14. Alfrid The Cross-Dresser - The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
The Scene: The extremely cowardly Alfrid (Ryan Gage) disguises himself as a woman earlier in the movie to avoid having to fight alongside his fellow men. When confronted by Bard (Luke Evans), he's seen filling up his ample bust with as much gold and treasure as he can find. Bard quips to him, "Your slip is showing", before heading back into the battle. Why It Sucked: Alfrid is for the most part an original character created by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh for the Hobbit movies: his character was mentioned in Tokein's text, but was not given a name nor a substantial role of any kind. Apparently because 45 minutes of wall-to-wall action would be too "serious", Jackson used Alfrid to help lighten the load, but ultimately, it's nothing more than lame-brained comic relief. A number of critics and fans have already begun referring to Alfrid as the Jar Jar Binks of the Hobbit movies, and given how utterly needless and annoying he is throughout (more due to the script than Gage's performance), it's little surprise. Can someone make an Alfrid-free cut of this movie, please?
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