I'm a literal person myself. If the text says "stone giants," I see 'em as stone giants. If it says "and he fell upon the towers of Thangorodrim, and they were broken in his ruin," I'm going to see Ancalagon as a dragon colossal enough to crush three mountains. It is a fantasy world after all. To intepret such things as metaphor (unless the author elsewhere says they are, but I don't remember if Tolkien did), just representing natural, realistic occurrences rather than being something truly fantastic, is so mundane and dull to my mind.
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Originally Posted by james0246
What's the point of going on an adventure if you never comment about how amazing or terrifying the adventure is?
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To get their gold and home back. I don't think making comments ranks very high on their adventure to-do list
It hardly seems like a big deal though. Maybe they talked about it together at some other point; we didn't see them 24/7 after all, it's a movie. And really, what do we need to hear them say?
"So...how bout those giants?"
"Yeah, they were something."
"Sure were."
"I agree."
I don't think we really needed for them to talk about it.