


It's like he's silently cursing the wizard for dying. Though Aragorn is the first to remark that the Fellowship should move past the loss of Gandalf and continue, his initial reaction as he watches Gandalf let go of the ledge and fall is a look of hurt and even anger that Gandalf decided to leave himself behind for the good of the party.Gimli however, merely sighs as if to say "That's another friend/soldier we've lost to the enemy."

Legolas looks grief-stricken but confused, as if he still doesn't understand it. This is repeated when Boromir dies, as is pointed out in the cast commentary.He clearly has no idea what just happened, or how he should feel. And now Legolas has witnessed the death of someone close to him. Being immortal, Elves don't fully understand what death is. While the Hobbits are sobbing in grief, he just stands there, utterly confused. The look on his face is anger, disbelief and maybe even guilt that his insistence lead to Gandalf's Heroic Sacrifice. What makes it even worse is that Gimli was adamant about going to Moria in the first place over the objections of Gandalf.Boromir is physically holding him back as he shouts and tries to run back towards the cave and in some futile attempt at rescuing Gandalf or to avenge him on the Orcs. The need to abridge the story to make it film-length cut out most of Boromir's likable moments from the book, but here you get a powerful one - Aragorn's right about the urgent need to keep moving, but Boromir's anguished "give them a moment, for pity's sake!" speaks for the audience.Suddenly that interaction isn't so funny anymore. Even if a reasonable argument could be made that they may have been discovered either way, it's little wonder Pippin is in hysterics - and for bonus points, the last thing Gandalf said to him was to call him a fool of a Took and suggest he throw himself in next time. The Orcs came out immediately after the echoes from the well faded, and the Balrog came soon on their heels. Remember: Pippin was the one who dropped the skeleton and its armor down the well, alerting the enemy to their presence within the mines.And Pippin is curled up on the ground, clearly bawling his eyes out despite the fact that there's no sound.

