Well duh Legolas!

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Kath

We have stupid!Pippin in the films as well though so perhaps this is part of the reason why we needed exposition!Elf. I don't really mind a few Captain Obvious statements but Zigûr is right that it makes you miss the more whimsical Legolas you see in the books. By all means tell us what's going on, but maybe try smiling? Or not acting as though this is the most important statement you will make all film.

My question would be is why they can't split the Captain Obvious statements among different people? Why do they pile all of them onto Legolas?