The Hobbit: 8 Blunders That Ruined The Desolation Of Smaug
7. Glorified Fan Fiction
The introduction of the cross-species romance between Evangeline Lillys elf Tauriel and Aiden Turners dwarf Kili could have been an integral part of the new plot, yet it felt rushed for the sake of roping in more elongated Legolas fight scenes. As fun as it was to watch the filmmakers invent new ways for elven archers to be the ultimate badasses this side of Hawkeyes blindfire shot in The Avengers, ultimately her character-arc (at least in this film) was extremely predictable, and fairly unbelievable considering the timeframe her affections were meant to be developing through, and from. As the idea of stretching the book over so many hours was questionable enough, its fallen to Peter Jackson to essentially write glorified fan-fiction to cover the stretch marks, injecting this utterly unnecessary thread with a laughable near-death scene on the part of Kili that ends up being more predictable than how bad the VGX awards were.
