Lord of the Rings 10 Ways Gimli Got Worse & Worse

Lord of the Rings: 10 Ways Gimli Got Worse & Worse

Gimli was part of the fellowship in The Lord of the Rings. Here are the ways he got worse & worse throughout the series.

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With his combustible temperament and his quick-retorts, Gimli, son of Glóin, was a point of passion and hardiness among the Fellowship, who braved the dark forces of Sauron to cast the Ring of Power into Mount Doom. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy made the dwarf a sturdy hero who, like hobbits, had a heart (and a taste for orc blood) far beyond his size.

As enjoyable Gimli’s presence was, his purpose seemed to be only to add jocularity and ease dramatic tension. In Tolkien’s high fantasy source material, Gimli was much more important to the success of the quest in key ways, and he was not turned into the butt of jokes. Here are 10 ways Gimli got worse and worse over the course of the 3 films.

10 He Was Used As Comic Relief

As a descendant of Durin the Deathless, the father of the very first house of dwarves, Gimli was a renowned warrior among his people. In Peter Jackson’s films, Gimli was a blustering fighter most often used as comic relief. In The Fellowship of the Ring when the Fellowship must cross a chasm to escape orcs, he bellows, “Nobody tosses a dwarf!” which is intended to break the tension.

In The Two Towers, Legolas offered to get him “a box” to see better at Helm’s Deep. In Return of the King, to add jocularity to the Battle of Pelennor Fields, Gimli resumed his competition with Legolas of who could kill the most Uruk-hai.

9 He Was Arrogant

Like many dwarves, Gimli could be vainglorious and self-important. When the Fellowship approached the Mines of Moria in Fellowship of the Ring, there was no doubt in Gimli’s mind that his cousin would grant them a warm welcome when they entered because there was nothing to parallel dwarven hospitality.

In The Two Towers, he decided he would smite far more enemies than Legolas, which inspired their “count off” as they slew the thousands of Saruman’s orc armies attacking Helm’s Deep. This continued in The Return of the King during the Battle of Pelennor Fields, with no signs of Gimli humbling himself.

8 He Insulted Elves

As was the wont of many dwarves, Gimli felt he was superior to elves, fueling an Age-old feud between the two peoples. In The Fellowship of the Ring, he declared at the Council of Elrond he’d die before he saw “the Ring in the hands of an Elf! Never trust an Elf.”

When entering Lothlorien he insulted Galadriel by comparing her to a “sorceress,” and in The Two Towers, despite the fact that he’d become friends with Legolas Greenleaf on the quest to Mordor, he insulted him by lamenting he was going to die “side by side with an elf.”

7 He Got Too Bogged Down With Armor

In Tolkien’s books, Gimli departed Rivendell with the Fellowship wearing a short shirt made up of steel rings specifically because “dwarves make light of burdens,” and he has one axe. In other words, dwarves know to travel light.

In the films however, he keeps acquiring more and more armor, which made him look physically ridiculous as the films went on. He departed Rivendell with a helm and three axes in The Fellowship of the Ring, then in Moira he acquired a double-headed battle axe, and finally in The Two Towers he acquired more weapons from Rohan until he looked like a walking armory and ultimately just slowed him down.

6 His Feats Were Not Given Proper Significance

In Tolkien’s novels, Gimli was given much more of his due for being an accomplished warrior and an invaluable member of the Fellowship. He was essential in helping them find their way through the Mines of Moria in The Fellowship of the Ring.

At the Battle of Helm’s Deep in The Two Towers, he personally killed 42 orcs (which was one more than Legolas in the books), but the film had them “tie” at 43. He also personally prevented the orcs from sneaking up through the Deeping Stream. In Return of the King, Legolas was made to appear the superior fighter at the Battle of Pelennor Fields, in spite of Gimli’s feats proving himself as a fighter.

5 His Relationship With Galadriel Wasn’t Emphasized

When Gimli first encountered Galadriel in The Fellowship of the Ring, he was supposed to be overcome by her beauty, and she rewarded the kindliness she had seldom experienced with a dwarf with three hairs from her head. Out of context from Tolkien’s novels, this seems odd, but she’d previously refused any elf such a gift of even one hair.

In The Two Towers, when Gimli encountered Éomer (who spoke disparagingly of Galadriel), Gimli was supposed to denounce him for his insults, as well as argue with Faramir about Galadriel’s beauty in Return of the King, because him championing her helped renew the ancient friendship between dwarves and elves.

4 Legolas Was Made To Look Like The Superior Fighter

In The Two Towers, after the Battle of Helm’s Deep Legolas and Gimli compared who killed the most Uruk-hai. Gimli came out victorious at 43 (one more than Legolas), but Legolas was allowed to shoot another and tie him (unlike in the book).

In The Return of the King, Legolas both drank Gimli under the table (no small feat for an elf) and killed an oliphaunt (and its riders) single-handedly. The impossible kill made Legolas out to be the winner of their competition, causing Gimli to despair that it should have “counted as one.” As shown by these examples, Gimli’s fighting seemed to have lacked as the series progressed.

3 He Was Filled With Self Doubt

At the conclusion of The Fellowship of the Ring, when Sam and Frodo made off in their boat to proceed to Mordor on their own, Gimli was the first to lament, “Then it has all been in vain. The fellowship has failed.”

In The Return of the King, when Gandalf and Aragorn were deciding what to do about Sauron’s forces, Gimli exclaimed that they shouldn’t do anything, because Sauron could stay and rot in Mordor without them concerning themselves. in spite of his personal self-arrogance, Gimli also became more cynical as the Fellowship’s journey continued.

2 He Had Little Faith In The Race Of Man

In The Two Towers, Gimli lamented that too many of Theoden’s fighters (mostly made up of farmers) had seen too many winters, and weren’t up to the task of defending Helm’s Deep.

In The Return of the King, when Aragorn went to seek the Army of the Dead, Gimli didn’t believe the spectral forces would be of assistance in the fight against Mordor because “they had no honor in life [and] they have none now in death.” In spite of spending time with men and learning their true strengths, Gimli never changed his views, and instead stubbornly stuck to them.

1 His Voice Became Difficult To Understand

In The Fellowship of the Ring, many of the lines of dialogue Gimli had were difficult enough to understand as it was, especially given the thick brogue that John Rhys-Davies used for his speech pattern.

In The Two Towers, this was made even worse by the fact that he also played Treebeard the Ent, making the characters’ dialogue sound very disjointed when jumping from one scene to the next since they sounded so similar.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/lord-of-the-rings-ways-gimli-got-worse/

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