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The Rivendell Job (4/5)

#criticism and analysis #The Rivendell Job #bydionetaofavalon #The Hobbit #The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey #my caps #Rivendell #Elrond #Gandalf #Thranduil #worshipping the conflict ball #arbitrary drama #inconsistent characterization #glossed-over character traits #tantrum throwing does not create conflict #what they tell us to believe about the characters #is not supported by what they actually show us #character-centered morality #pissant storytelling #also filed under #visual essay #my edits

Negotiations Awkwardslide (20/25)

Seriously, if you interrogate what Thorin says, he does not come out of it looking good.

Book!Thorin has a decent case though. In fact, book!Thorin has a better case, despite the fact that Tolkien never glorified him, and the movie pretty much does nothing but.

Also, what was the point of playing up Thror, and you’re like your grandfather, if the significance gets constantly buried?

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Negotiations Awkwardslide (18/25)

Again, I just don’t get why TPTB prioritized emoting over emotion, speechifying over tension-building---why, in a situation guaranteed to devolve based on what came before, they chose to step back---create a distance, a remove for the narrative---and deliver an abstract/summary instead of just letting the story do its thing.

There are plenty of sources of tension, and they ignored all of them.