Smell this, I think it's expired...

[Lathriel]

To add to Alatar's post
Legolas's journey
FOTR he used his bow and fought
TTT fought some more but added a surfing stunt
ROTK before ending his journey he fought and surfed some more. (Cause he knew he wouldn't be able to get this chance for a long time afterwards

[Gurthang]

How about Gimli...at his worst.

FotR- Was snoring during Sam's poetry recital.
TTT- Can't get up after falling on his back. Gets beat by Legolas at drinking.
RotK- Burped, belched and pouted(after getting beat by Leggy again) his way to Minas Tirith.

It's like alatar said earlier; they just became "caricatures of themselves".

[Legolas]

Fellowship is by far my favorite of the trilogy. It's more magical, I guess- it's not as typical as the other two movies (which were great and all, just not as great as FOTR). Fellowship is more... Middle-Earthian, somehow.

That's exactly how I feel. There was a little redemption with Minas Tirith in Return of the King, but The Fellowship of the Ring was still well above the others.

As with these newer Star Wars episodes, I wish they'd leave these serious, epic movies just as their storylines really are...serious. Humor has obviously got to be there, but I'd suggest that they use a tenth of the amount they attempted, and lose the cornier out-of-character jokes (i.e. Gimli). The only resemblance between book Gimli and movie Gimli was his appearance and heritage.

[Saurreg]

And to add on to the accolades already heaped on FoTR; none of the other two movies had a scene as powerful nor sniff-sniff as Boromir's death/redemption scene. That was one of the major highlights of the film for me. Sean Bean was brilliant as usual.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Saurreg

And to add on to the accolades already heaped on FoTR; none of the other two movies had a scene as powerful nor sniff-sniff as Boromir's death/redemption scene.

I would have to disagree, as far as RotK is concerned.

Powerful: The lighting of the beacons.

Sniff-sniff: The arrival of the Eagles (the Eagles always bring tears to my eyes for some reason).

Powerful and sniff-sniff: The charge of the Rohirrim and the whole Mount Doom sequences from Frodo's "Wheel of Fire" speech through to the end of all things.

Just my opinion, but I found RotK to be a very powerful and tear jerking film in a number of places.

[Saurreg]

Well, I kinda disagree with all that you have posted. So I guess it's ok by me also!

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Saureg

Well, I kinda disagree with all that you have posted. So I guess it's ok by me also!

Fair enough. But your comment does surprise me, not least because there were a number of moments in RotK which, it seems to me, pretty much accurately visualised the powerful moments that Tolkien himself wrote. The charge of the Rohirrim, for one.