welll he does have the seriousness of someone over 7000 years old. And for someone who has seen sooooooo much crap in the world, it would tend to harden you, even if u are an elf.
lol i loved the part when pippin and merry ran into the Council of Elrond, his look was precious !!!!!
the only gripe i had bout the elves were their voices............in the book elves were described as having musical voices where there words flowed into each other..........ONLy three elves in the whole movie had that, HAldir, Celebron and galadriel to a bit.
Arwen had her moments too . Legolas voice was the worst, it was to abrupt and heavy.
I think he played the part pretty well, and in the battle of the last alliance he looked the part, but in rivendale he didnt look right to me.
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and filled with wrath and despair he mounted upon Rochallor his great horse and rode forth alone, and none might restrain him. He passed over Dor-nu-Fauglith like a wind amid the dust, and all that beheld his onset fled in amaze, thinking that Oromë himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.
I think he pulled it off!!!!....As far as his looks go, the book does mention he has an aged quality to him, but yet looks somewhat young.....I think Hugo has that quality, and enough severity in his voice......About Legolas' voice being wrong?....I don't think so! He was a warrior, and spoke like one, yet had sweetness in him when it was the moment! Listen to Orlando's voice when he speaks of the "Lament for Gandalf".....U can't expect an elf to sound sweet and musical when kicking an Urukhai's arse!!!!
__________________ "all we have to do, is decide what to do with the time that is given to us..."-Gandalf.
__________________ From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
a light from the shadows shall spring.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
the crownless again shall be king.
my old one was of aragorn in bree, but the one i got going now is on the ext two towers. it is going to be a faramir flashback of him and boromir retaking osgiliath just before boromir left for the council of elrond. i found it on theonering.net, great site!
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and filled with wrath and despair he mounted upon Rochallor his great horse and rode forth alone, and none might restrain him. He passed over Dor-nu-Fauglith like a wind amid the dust, and all that beheld his onset fled in amaze, thinking that Oromë himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.