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? asked in Entertainment & MusicMovies · 7 years ago

Why does everyone hate Tauriel so much?

I'm talking about the elf played by Evangeline Lilly in the latest Hobbit film. I know that she wasn't in the book, but why do people seem to hate her so much? I personally thought that, out of all the major women in the Hobbit and LOTR films (which equals a grand total of about four, I might add) I liked her the best. What's so awful about her that makes people seem to loathe her so much?

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  • 7 years ago
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    I didn't hate her. She was an interesting character who could hold her own in a fight and was just as ruthless as any other elf. The only thing I take issue with is the supposed romance between herself and Kili-it just didn't seem believable.

  • ?
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    7 years ago

    I don't hate Tauriel. I hate the menage storyline with Legolas and Kili none of which is in the book. I just squirm through the mooney gooey elf on dwarf love fest. The barrels sequence almost makes up for it though.

  • 7 years ago

    Maybe if you read the book, and maybe if you had respect for the book as well as it's author... just maybe you'd hate the injection of this character into the plot where she absolutely, positively, does-not-belong. If one can't understand & respect a great work of art... well, one probably wouldn't mind seeing R2-D2 in The Hobbit.

  • 7 years ago

    People don't like her because she wasn't in the book, but I think she's okay.

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  • 7 years ago

    Because she wasn't in the book.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    She was shoehorned in to pander to various demographic to increase the movies earnings.

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