TAURIEL - Daughter of The Forest Part 1

What people are missing is that Kili and Tauriel's romance has nothing to do with them but is all about teaching Legolas to not be so prejudiced. Think about the way he acts when you first see him interact with elves in DOS and the first time we see him interact with elves in LOTR. Kili and Tauriel's romance was what taught him. That was the whole point of it.

I guess I'm the only one who likes Tauriel and the romance between her and Kili. A lot of people doesn't like the idea but i really adore the hope and the faith It symbolized. Or am I the only one who sees it this way?

"I looked like a little dwarf." Oh sweet Tauriel. xD

It's very disappointing that nowadays people thought of Elves like tinker bell, small. I love professor Tolkien's idea more on Elves, tall, Intelligent and fighters.

to discover that she was 3 months postpartum make her all the more remarkable , to be able to move like she had to in order to fit the role in less than 3 months postpartum is just astounding

It's actually appropriate that Tauriel looked a bit more... well, human. As Philippa herself pointed out, Silvan Elves are a bit more earthy, not possessed of that preternatural elegance of the Sindar.

I would have liked to see Tauriel as more of a little sister figure/ friend to Legolas. She is described as rather young (for an elve) and more curious amd not so separated from the other worlds than the others. It would have been great if she made friends with the dwarfs (but NO romance), interested in their quest, defing thranduil and going after them, seeing the world and legolas following her. It would have been a new element and not a adding a femal just so they can make a lovestory....

i love the addition of tauriel in the movie. she's such a badass!!!

If I was PJ, or directing the movie, I would have had Tauriel as like an adopted sister for Legolas. Then, she falls in love with Kili. (No love triangle, but just an "older brother" looking out for his sis) and Thranduil telling her to stay away and not fall in love with a Dwarf would also make sense... Then Kili and Tauriel gets killed by Bolg, thus creating a reason for Legolas to fight Bolg and kill him in the Battle of the Five Armies. It also creates a reason why he doesn't like a Dwarf (he thinks Kili got his sis killed) and also why he would join the fellowship....

Although it's too bad Eve's design didn't make the final cut, it's so great to see them give the full story of the armour and full credit for all her hard work designing it and teaching the crew to make it here. It's really impressive mail! Maybe it could appear in the TV series.

I love Tauriel and her fierce character. I just did not see the point of the romance.

Adding a female character was incredibly risky, but I think the fact that my 7 year old nieces are going to trick-or-treat as Galadriel and Tauriel, respectively, is really nifty. I asked them why those characters, and they said it's because they were amazing women. Seven year old mouths.

1st of all Evangeline is gorgeous, & as Tauriel even more so. The spunk almost mischievous spunk of the character made her even more so. That lady was a fighter, look at how she chopped away at those orcs in battle after battle; yet also had a heart, great combo. The quicky romance, fell in love with the dwarf. Yes a bit odd, maybe BUT I make 2 takes on it in a positive light [1] it shows what we can all learn in our lives, racial hate can be changed to love even among strong personalities [2] hey fellow men don't you know yet that you will never be able to totally understand the female mind?

10:49 Poor Evangeline, you can really tell how uncomfortable she felt...

I always liked the silvan elves more. They are more earthy, more bound to this world and also to it's weaknesses. And Tauriel became kind of the princess of them. She represents the beauty of being a child of the woodlands.

I loved Tauriel. I know a lot of people disliked her unelvish ways (Getting engaged in the worlds courses, actually getting her hands dirty) and her romance with Kíli but I loved it. It shows again (as Legolas and Gimli’s friendship did before) that there is no black and white within the races; that dwarves and elves could get along even feel affection for one another. I don’t think that it would have worked out, even if Kíli had lived, but I think it is beautiful as it is. It would have been strange, if the romance would have been developed further. In the movies everything we see, is more a feeling of fascination and mutual respect and attraction hanging in the air. They barely touch each other; the only kiss they share is when he has died. This whole romance is so much a link of likeminded spirits - both Kíli and Tauriel are very young, very rebellious against old customs and beliefs of their races, both out on their first big adventure, very curious at the world and they share a need to fight for those who can’t for themselves (do not forget it was Kíli and only Kíli - which is interesting, because there are other Dwarves like Balin and Dwalin who knew Thorin way longer - who went after Thorin during BOTFA, telling him he couldn’t just sit there). It is not a physical love story, but a connection, a feeling.

Why is everyone complaining? So she wasn't in the books? That doesn't matter. And if you were watching this all the way, you'll notice Tolkien never described what the Silvan Elves looked like. In LOTR he didn't even describe what color hair Legolas had. And when it comes to the romance thing. There is nothing wrong with the Tauriel/Kili romance. It was a very small part of the movies. Tauriel didn't immediately fall in love with Kili when she talked to him. She became intrigued with him. Also Kili/Legolas/Tauriel thing was not a love triangle. A love triangle is when a person of the main affection returns the feelings to both people. Tauriel only returned Kili's feelings, never Legolas's. I believe she only saw Legolas as a friend or even a brother.

In the german translation, the editors actually altered the word for elves. Normally, the word for "elves" would be "Elfen", but they changed it to "Elben", so that they would not be associated with the little fairy creatures.

I really liked the character of Tauriel when i first saw the desolation of Smaug. It was interesting to see another kind of elf, one which embody the way of the Silvan elves and that wildness that make them so diferent than the Sindar or Noldor elves. The only thing that screw her character was the romance with Kili

The only thing that ruined her character in the film was the rushed romance with the dwarf. If it developed slowly into a friendship, fine, but romance? Between two races that had grudges with one another for a very, very long time? Nah, too rushed and has 'fan-service' all over it.