What did you think about Legolas...before the movies?

i always loved elves in the books. i admired them, and the way JRRT described them, they just seemed to demand a sort of reverance, and of course, who wouldn't want to live forever youngish? but i did sort of ignore legolas the first time i read the books. after i saw the movie though, i was a bit shallow, you have to admit he's cute, and i probably will go see pirates of the caribean just for that reason. I paid more attention to his character when i re-read the books. then i got sort of disapointed, like you, merenwen, because i loved the part when he went to get the sun! i think by skipping parts like that, some of legolas' character was destroyed, but i sort of disagree with you guys on the whole gimili/legolas friendship thing. i think they did a good job of showing it, if you already knew it was there. that's one of the things i like about the movies, you can watch them over and over and realize new things each time. but anyways, if you watch the council of elrond, you deffinately can tell that legolas and gimili don't get along, and then in ttt, legolas threatens eomer when gimili is about to get speared. it's not really that big of deal, unless your watching for it. by the way, did any of you guys notice the *glittering in the caves.* anyways, my thoughts on legolas deffinately changed after the movie...