[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

Well, sadly, I wan't here last year. So I can't tell you.<P>I thought that GImli was hilarious in the movie. I thought that he was just funny in the book. But I wouldn't mind it so much if it, to me, didn't interfere with aspects of his character. it just made it harder for me to see him as a talented fighting dwarf in the movie, especially when legolas is pulling all kinds of stunts and tight moves while gimli is stuck under two wargs. Legolas kind of outshined gimli, and the way it was in the movie made it look like legolas won the game. But back to the comic-relief. It was a good idea, but PJ overdid it. He just took it too far when he should have toned it down a little or at least spread it over another character. But I am hoping that there really won't be a comic-relief in RotK. After this, I would really like to have it more dramatic and serious. I agree with you that Gimli will be more serious in RotK.