The mis-interpretation of dear Gimli

[davem]

Originally Posted by Elladan and Elrohir

Better him than, well, just about any other major character.

Gimli is one of my favourite characters (in the book) & I'd rather he had been treated with the respect he deserved. I don't go along with this idea that one character can be thrown to the 'wolves' to provide comic relief - it wasn't inevitable that one character had to be turned into a joke. The BBC adaptation didn't do it, & was all the better (& more effective) for it.

I wish those who defend the changes made to the story in the movies 'for dramatic reasons' would listen to that series to see how it should be done. Tolkien's story can be dramatised as is & work - if Tolkien is trusted. The problem was that the movie makers didn't trust Tolkien - where his work survives the transition the movies work, where the writers think they can 'improve' his work they fall flat on their face.