Gimli's combat scenes

Even though Gimli's fight scenes were not up to par with what I invisioned, I still enjoyed them. When watching him battle you have to take certain things into account. Gimli is small and stout so you can't really compare his fighting style to that of a Man or an Elf. His hight would also make it very difficult to chop the heads off an on coming orc. I agree that it would have been great to see heads fly, but Gimli just isn't tall enough. You many also be disappointed with his battling because of his style. But lets face it, Gimli is a dwarf and they are of brute strength. You can't compare a dwarf's style an Elf's. As far as filming his fight scenes, Gimli's actor had a difficult time rehearsing them. On the extended edition, Davies states that he would just tell the stunt doubles (Orcs) to run at him and he would just strike them. This could help explain why combat scenes are the way they are. But I will always cheer for the Dwarf before the Elf.