focused on. (i.e., the one uruk's head when Eomer and Gandalf first plunge in among the uruk ranks, Lurtz's head, or Gothmog/Cauliflower head in RotK:EE)

Again, I don't want the blood-spurting, limbs flying violence that Hollywood often delivers, but it WAS noticeable that many of those orcs were clearly not actually wounded.