@@SpiritoRock Hey, thanks for the info.

I always wondered why his face melts away when he is talking to Thorin about knowing what dragon fire is like and then the skin on his face regrows back just as quick. I was like what the hell was that?! I wish they would have elaborated on how and why he did that.

@@sudzy8285 Tolkien has said that when elves felt their soul scarred due to mental trauma or sorrow, the scars on their souls can sometimes show up on their bodies. It's very likely that its not the dragon fire that make those scars, but rather losing his wife in such horrible death (probably). Because for elves, their souls are always take precedence over their body.

Yes!! im not even Gay and I think he is Gorgeous! LOL that's just crazy

@@sudzy8285 Yeah right! That was a mesmerizing scene though not so much well explained!

ikr 😂😍

pkmntrainer nathan so tru...2 handsome men!

ikr

@TheKingWhoCared Hahahahaa!!!!! DEAD!!!! So True!!!

TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE XD

Same here

because at first He wanted to fight...this is not an irrational idea to not go to war because you know that you are "outnumbered" and your people can die for another people. It's selfish to not help your companion but not quite silly. I know that you didn't say that but your comment seems a bit foolish

He brought one thousands infantry and several hundred archers at least that’s one of the few cases Tolkien gives us of numbers. He usually didn’t give actually numbers of armies. I suspect that the elven king only brought a fraction of his force. His realm is the only elven realm that grew in population during the events of the third age. So I would assume he had an army of 7,500-12,500 he would need to leave a good amount back in his realm to protect his borders. So out of all the elven kingdoms/realms his was the most powerful but still not as many as the men of Rohan who had a number of 12,000 exact in Tolkien’s own words. Just some fun information for ya!!

@@trevor3194 I was scouting for a few numbers to put everything into perspective! Appreciate the info mate!

He takes them out for a nice walk/horse ride. Great guy

+Liz Loch hahahhahaha true dat

so true.

***** Really?? You had to add that? Look, you're entitled to your own opinion, but was saying it really necessary?

***** personally, I think more people like the movies, but maybe that's just me, either way, I respect your opinion.

Eru will make an exception for Peter Jackson

Fuck, you beat me by a year!

LMAO....

Do not speak to me of dragon fire

@@DarkKnight-ft1sx i know its roth and ruin

@@DarkKnight-ft1sx well thank you you too 😊

YES. He's the only reason I watched this atrocious series

@@jadelee6555 You mean Gandalf

I don't know, I don't remember him being so focused on jewels. I totally understand his hate for dwarves (anyone having read the backstory would know that), but in the book he showed a certain level of humility and astuteness that he didn't in the movie. In the book, he praises Bilbo for giving him and Bard a way to end the strife without fighting, hinting that the last thing he actually wants is battle, he simply wants what he feels the dwarves of Erebor owed his people...because they did. He can be petty and he can be callous, but he tempers it in a way the movies missed.

@Ryan Edwards. Yeah I remeber that line from the book too. I think what they tried too show in the movies, his shock at the amount of Elves that died in the battle and why he wanted to retreat at a point, is the same thing that makes him want to avoid fighting in the books. Another thing which is only briefly addressed in extended version is a reason behind his obsession with the gems of lasgalen. After Tauriel and Legolas leave the City to help the Dwarves, Gandalf says to Thranduil that apart from gems he also had a son to remember his Wife by, implying that the gems of Lasgalen are an Heirloom/Token from his Wife.

@Laura Right. Thats the only reason i watched the Hobbit again yesterday lol

>elf has to be beautiful Tell that to the Rings of Power

@@PossessedbyPhoenix awww, I thought the elves in RoP were good.

@@shuvanidev Good ? Where is the long hair ???

Welcome to the club

Hahahaha how to get out

Same

Just fallen in and I can’t get out

Murricath same😂

:-))))))))))).

Lol

Lmaooo

Angel Gray you made my daYYYYY :))))

😂😂😂😂😂

Ugi XXI I agree. His portrayal of Joe MacMillan on AMC's Halt and Catch Fire was pure genius. So deep, so complex for a character who starts out as a stereotypical prick in a Porsche and evolves into Mr. Chips. I hope he can continue to get challenging acting jobs like that..

He's not exactly doing bad for himself, what with The Hobbit and Guardians of the Galaxy under his Block-Buster belt. I definitely want to see him in a few roles that really show the breadth of his acting. I want to see him in the lead of a more character drama oriented movie or tv series.

Actually I would love him in more series. Something with great plots allowing him to use his great acting skills, and also feasible in terms of profit so it can keep run on. In series, we get to see more of him, grow with and develop a bond with the characters. That's the superior aspect than mere movies.

Im just annoyed he never got to finish Pushing Daisies, a brilliant series

@@JavertRA I agree he was great as Ned the Pie Maker.

Ken Havens you are absolutely correct..he's badass but caring as well..

He is my favorite Elf from the movie series.

He's a cold blooded killer who hated everything that isn't elf... Tho he is good at keeping his composure and still be an elegant elf king. He had killed more orcs than you have hair.

You mean he's not as open-minded as elron.

@@morningstarlink How is he a killer? Or cold-blooded? He gave food to Bard's people and even told him and his army to stay back when Dain and his army attacked them. Thranduil clearly cared about Brad and his people. He's angry with Erebor dwarves because they stole his jewels.

Elk #1: "How do you like it when the Elf King calls you for a ride?"Elk #2: "Oh, it's okay, but that hard dagger he keeps on his belt pokes me in the shoulders. That's a bit annoying."Elk #1: "I don't think that is a dagger."

@@ronaldmcreynolds7345 It's now 2019.. I'm still laughing 😂😂😂

@@ronaldmcreynolds7345 ????

@AlbaFlavius The Same as I thought! :)

AGREED!❤

thats so crazy but orlando is very young looking,he still looks 28or something. lee just looks like his age.

Rose Arnold it seems he may have an old-soul personality that comes through in his acting .

Yess! 😂😌

Perfect words 👌🏻

And gorgeously beautiful 😍😌

He looks like a descendant of the 'NEPHILIM'.

fairybits I am a descendant of nefilem my father was nefalum I am elven nefalum female

@@smolbean9316 stfu liar

@@smolbean9316 Bitch please you can't even spell.

We are all descendants of nephlim. Unfortunately. Everyone is fallen. That said Lee pace is 6ft5.

yup way too cool for thranduil..

Andrew That elk was a truly dumb and impractical element that looked great but had little thought behind it. Critics have called even horses impractical for life in a dense forest, although the book mentions the King and his retinue riding out to hunt. Now just imagine a mount with a ten foot antler spread trying to get around between the trees.

You are aware that elks live in forests?

Dorian I am aware that deer live in forests and were so described by Tolkien. But elks require less dense forestation than deer, because of the huge antler spread. I do have a growing herd of deer, including the males, in my woods, but no elks.

Andrew what happened to Thrandril after the war??

yup you're right!

xD

Chickknight Greenleaf lmaooo

and perfect hair

Bottle blonde though. Look at those brows...

For real he is ! 😥

Orochi2345678 Anti-Elrond was a bit simplistic. Thranduil was the only leader of an elven realm in the Tnird Age who did it without the help of a Ring of Power, with Sauron to the south and a dragon to the east. Led Pace described him as the Fisher King, wounded in some manner but still fighting on despite it.

+AnkokuEvangeline I know! Lee is such an underrated actor, I mean, take a look at him in Soldier's Girl, his very first movie where he plays a trans woman. He's magnificent!

+Bren Lockhart He's fabulousss. That's enough ♥w♥

Same here!

Cristina I'm sure he would disagree with you about not wanting to play in big movies - he did star in the Hobbit and in Guardians, after all. Let's just wish him all the success he wants instead of harping on it. Intelligent as he is, I'm confident getting "spoiled" by Hollywood (whatever that means) will not be an issue .

He probably isn't into the Luciferian pedophile cult either. Guys like Roman Palanski get praised constantly. Fact Cory Feldman and Elijah Wood blew the whistle on the rampant pedophilia in Hollywood.

So underrated it hurts! I loved him in The Fall and Soldier's Girl.

You haven't read the book, haven't you? 😒

Yes, I've read the book, many times, what I meat to say is that Thranduil doesn't have a name in it and is not quite as important.

+Fili_of_erebor Roy: [singing] "We don't need no education." Moss: "Yes you do. You've just used a double negative." Shouldn't it be "You haven't read the book, have you?" I sincerely want to know. English isn't my mother tongue.

+FreakyNightmare yeah it was wrong lol. english is my 4th language😁

Mark Lomod Yes yes yes 👏 Exactly!

oh I can’t wait until you see the Amazon show. You’re going to be in for a-on the whole pleasant-surprise.

@@sophiejones3554 well I'm not so pleased with utter crap we have with RoP now that two episodes are out.

Only by 2 years so no big deal, if it was 5+ years that would have been extremely weird.

It's perfectly fine though, elves are immortal, once they mature they look roughly adult for the rest of their lives, never getting "old" like gandalf.

well elves stay young forever, so mature elves should all look like young adults

@@stuffums Gandalf didn't get old. He is Maiar, who (like others) took a form of an older man in order to help with his mission in Middle Earth which is to guide men and elves.

Belle Kwon-Do to quote every conversation about Tolkien’s works... “read the Silmarillion”

Dianne Wright if Julian Sands were younger, he would have been my first call.

Dianne Wright

good comparison!

Oh my gosh I never realized that.

wontawnm)oooooo

Good god, I thought you were going to go about that in a Draco Malfoy fashion. "White hair. *looks up and down* Expensive robes. Must be an thousand year old Elven King."

I was about to make the David Bowie comment (2 years late) but I knew someone else must have thought of it - indeed. Jareth The Goblin King indeed. RIP Mr. Bowie.

HighFunctioning Sociopath absolutely correct!

the extended editions are slight improvements

Well he was really good indeed, but Galadriel played by Cate Blanchett is by far the best elf of Tolkien movies, and the most accurated.

i think hugo weaving's Elrond is the most awesome but thranduil is awesome as hell though

YEP

Kassie Stepanova I love you.

the irony is that the sindar elves were well known for their wide use of axes and Thranduil was a sindar elf.

Ooffff.. now wouldnt that be somthing.

Did someone say Feanor?

@@fe4n0r indeed great Lord of light, maker of the Silmirils. Would you ever fancy meeting the lord of Mirkwood and his floofy blonde haired son? They have much wine. And parties.

So bad.

I'm with you

Me...Im just half-elf😔

Imagine him casting for Targaryen 🤭🤩

He makes it obvious that not only women look better wearing makeup.

he's the Prince of LOTR

only david bowie wouldve been better than this actor

That's moot.

corsican lulu no way! He was great musically & on stage but on screen he was always just David Bowie dressed up. kinda wooden. Too big a star factor to get past. alright in Labyrinth which was his own vehicle anyway, but not in a middle Earth movie. Lee Pace was superb. One of the best things in the hobbit movies. probably partly because he wasn't in Lord of The Rings as an actual character so he could be fresh. The Hobbit movies don't really work for me though to be honest. can't help being super fussy with Tolkien, having grown up on all his great writing. Maybe because the 3 Lord of The Rings movies were almost perfect which was an amazing achievement. Also The Hobbit being essentially a childrens' book for adults aswell as children, so difficult to make it work in film when LOTR had been done so well and so seriously. I think it might've worked better if they'd cast the entire thing as a different film entity altogether with no actors from LOTR at all. No Cross over. Of course the temptation to do it the way they did was no doubt too great which is understandable.

+Kenneth Crowther He was awesome as Tesla in The Prestige

I wanted Jason Issacs to play Thrannym but he was too old.

+Deniella Gervacio According to Wikipedia, Mr. Pace is 6'5" tall.

Oh! Shucks, I just know. Thank you very much for the VERY useful information. Lee is not only Tall' he's handsome too!

Deniella Gervacio You're quite welcome. Be well.:)

He cannot be shorter than my ex-husband...no....no...i don't believe it. He must be more than 6'10

Ellemphriem Nil 6'10" lol that's a Balrog

6'5"

Dark Illusion bah! Thranduil in the books is still isolated, arrogant and greedy! In fact, FAR more greedy than the movie portrayed! Though, not nearly as mean, for he did not take up the men of lake town just for extra troops, but out of pity. But he was a greedy elf! And i hate that they portrayed him in a good light, whilst dragging thror's name through the mud!

No. Gotrek Gurnisson. You really need to the book before you comment. He was never arrogant or greedy - Not according to the book. Name one instance where he was arrogant or greedy in the book and I'll debunk that myth with fact and quote from the book itself to prove you wrong. He was somewhat isolated, and that started under Oropher's ruling

Dark Illusion the hobbit, chapter 8, page 155: " if the elf king had one weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems; and though his hoard was rich, he was ever eager for more, since he had not yet as great a treasure as other elf-lord of old". Greed, if ever i did see it.

Dark Illusion i also know that azog died in the battle of azanulbizar, that legolas was not in the book at all, and that the black arrow was an arrow, not a ballista bolt, because ive read the book.

Dark Illusion though he wasnt a total ass, ill admit. He did help the men of lake town in their need, and was willing to only take a part of the treasure of erebor, rather than declaring all out war ( though the second might have something to do with the timing. Frankly, no one goes to war in the winter. )

EntmodremLeguasentTaruilMerle

elfin*

Don't move like elves, don't sound like elves, don't look like elves at all!

He wasn't a Valinorean elf. He was of the Sindar; the people who remained behind in Middle-earth.

Nice catch. I had forgotten about this comment altogether.

Sindar are basically lower elves that did not see the two trees but receive the teaching of Melian the Maia, so they are slightly wiser and civilized than their eastern green/wood elves (wild elves, since they like to nomadic)

@@cool06alt If an asshole like Fëanor, a Noldo who had seen the Light of Two Tress and Valinor is the picture of civility then the race of elves were doomed.

@@tiaaaron3278 Curse you!

Lee’s wardrobe to die for