I enjoyed Tauriel! I wish that the studio hadn't pushed the romance/love triangle element so hard (I gather from interviews that TPTB interfered with the editing process in a big way there), but I enjoyed seeing a more youthful, impetuous sort of Elf - what was it that Tolkien said about the Sinar? Less wise and more dangerous? And I'm curious about her - as a character created for the films, she has no Middle Earth backstory as such. I've read some fancanons about her being a bastard scion of Feanor's line to explain her red hair and I am intrigued by that line of thought.
Bard was wonderful. I also loved his kids, especially Sigrid (such a beautiful name!) and I loved how Laketown was depicted visually; it actually kind of looks like PJ tapped into my brain and took photos of the setting of the book that I'm writing. Bad PJ.
I agree about not seeing enough of the other dwarves in this one; in particular, I could have gone for more Fili. I'm hoping there's some good stuff put back into the EE them.
Thranduil was GLORIOUS but I was a little disappointed that PJ didn't take the opportunity to sneak his Queen in there somewhere. Mostly I just really want to know Legolas' mother's name.
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Bard was wonderful. I also loved his kids, especially Sigrid (such a beautiful name!) and I loved how Laketown was depicted visually; it actually kind of looks like PJ tapped into my brain and took photos of the setting of the book that I'm writing. Bad PJ.
I agree about not seeing enough of the other dwarves in this one; in particular, I could have gone for more Fili. I'm hoping there's some good stuff put back into the EE them.
Thranduil was GLORIOUS but I was a little disappointed that PJ didn't take the opportunity to sneak his Queen in there somewhere. Mostly I just really want to know Legolas' mother's name.