Stupid Elf Tricks...

[Gurthang]

This may have been brought up before, but I have not seen it. Thus the creation of this thread.

Everyone knows, and most despise, Legolas' Mumakil stunt in RotK. Likewise, we find the drinking contest in TTT rather far-fetched and disturbing. Both scenes make Legolas look too much like superman rather than just an elf. This is bothersome because he is just that: an elf.

But what I think most of us overlook is our princeling's little trick in the Fellowship. Now, most of you are probably wondering what I am talking about, and I would have done the same until this thought suddenly came upon me. I'm talking about Legolas' little battle with the cave troll in Moria.

Now, at the time I probably laughed a little 'that was a bit over the top' laugh when I first saw the movie, but let it slide. But it really is about equally improbable as the other two occurences. The fact that he tight-rope walks a moving chain onto the back of a live troll and then just stands there for a second to draw his bow and shoot it in the head is as close to impossible as makes no difference. He then lithely hops down when the thing begins to swing in circles. Not something you'd see just anybody doing. Well, not something Legolas should be doing, anyway.

But what I'm wondering, apart from if anyone agrees with me, is why do we all overlook this scene? Many of us say that PJ got more and more over the top as the movies came out, but this shows the three to be more consistent than we first thought. So why are we always pointing to the other two stunts and forgetting this one?