Smile when you say that, Gimli!

[Kalimac]

I liked the scene, personally; it certainly showed that Gimli was less than thrilled about Haldir's "Welcome to Lorien" especially as it related to singling him out. The filmmakers had comparatively little time in which to get Gimli's displeasure across, and falling into one's native language is a pretty universal and clear sign of stress. Besides, it makes the contrast with his attitude after Galadriel's gifts much sharper.<P>As for the language - if it were Elvish, or a similar language on which Tolkien had left real notes, I'd say that the filmmakers should have taken the trouble to use the real thing. But if you look at the information on Dwarvish, there really isn't much there, and what there is mostly refers to geography, so unless you want to have Gimli describing the locations of Zirakzigil and Khazad-Dum, you're going to have to make something up.