Originally posted by Blaxican Style
He did not kill a mumuk in the books. He did not slide down a flight of stairs on a sheild killing ten orcs, and he did not jump on the back of a fercocious troll and shoot it in the head. Half of the things he did were exxagerations.
and what has this tp do with this topic? I can admit that Legolas is a bit overpowerd is the movies, but peter jacksson hasn't changed the storry.
Originally posted by Blaxican Style
He did not kill a mumuk in the books. He did not slide down a flight of stairs on a sheild killing ten orcs, and he did not jump on the back of a fercocious troll and shoot it in the head. Half of the things he did were exxagerations.
and what has this to do with this topic? I can admit that Legolas is a bit overpowerd is the movies, but peter jacksson hasn't changed the storry.
Originally posted by Blaxican Style
And considering the fact that LEgolas ahd nineteen whiel Gimli had 2..how did he catch up so fast?
Legolas had seventeen while Gimli had two 😛 And in the book he had at least twenty when Gimli had two. Also in the book, it seems Gimli caught up so fast because he had to chop his way through to the caves at some point.
Quote: "'Where is Gimli?'
'I do not know,' said Aragorn. 'I last saw him fighting on the ground behind the wall, but the enemy swept us apart.'
'Alas! That is evil news,' said Legolas.
'He is stout and strong,' said Aragorn. 'Let us hope that he will escape back to the caves. [...]'
'[...] I desired to tell Master Gimli that my tale is now thirty-nine.'
'If he wins back to the caves, he will pass your count again,' laughed Aragorn. 'Never did I see an axe so wielded.'"
That much for that question anyway... 😉 And Legolas and Gimli would never fight each other ✅
Originally posted by kamikz
Well...yeah he does, and his axe weights much more than any of Aragorn's/Legolas weapons.And to ESB 1138, he said good "sprinters" not long distance runners. Dwarves are faster than Elves in short distance...
Gimli said that when they were running for days in and days out. For all you know Gimli was just trying to make him being the slowest have a reason.
Legolas in the books was good, but he didn't outshine most of the other characters the way he did in the movies. He was an excellent Archer, and he was good with a sword. That is all.
Gimli's behavior in the books seems to indicate he did wonderfully when he could hack at his opponent's defence to his heart's delight...as long as his opponent stayed within range of his ax. Look at the way he caught up with Legolas once the place became flooded with orcs.
But Legolas isn't stupid enough to stay in range of Gimli's ax.
Lets face it, in the movies they made Gimli some weak midget who slowly chops things down. I mean, I didn't even see any cool scenes of Gimli slaying anyone/anything. However, atleast they made Legolas look like a freaken power ranger. You have to say, the mumakul part was just WAY too much.
Gimli was wearing heavy armor, he had a heavy axe, and added to that his legs are much shorter than Aragorn's or Legolas's. I don't remember that Gimli was falling back ALOT. He was complaining a little thought.
Movie wise= Legolas Wins
Book wise= Gimli wins.