Comical Parts

[Glaurung]

In LotR there is one passage that always makes me if not laugh, then at least smile.

'Dark ways, doubtless,' said Gimli, 'but no darker than these staves are to me.'

Or this one, also (suprisingly) by Gimli:

'Since Gandalf's head is now sacred, let us find one that is right to cleave!'

But, though all my favourite comical parts involve Gimli, I think Jackson has made Gimli far too humorous a character. It takes all the point away of the comical part of Gimli's nature.. At least so it seems to me.

[Macalaure]

Originally Posted by MatthewM

I don't think Legolas even intended what he said to be funny....which makes it even more comical.

I'm pretty sure he does. Tolkien gave Legolas the quite subtle and ironic humour that you would expect of a lighthearted and old (in mortal eyes) elf.

Originally Posted by Glaurung

But, though all my favourite comical parts involve Gimli, I think Jackson has made Gimli far too humorous a character. It takes all the point away of the comical part of Gimli's nature.. At least so it seems to me.

The problem is, I think, that in the book we laugh with Gimli, in the movie we (are supposed to) laugh about him.

Oh! Oh! And nobody mentioned Merry and Pippin at the gate of Isengard, yet.