The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug -- Thranduil and Thorin

Thranduil: 1.
Thorin: 0.

[quakethedoombringer]

The guy who casted Lee Pace as an elf should get a raise

[charliecheadle]

Can everyone just agree that Lee Pace was BORN to play Thranduil?

[krmlmz]

"I am patient, I can wait." You can't say this words in a more majestic way.

[LadyDreamfyre]

To be honest Thranduil offered a fair deal to Thorin. He was going to basically give him an army in exchange of his dead wife's memento.

[celestialspartan]

Btw, speaking of the greed that the Dwarves got, you can thank Sauron for that. After Sauron created the One Ring, he thought that he was gonna be able to control the minds of the 7 dwarf lords who received their rings. The Dwarves weren’t so easily broken. However, the rings did give them an insane lust for gold and treasure. Thus, the term Dragon Sickness was created.

[caalcb]

The irony is Thranduil perhaps once faced a dragon more frightening than Smaug. Smaug is nothing compared to fire serpent of 1st or 2nd age.

[catherinewolf]

7 years and this scene is still stunning...

[m.unalercan]

Thranduil is one of the few people that recognized Thorin as a king and Thorin rejected him in return

[abandonallhope.]

Bruh, these films aren't bad like I've heard. They're not as iconic and masterful as Lord of the Rings, but not everything is. They're enjoyable and tell a coherent story, which is more than what most films these days have.

[Poopenheiner]

Everyone talks about thranduil here and how great his performance was but man Thorin gets to me here. The emotion and passion he displays here is moving. I don’t think it’s as prideful as some people see. He rightfully distrustful of the elves not just because of ancient history but recent history. At least in the movies it’s clear thranduil is no saint. His heart holds a greed far more subtle than the dwarves but it’s there. “You turned away from the suffering of MY people.” That line always gets me. You can see in Thorin’s eyes how deep the trauma goes. It’s like it was yesterday for him. It’s a more selfless outburst than prideful, because he feels he’s advocating on behalf of his people. It’s not smart. It won’t really get him anywhere. And there is some pride behind his reasoning. But it’s emotional and real. He’s also in the right. They admitted how utterly desperate they were and begged for help but were turned away. What’s more is that those who were turned away other than thror himself had nothing to do with the dragon coming.

[annmarieb.]

Thranduil actually looked generally hurt when their in started saying that he has no honor

[slowdown]

Thranduil and Galadriel were casted so perfectly

[helluva]

Thranduil witnessed the end of the first age, when the victorious host of Valar fought for FORTY YEARS to cut through Morgoth's armies and even managed to destroy the Balrogs - only to be almost wiped out when Morgoth released the winged dragons in a last attempt to turn the tide. Having lived through that, one could see how petty, ignorant and stupid Thorin's quest to rouse Smaug from his sleep would seem to Thranduil. If anything, Thranduil has shown a remarkable restraint here.

[bl]

We as a society will never get tired of Lee Pace as Thranduil and I think that's beautiful

[usprulse]

This is how elves should look like...not trash that is rings of power

[thesenate]

Should have just gave him those gems.

It's just a couple of gems man.

[LokiLovesMe]

Everyone complains about how selfish Thranduil was. No, he wasn't selfish; he warned Thror, Thorin's grandfather, of what his greed would do. He also knew what dragons could do, he faced them. His people went to the same thing and he knew Smaug would cause destruction to his people as they had once faced. He must have lost his wife to the dragon, explaining why there wasn't more than one throne. The look on his face showed damage, mental and physical, rememberance.

[goochmcduck]

I need a full movie of just him being a Diva. I live for this character

[iambuhlockay]

The sad part is, I think Thranduil was being 100% sincere with his offer.

[Portgas-D.Ace---]

Thranduil was so majestic. Definitely my favorite character of all.