Thranduil dispatches his famous — and equally fabulous — son, Legolas (Orlando Bloom), from Mirkwood to the Council of Elrond to inform them of Gollum's (Andy Serkis) escape from his ...

They are Elrond (Robert Aramayo) and Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur), and they have my whole heart. Like Legolas and Gimli, Elrond and Durin enjoy a healthy amount of one-upmanship. (Durin says ...