I just watched it and was coming over to LJ to see if anyone else had yet. I admit my first reaction to seeing Thranduil speaking and Legolas in action again was to squee. Just excited to see it.
BUT
I admit that the moment I started thinking about it, I did start fearing it. Legolas's line 'it's not our fight' seems to imply certain attitudes that just aren't canon. And Legolas's attitude towards shooting Thorin (I can see Thranduil hating dwarves for the same reason Celeborn does, since they are both from Menegroth), but Legolas? It makes no sense. And I agree that their antagonism doesn't jive with the Mirkwood was shadowed two days before Thorin started his quest depiction in the last movie (which I hated). And I so agree with you about Bard channeling Will Turner. That is the first thing I thought when I saw that.
Still, I am holding out hope. There was a lot of coolness, not the least of which was the butterflies. Loved that! Fingers crossed.
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Date: 2013-06-11 11:34 pm (UTC)BUT
I admit that the moment I started thinking about it, I did start fearing it. Legolas's line 'it's not our fight' seems to imply certain attitudes that just aren't canon. And Legolas's attitude towards shooting Thorin (I can see Thranduil hating dwarves for the same reason Celeborn does, since they are both from Menegroth), but Legolas? It makes no sense. And I agree that their antagonism doesn't jive with the Mirkwood was shadowed two days before Thorin started his quest depiction in the last movie (which I hated). And I so agree with you about Bard channeling Will Turner. That is the first thing I thought when I saw that.
Still, I am holding out hope. There was a lot of coolness, not the least of which was the butterflies. Loved that! Fingers crossed.