[Kransha]

Actually, on the discussion of interpretations, take a look at those old Hildebrant Brothers' LotR pictures. I remember looking at those and being incredibly confused by their lack of Tolkeiniity. Others may not share this opinion, but I didn't like them.

For example, Gollum was a pudgy goblin who looked far more monstrous than pitiful. I knew he was still evil and mean, but they made him look like a shrunken troll.
-Orcs were once elves, right? Well apparently Melkor bred these deformed elves with pigs, since all the orcs and uruk-hai have giant pig snouts and swine tusks. I thought the film orcs made more sense visually.
-Actually, the Hildebrant Brothers originally had the blondie Legolas idea, depicted in their paintings. I just can't get over these two famou Tolkein artists' shortcomings.

Of course, I never let those pictures, or the films greatly influence my perception. Whenever I'm thinking about LotR nowadays, I paint out Legolas mentally. A character who is obvious the most action-ready, but has the least lines, and still maintains the facade of being a main character ought not to stick in there. Gimli should've been given more screen time, but he shined in FotR, had good pick-up lines, and kicked orc rump plenty of times for me to keep my faith in him.