"A diversion."

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

Heck, guys, I didn't WANT to fancy Orlando...I just...did. I just try not to let it take over every aspect of my life...for instance, I do NOT turn into jelly or whatever it was at the mention of his name...

-He's not as beautiful as he's made out to be, and he doesn't have as much talent as he's made out to have, either.

Hmm...he's pretty darned good looking, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And as for talent...I'm not so blinded as to see he has a heck of a long way to go before being called a great actor.

As for Troy, he definitely isn't being made into a hero...even if he will look very pretty, despite the fact Homer's Paris was blond apparently...

And as for Faramir, did PJ not say they were going to give him the part when they found they could find no one for Legolas?
Here's the quote:

Peter... "He actually auditioned for the character of Faramir, who is introduced in The Two Towers. We decided to give him that role but hadn't told him. We were meeting other actors for Legolas at the same time, and we were getting worried because we hadn't seen anyone who'd be right for the part. The character had to be more beautiful than your average human: graceful, elegant and poised, all the qualities elves should have. Then we thought, why not Orlando, who had all those qualities. We gave him the blonde hair and away we went."

EDIT: Remembered some other stuff I wanted to say.

Oh and...yeah, looks or no looks, his lines in all the films have been pretty naff...an insult to Elvish intelligence, really...

[Iris Alantiel]

I agree that "A diversion" was a fairly obvious line, but last time I went to see RotK, I noticed something. There are a lot of instances where characters state the obvious. A couple of examples I noticed (and I'm sure there are many):

• Frodo, when touching a spiderweb in Shelob's lair: "It's sticky!"
• Sam, looking at a doorway (if memory serves, the entrance to Mount Doom): "A doorway!"
• Pippin, when the Eagles swoop in to fight off the nazgul: "The Eagles!"

So, to be fair, it's not just poor Legolas who's doing it. Everybody wants to get a piece of the 'Captain Obvious' action.

As far as the fangirl thing is concerned, I agree that Orlando Bloom is good-looking and Legolas is good-looking, but, perhaps because I loved The Lord of the Rings even before the movie came out, I tend not to obsess over him. As characters go, Legolas is not especially outstanding; I'm far more intrigued by characters who appealed to me when I read the book.

[Cibbwin]

Don't forget that Sam says "LOOK, MR FRODO! A doorway."

I don't see why one simple line that did not add or remove anything from the story warrants a thread, personally. Especially because it's turning into an Orlando bashing.

[Sapphire_Flame]

I'll give Sam leniency with that one, as Frodo, who was being spoken to, couldn't really see the door. Sam was simply informing him of its existence and letting him know they were almost there.

Legolas is the Captain Obvious through the whole thing, to be perfectly honest. What about the line at Dunharrow: "The horses are uneasy, and the men are restless." *pats Leggie's head* Yes, dear, we all see that. Go back to your corner now, there's a good lad.

Being a girl in her mid-teens who loves Lord of the Rings, people assume I'm Orli- obsessed.

Happily, I have avoided that connotation. I guess the constant Silm and UT references I manage to get into every single conversation has helped me in this respect...

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[The Only Real Estel]

I think what I'm seeing here is a lot of envy from the guys re Orlando.

puleeeze .

(PJ) "Then we thought, why not Orlando, who had all those qualities. We gave him the blonde hair and away we went."

Now if only they could've remembered the blonde eyebrows...

I don't see why one simple line that did not add or remove anything from the story warrants a thread, personally. Especially because it's turning into an Orlando bashing.

Oh come on, you know eveything eventually come back to that Orlando fatacizing or bashing .

p.s. Meela, you have a freaky avatar, I have to check twice every time I see it; the same goes for the top line of your sig too, having my name in it twice & all .

[Elianna]

I was wondering why so many hated the "A diversion" line. My brothers hated that it was poorly edited: Did you notice that with that line AND Gimli's "Let him stay there. Let him rot. Why do we care?", with both those lines, immediately afterwards, both Gimli and Legolas were back in their previous positions? Personally, I was annoyed at the line seemed to only be to give Orli something to say during the conversation.

To me, the more annoying line of Legolas' is "The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it. The way is shut." Okay, the ELF is repeating himself in the space of three sentences? The old hobo who actually says it in the book, yeah, he'd repeat himself within three sentences, but not an elf! He's reading the carvings? Aragorn's been to Rohan before and would be more likely to know what it means. Then the King of the Dead says the line again not two minutes later. (By the way, could anyone else not prevent themselves from thinking "I'm disinclined to acquiesce..." when Lego tries to shoot the King of the Dead?)

I'm very much looking forward to Troy. I read The Illiad (as I was supposed to two years ago for school....) and was completely thrilled to imagine Orli as Paris. HA! the wimp!.....

Speaking for myself and my friend Kira, as older teenage girls, we hate Orli, or at least love to hate him, because usually someone hearing the conversation will love him. To me his looks are disturbing: I can't stand to look at him for very long.

[ArathorofBarahir]

Personally I think that the only reason that Legolas said that in the movie was to give Orlando Bloom more lines.