The Hobbit: BOTFA Extended Edition - Thranduil Wife Gems

Another rare scene that wasn't even in Extended Edition 0:40+. Not that hard edit to me for you my LOTR and Hobbit fans! Enjoy watching.. If you want more of these rare footage I can make more ;)

[TheJboy]

Now see, THIS, this right here would have explained EVERYTHING. Most of all, it would explain why Thranduil would bring an entire army and declare war for some jewelry. It belonged to his wife. Those few seconds could have settled so many questions.

[Goldberry_]

Phillipa Boyens (screenwriter) about this scene:
“Tauriel says ‘There’s no love in you’. She’s actually utterly wrong. Thranduil has loved so deeply that he can’t go near it anymore. He can’t approach it, he can’t touch it, it is not to be talked about.” she was talking about his dead wife

[carolinewitherspoon]

“Are you ready to die for it?” That line hit me like a truck. It’s hinted in interviews that Thranduils wife died for Legolas. It hit me harder at his line to Legolas about his mother loving him more than life.

[TheBlackPhoenix]

Throughout the theatrical releases, all they had to say to give his lust for the jewels three-dimensionality was "It was his wife's necklace."  That was all they had to say!  Just one sentence!

[zacharysikes]

so now i know why those gems are important

[AdeptKing]

It actually kind of makes sense that Thranduil got pissed at Tauriel when she said there was no love in him. He lost his wife after all and he still misses her even after centuries have passed.

[Goddess_Nika]

This scene needed to be kept. It shows that at the end of the day, despite being an elven king, he's just a broken soul who misses his wife deeply. It's also known that elves in lotr can and do die from broken hearts.

[PattyNadros]

Many people view Thranduil as arrogant and selfish... I view him as broken and ridden with grief.

Yes, King Thranduil has fought many battles in his lifetime, but the battle that has damaged him the most is the one that exists inside him.

[YugeYun]

I love Thranduil's face after Legolas intervened. Lee Pace is a great actor!

[cheskad]

"What do you know of love? Are you willing to die for it?"
I absolutely ADORE how fiercely Thranduil loves his wife. Clearly he wishes it was him everyday instead of her.

[Princess]

Just watch Thranduil’s face at the end. You know exactly what he’s thinking.

-the horror of not only being told by his only child to kill him (which is really his deepest fear), but the thought of losing Legolas the same way he lost his wife

-and then the anger at Gandolf for even suggesting that he values the necklace more than his own son. Without Legolas, he knows he’ll die of a broken heart.

[able]

Tell me which you value more my friend? A touching scene explaining why Thranduil would go to war for a handful of jewelries, Or the death scene of a useless character you named Alfried?

[LordMortanius]

Thranduil has arguably lived through the War of Wrath, lived to see his father and their host get slaughtered at the Fields of Udun, lived to see Gil-galad and Elendil die at Sauron's hands, lived to see another Great Dragon descend upon the land, and lived being Gorthaur's literal next door neighbour.


Is it any wonder he's angry all the damn time?

[psychonautmaddy]

WHY?! WHY?! Why wasn't this in the extended version?

[namelessperson]

0:58 I love how Lee acted this part. It's like he's saying "You're saying this because you don't even know the story behind this arrogant face"

[guitaroidman]

The weird moment when you realise that Orlando Bloom is older than Lee Pace

[vlazurah]

Lee pace’s facial expressions after cutting the bow and being interrupted by Legolas are pure brilliance

[pottop]

Out of all the extended scenes, this one should be in the theatrics version. SERIOUSLY

[ahmadsherbeny]

Just a clearance to those who still think that Thranduil is a coward or non-caring king about what happens around, this guy is probably the most elven king/leader who fought the most through middle earth timeline, and is the one who suffered the most from all those wars he went through.

[kiwiroxy]

The only way to correct the mess they did for letting out ALL Thranduil `s scenes is to have a Trilogy about HIM! We deserve it!!!