vanima ephel
Ossiriand
Apr 14 2014, 11:42pm
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I was just reading that bit in The History, myself
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And I was assuming it was down to the influence of the Mirk in Mirkwood. But I've only read the Lee Pace interviews Lurker gave in that post, so far. I guess this means it's another canon change for the movies by PJ and Co. :/
Here's hoping it get's cleared up anyway - somehow - in TaBA.
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PHILIPPA BOYENS: (...)What’s interesting about that is there is a kind hierarchy among the Elves of Mirkwood. There are the High Elves, which are Thranduil and Legolas, and then there are the more lowly, more earthy Elves, the Silvan Elves. Tauriel is a Silvan Elf. She’s very much an Elf of Middle-earth, whereas the High Elves have come from somewhere else across the seas, and they are slightly more ethereal.
That is one of the things that I dislike in this movie interpretation. First of all, although Sindarin Elves, meaning Thranduil and his kin, were Eldar -agreed to follow the Valar to their land overseas, they never really left it as they stop at some point of their journey, so saying that they came from overseas is simply wrong (some other Elves did, e.g. Galadriel was in Valinor),
Moreover, those Elves(meaning Oropher, Thranduil father and his followers) moved back to their Silvan cousins to follow their simple way of life, take their customs and mingle with them, so to assume that their created complicated social structures to distinguish themselves from them doesn't seem right. Even if Thranduil was the king, it still doesn't seem if it would matter to him if his son falls for Sindarin or Silvan elf. Especially when he obviously loved and cared deeply for all of his people (I mean elves :) ). For me that scene with Tauriel was just confusing. (especially after watching it for x times, just to absorb Thranduil greatness)
"I dissent, even at the risk of being held incorrect or not sober."
(This post was edited by vanima ephel on Apr 14 2014, 11:45pm)
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