Tauriel is the Mary Sue that Jackson has added. While the Dwarves are imprisoned by Thranduil, she falls in love with Kili, who is apparently very tall for a dwarf. She's supposed to marry Legolas, or something like that. (I haven't seen either film, just read some reviews.)
BTW -- Azog was the orc chieftain that Dain killed at the end of the battle before the gates of Moria -- the one that ended the Dwarf and Goblin war. We only know that Bolg is the son of Azog because of a footnote in The Hobbit -- but Jackson can make a whole fanfic plotline out of a footnote, just as he can make a long gratuitous battle scene out of the line earlier in the book about storm-giants throwing rocks at each other.
Speaking of gratuitous battle scenes -- yes, during the dwarves' escape (which has been blown up into a long, hilarious log flume ride with added fighting), there's a big fight between the orc army and the elven army. Kili gets a poisoned wound from an orc arrow, which Tauriel eventually heals using athelas.
As for Mirkwood -- the Dwarves didn't exactly "get lost"; they ran out of food after crossing the stream and having to carry the sleeping Bombur for several days (apparently the only part of the book that does NOT appear on film, which is odd, because Jackson seems to have decided that Bombur is only there for comic relief. Because fat people are such fun, y'know.) They see the fires of the Elves feasting and decide to risk getting lost, because they're already starving. Thorin is captured by the Elves, and the rest of the Dwarves get disoriented in the darkness and blunder into the spiders.
Bard was unmarried and childless in the book; he didn't marry until after he became king.
So, we have the Mary Sue, the Orc who died several decades ago, the extra generation of Bardlings, several gratuitous fight scenes -- oh, yes. Instead of the Dwarves taking refuge in the tunnel at Bilbo's plea, and escaping Smaug's assault but getting trapped in the Mountain -- apparently there's a HUUUUGE ACTION PACKED ACTION SCENE involving the Dwarves trying to melt down the treasure and gold-plate Smaug to death, or something similarly clever. I suppose it's breathtakingly fast-paced and somehow hilarious.
And there's yet another gratuitous scene of EXCITING ACTION, involving Gandalf going to Dol Guldur and having a smackdown with Sauron. Yeah.
Have you seen any of the "Honest Trailers"? The one for The Hobbit is undoubtedly better than the movie itself -- and it's also actually good! And worth watching!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc32YdEWHzo
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Date: 2013-12-23 02:25 am (UTC)BTW -- Azog was the orc chieftain that Dain killed at the end of the battle before the gates of Moria -- the one that ended the Dwarf and Goblin war. We only know that Bolg is the son of Azog because of a footnote in The Hobbit -- but Jackson can make a whole
fanficplotline out of a footnote, just as he can make a long gratuitous battle scene out of the line earlier in the book about storm-giants throwing rocks at each other.Speaking of gratuitous battle scenes -- yes, during the dwarves' escape (which has been blown up into a long, hilarious log flume ride with added fighting), there's a big fight between the orc army and the elven army. Kili gets a poisoned wound from an orc arrow, which Tauriel eventually heals using athelas.
As for Mirkwood -- the Dwarves didn't exactly "get lost"; they ran out of food after crossing the stream and having to carry the sleeping Bombur for several days (apparently the only part of the book that does NOT appear on film, which is odd, because Jackson seems to have decided that Bombur is only there for comic relief. Because fat people are such fun, y'know.) They see the fires of the Elves feasting and decide to risk getting lost, because they're already starving. Thorin is captured by the Elves, and the rest of the Dwarves get disoriented in the darkness and blunder into the spiders.
Bard was unmarried and childless in the book; he didn't marry until after he became king.
So, we have the Mary Sue, the Orc who died several decades ago, the extra generation of Bardlings, several gratuitous fight scenes -- oh, yes. Instead of the Dwarves taking refuge in the tunnel at Bilbo's plea, and escaping Smaug's assault but getting trapped in the Mountain -- apparently there's a HUUUUGE ACTION PACKED ACTION SCENE involving the Dwarves trying to melt down the treasure and gold-plate Smaug to death, or something similarly clever. I suppose it's breathtakingly fast-paced and somehow hilarious.
And there's yet another gratuitous scene of EXCITING ACTION, involving Gandalf going to Dol Guldur and having a smackdown with Sauron. Yeah.
Have you seen any of the "Honest Trailers"? The one for The Hobbit is undoubtedly better than the movie itself -- and it's also actually good! And worth watching!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc32YdEWHzo