I saw that, too, last night (and I also bought a DVD player just for this movie!) about the Elves passing from ME. Confused me a little...that happens in ROTK. Got to see Gandalf on Shadowfax and skeptic hubby claims that the computer subtracted the bridle (he rides, too)...
Orlando Bloom definitely should lose the mohawk.
Isn't it amazing how the makeup and costuming change these actors? Liv Tyler seems so dizzy and silly, hubby didn't like her without the ears. Elijah Wood's eyes don't seem quite so enormous, but Christopher Lee has gravitas without the costume.
I have grown to be OK with the mohawk on Orlando... It fits him. I also wonder if it is functional, with his dark hair, that they had to shave his temples for the movie to keep it from showing under the blond wig. I only saw him with the mohawk during the time he was down there filming... he doesn't have it now.