[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Every character grew in the second movie, whether it be in knowlege, fighting skills, or comical relief, just like they were supposed to. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I think I'm gonna have to disagree with you on one little part; the comic relief part. Actually, not that part, the last part ('just like they were supossed to') in context with the comic relief part. Are you saying that Gimli was suppossed to develop into a comic relief? I don't think he was supposed to become a comedian. I think that PJ wanted to have some kind of comic relief, but he couldn't do it with Pippin anymore. Pippin was developing and becoming more serious and wiser. Pippin needed to drop that comical act like a bad habbit, which he did. PJ decided to take it off Pippin, and then had to do it with Merry also because their comic relief act is interdependant on each other. So without Pippin, PJ felt that Merry wouldn't be funny. Or maybe PJ dropped Merry's too because he wanted Merry to develop also. Anyways, PJ focused on Gimli, but I think that he went a little too far. PJ felt that laughs were needed to lighten the audience from a serious, emotional, suspenseful, or dramatic mood. I just think PJ put too much comic relief, and especially on one character. That's what I think. I don't know if it's true. I just don't think that GImli was supposed to grow in 'comic relief'.