[Celebuial]

I think that for a movie audience you need some comic relief in a "long heavy film(as I've heard it described)", so I think that P-J had good reason for all the Legolas Gimli jokes. Anyway if there wasn't any of that in the movies then Legolas and Gimli's relationship would've just been ignored! I think what you see in the film is better than no portrayal of it at all.