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[Elladan and Elrohir]

Well, PJ doesn't generally portray competent soldiers. His Last Alliance dudes do pretty well till Sauron shows up, but the Helm's Deep dads-n-lads are pathetic, and the Gondorians in this film aren't much better. Even his flashy Lorien Elves all die in the Deep.

I wonder if this was to compensate for the fact that out of all his heroes, only three die and one of those comes back to life.

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Originally Posted by Elladan and Elrohir

Well, PJ doesn't generally portray competent soldiers. His Last Alliance dudes do pretty well till Sauron shows up, but the Helm's Deep dads-n-lads are pathetic, and the Gondorians in this film aren't much better. Even his flashy Lorien Elves all die in the Deep.

I wonder if this was to compensate for the fact that out of all his heroes, only three die and one of those comes back to life.

I really think that PJ had two things in mind - to keep the 'main cast' number as small as possible, and to increase the 'value' of said heroes such as Aragorn. Look at Eomer - he, I guess, had to be included, but so far, just what has he done? Why does he, becoming King, follow Aragorn into Mordor? These two aren't the brothers that we see in the books. And missing are Erkenbrand and Imrahil.

And, as you all well know, I think that Gandalf was deliberately shown in a lesser light in order to exalt Aragorn.