Legolas' and Gimli's Competition

Yeah but I think Legolas is the victor. He's both flexible and finessed in combat with his bow and twin daggers.Gimli is sturdy and tough but considering that he's a melee fighter his possibility to win is 50 to 1 he could gain an advantage though if he had a Blunderbuss Rifle (Warcraft 3) in his hands.

Peter Jackson did go a little overboard with that scene, but it was wonderful..It was funny..and it actually was in the book --the idea of the new found friendship between dwarf and elf (who were enemies formerly) shown in a humorous competition game

I think it's great too - nice and funny and the bit of humour helps break up the epic action sequences! I think it's great the way Legolas always wins and gimli is so not happy with this! It's a fun way to show the friendship between them too.

haha..this is particularly one part of the saga tht i rily apreciated..it makes u laugh or at least smile in a war!

I'd say I am a pretty hardcore fan of Tolkien's works, which makes it hard for me to enjoy the movies. Though I appreciate them as movies in the sense that they are entertainment, I do not appreciate them as an adaption of the books. The 'competition' between Legolas and Gimli was purely there for comic relief and though that's nice in a long film I felt it was ridiculous. Gimli is a noble dwarf of noble descent and should not be portrayed as the comic relief for the films. It was cheesy humour anyway and I prefer wit, so that may have had something to do with it. Either way I feel it was a mistake on Peter Jackson's part and he should have illustrated the growing friendship between Legolas and Gimli in other ways.