It's more then clumsy writing. Even the LotR movies (after the Fellowship) made the foolish decision to way exaggerate characters, 2 examples being the GIANT! wolves and the Green Slime. The wolves should have been shown perhaps double or maybe triple the size of wolves nowadays, just about able to carry an orc. And the Green Slime understated, with terror being their basic method of taking out their enemies. PJ and friends, as always, opt for overstatement.
This tendency sometimes approaches the level of farce in their "Hobbit" movie, with the absurd improbability of Thorin and Co. escaping from the Great Goblin---and that person is way exaggerated to the point of absurdity. Of course, the whole part 1 movie (2 more to come!) had none of the charm of the book or even the 1977 John Huston, Orson Bean movie. Disapponting devolution by PJ and Co. since on balance I quite liked their FotR (with some quibbles).
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The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin.
Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'
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