<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I loved the line about Aragorn's plan to march on the Black Gate. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes I admit that the writing team did do a good job of bringing some more modern humour than the book could have provided, while keeping all of the best jokes from the original trilogy. <P>John Rhys-Davies is a great guy and a fine actor, he really charmed everyone at the ROTK parade in Wellington. He had a great stock joke for autograph-signing as well: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Next time I'll choose a shorter name, like Sting or Madonna! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>But you really had to hear it in his resonant Welsh accent to fully appreciate it. <P>I fully approve of Gimli being a bit of a prankster, and this change helps to make up for Legolas having lost all of the carefree, joyous personality he had in the books (along with every other elf cos god forbid they're not serious for three seconds PJ ). <B>However</B> why this had to come at the expense of his tough, grim dwarf persona I shall never know! What happened to: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai mênu! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>And instead of: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Give me a row of Orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness shall fall from my limbs. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>we get: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Give me news of our friend and I will ease your passing. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ease his passing?! You're a dwarf!! Butcher him, chop off his head, feed it to the crows and then look for the next orc! Remember the Alamulzibar (or something like that)!!<P>Movie Gimli is a total pansy compared to book Gimli, who manages to be sensitive, caring and eloquent while still being one of the greatest dwarf heroes of the age. Unfortunately, he is not allowed even this little extra depth of character in Peter Jackson's verion.
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But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.
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