Saruman's fireball

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Originally Posted by Lyta_Underhill

I'll have to go back and watch it again, because I could have sworn he launched the arrow when it was already too late!

Thought the same, but am relying on memory. And why would Legolas kill someone who was killing the 'bad guy'? Oh, that's right, because Saruman was just about to tell Gandalf something important, and interrupting the same must have warranted death as Gandalf the Anxious needed some assurance...

It is assumed that Legolas' slaying of Wormtongue was a nod to Wormtongue's death in the Scouring of the Shire, but if so, it's pretty weak. The hobbits in the Shire heard that Wormtongue may have eaten the Chief, and so were hot to shoot someone. But Legolas?

And in regards to Saruman vs the Ents, he could have at least attempted to torch the Ent (or was it Ents?) that was undamming the river.