The problem isn't that she's unlikable. It's that she is framed to be likable. The writers really want you to root for her even when she's disrespectful, cold, and arrogant ALL THE TIME.

They literally put in the line "I demand to speak to the manager (king)" LOL

Wow she’s so likeable. Like a boss that comes in on Friday to tell you she needs you to come in on the weekend.

The Karens all over the world demanded representation in media and Amazon delivered.

Unintentional as it is, it’s funny she says she wants to speak with the King and people have described “Galadriel” as a Karen.

Elrond was hella chill, she’s insane.

My impression of gladriel in lotr: wow she is beauty, grace yet there is a power underneath all of that. She doesn't even need to express it out loud, I can clearly feel it in her presence. Yet despite all of that she is kind and generous. Her temptation with the one true ring showed that even somebody as wise and kind as her could easily be corrupted given the chance yet she denied it, proving that she, as well as Gandalf and frodo, can resist the temptation. What an extraordinary character My impression of Gladriel from rop: wow what a b$tch

Her performance as Karendriel is actually amazing.

i like how she just randomly shouts "THERE'S A TEMPEST IN ME" like that's supposed to mean anything lol.

I don't understand how anyone thought that making the main character, a complete sociopath who you want to punch in the face, every scene that they are in..was a good idea.

How does this character relate to the almost ethereal and magnificent Galadriel in the original trilogy?

She really brings that, "entitled rich neighborhood Starbuck's customer" energy to the second age.

Her twitching and self righteousness reminds of greta thurnberg.

"It is only natural to feel...conflicted...Conflicted?" That face twitch slays me every time lol. 2:18

That twitching of her face. It's cringy af.

How do you write a strong female character in 2022? Just make her irrationally angry for no reason at all times.

Thank you amazon for destroying one of the coolest, authenticate and most graceful characters ever in film history. Tears me up to think of how much money they invested in that trash

I find it hilarious that no matter how many times she's all "I'm angry! Sauron is coming! Everyone should listen to me!", everyone around her is like "Nah! We don't want to listen to you!" 😂.

It's like the writers of this show looked at Rey and Captain Marvel, and said: "Hey, we can make a character worse than those".

I don't blame the actress, I blame the script. They wrote Galadriel to be pissed off in every scene she is in and just complaining and nagging and demanding stuff all the time, it's like she has only 1 emotion and that's it. No one likes that crap. It's weird cause they wrote Elrond to be super likeable but they think being "badass" means being pissed off all the time.

How to make Rings of Power's Galadriel 1. Take Fëanor 2. Make him female 3. Remove any depth or charisma, and dock off 20-30 IQ points 4. Give the character Galadriel's name and give Finwë Finrod's name 5. Frame this resulting petulant Cluster B teenage girl as the hero of the story and portray all of Fëanor's horrible personality traits as "empowered girlboss" energy

"I'm simply wondering what manner of man so readily abandoned his companions to death".... Well, you should know love... You were ready to do the same

A few years from now, teachers at acting schools will be like "You're doing the Morfydd Nose Twitch again, watch it"

"You have not seen what I've seen..." "I've seen my share...." "I've seen Rings of Power..." "Ohh you poor child..."

At this point, in the Second Age, Galadriel had already lived many thousands of years, was married to Celeborn, and, together, they were the leaders of a group of elves, while under the rule of Gil-galad. She was not running around, unmarried, angry and hunting orcs or acting like Bear Grylls. In the books, she is described as "the fairest of all elves' and one of great wisdom - something the writers of this show have no knowledge of, apparently.

Dude she is so toxic

And you forgot the horse scene, pure magic.

I can't wait for her to finally meet sauron so she can transcend her base karen form and go super karen

This is what a Karen was during the Second Age.

Does that include that her face remains the same no matter what is happening around?

Me after watching Galadriel in the RoP “ Hey Sauron, I am by your side man!”

Cate Blanchett's version will be like :"This is not when I was younger. That's ridiculous and shameful." 😒

It is like trying to convince that Draco Malfoy of the first 5 Harry Potter movies is actually the hero lol

This abomination makes Rey look like Ellen Ripley

She wonders what kind of man would abandon his men. But she meant what kind of female elf would do the very same and not be pointed out by the plot's virtue signaling.

I was excited at first, the idea of showing a more warrior side of Galadriel. But they had to go about it THIS way, making her annoying, arrogant and immature. Hard to imagine this is the same Galadriel in the LOTR and The Hobbit. Ugh, I miss Cate Blanchett.

Whoever did casting on this cost Amazon a billion dollars.

She's like the PETA Vegan who invited herself to your BBQ.

This is supposed to be an all wise some thousand years old elf who has been through many battles.

I think the character to emulate for the portrayal of Galadriel would be more Joan of Arc -ish. The reason why men, grown grizzled combat veterans to conscript French levies would follow her to their deaths is because she was charismatic, she understood the situation, she boosted morale by encouraging others, not to jibe and make stern faces to demand a following.

This girl's and Cate Blanchett's portrayal are miles apart. This girl seems like she got anger issues where as Cate's was classy.

she has no expression

If Galadriel’s character was that of a male, they would be epitomised as an over the top example of toxic masculinity.

The writers of this show completely destroyed the majesty and gracefulness of her character entirely

galadriel - "im simply wondering what manner of man would so readily abandon his companions to death" also galadriel - "no ! we keep moving !" hmmmmmm

Stunningly and bravely at its highest cringe.

She goes full psychopath in ep6

"I am simply wandering what manner of man would so readily abandon her companions to death.......just like i did"

They found an actress less talented than Brie,and Diasey and wrote a worse character than Rey and Carol, to create this abomination.

It’s pretty bad. Writers should have watched Cate Blanchett to see how it was done.

chill chill woman, no one here is your enemy

How does a billion dollars show end up looking so bad.....

Why she twitching??... didn't the cameramen notice that...i refuse to believe they spent a billion on this

So, i just watched the second LOTR And i swear, That Galadriel, was truly magnificent and lovely What have they done to her? Like brah, She seemed truly Angel like, This doesn't seem even related to her

But she was wrong. She wanted to go further north, and then Halbrand? Said orcs were in his home in the southlands? None of it makes any sense

yeah its pretty unbearable. i actually can't think of a character that i like.

I feel like there's few well casted character in this entire show, Elendil the tall is one of them. It's like he was plucked straight from the trilogy, I can picture him clear as day in any scene within Gondor. His mannerisms, his wisdom, the classic 'Men of Gondor' look to him with the shoulder length hair and windscarred face. Elrond isn't too bad, but I fail to see that controlled strength and passion in him like Hugo Weaving's portayal. Weaving had this constant look of serene calm and understanding, beneath which was this simmering coal of emotion. You could see it in his scenes with Aragorn, especially when he presents Anduril. He was proud of his work, but he hated that he had to do it. He had faith and respect for the man he was giving it to, but couldn't look past the fact that this same man was the reason his daughter will die. It's a masterclass of acting, whereas kiddy Eldrond here looks stoned all the time. I won't bother mentioning old pignose scrunchface over here and her arrogant, 'woe is me' bullshit. Other people have already said everything I wanted to say lmfao.

"You have not see what I have seen" "Jeez, all I asked was if you wanted some extra ice"

The voice, the smug looks, the arrogance. This isn't LOTR Galadriel.

She comes off as an angry spiteful victim, when she should be graceful, commanding, and wise.

Why is she smiling when she says ''You Haven't Seen What I Have Seen''?

What grace! The future Lady of Lorien ladies and gentlemen.

Loool, the Guyladriel twitch ain't never gonna be forgotten. And some twitches that should not have been forgotten were remembered. The twitch became history, the twitch became legendary. It never became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the twitch passed down in all the memes.

Ah 0:09, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Karen finally asked for the manager.

When I first experienced through review videos how literally villainous she was, I thought, of course, their idea to besmirch the character is to portray a white blonde woman as completely unsympathetic. Then I learned that she is supposed to be the good, the best, the hero, the voice of reason. It's mind boggling. In a way, it's also helpful, as I'm going to use it as inspiration on how to portray my narcissistic, holier-than-thou OC who is supposed to be evil and wholly irredeemable. It's hilarious to think of him as the good guy. This show gives us insight into the mind of a true narcissist.

Damn, and this doesn't even include when she gets to Numenor and somehow manages to make both the queen and most of the city hate her in a day.

Legit who told this girl that facial twitching = good acting?? Sweet jesus is she just awful.

Cringe

Someone wakes up early every morning, gets dressed and travels to where ever Guyladriel is and pisses in her Wheaties. Bless that person. 🤣🤣🤣

So Galadriel, Captain Marvel, Rey Skywalker and She Hulk walk into a bar......the manager commits suicide.

I have not seen what you have seen until I've seen Galadriel from Ring of Power.

Tolken is probably screaming in the grave knowing what happend to his creation...

This is a general trend. The main characters become more infantile and capricious every year. They turn into big children, but sometimes also nasty

I thought this show was a tragedy, but now i realise it’s a comedy

Why we don't like characters that are always right, can't make wrong decisions, perfect, trying to be bad ass, rude, trying to be everyting it's because we don't observe them in real life, and even if it were, that person will be easily hate-able. It just doesn't balance it out. We tend to like characters that are relatable, who can fail, who can feel, who is a bad ass, and who can keep going on and win.

One does not simply swim across an ocean alone into Mordor

The best villain I've seen since Darth Vader.

When you're so focused on female empowerment that you forget how to write a likeable lead... Almost every female character in GOT was a badass, here they can't even do one.

She’s as likable as a cloudy discharge.

I don’t know if Galadriel is unlikable or even if that’s the main issue. This series has been unwatchable because there are too many subplots and they are skipped through too rapidly before we can form connections with the characters. I think most people would say that if there is a story thread where they feel any connection, it’s the hobbits. The problem with Galadriel’s unlikability isn’t that she is unlikable. It’s that the screenplay doesn’t breathe for long enough for us to develop any sympathy. That’s the trick to unlikable characters-you give them and the audience the breathing space to form a sympathetic emotional basis. You reveal an endearing quality that might be a flaw or a virtue. You slowly develop the quality to make it seem like it leads eventually to redemption. This generates hope. Whether it does lead to redemption or ultimately disappoints is part of the tension of the story. The story rushes so quickly through Galadriel’s subplot that any endearing qualities can’t take hold. She just seems like a b-i-t-c-h. Contrast this with other stories featuring strong women, such as Mad Max Fury Road or Atomic Blonde, both featuring Charlize Theron. The characters she portrays are ruthless, but the stories are written in such a way that we can develop an attachment. Both movies are very fast paced, but they let the characters breathe. My opinion is based on watching the first three episodes, which were on the whole quite dull. Too many character plots, not enough time to develop characters or form attachments to them. It’s a big mess. Maybe this changes in later episodes and I should be more patient, but I feel that the show itself is too impatient, like it’s got to get through some quota of plot points each episode. Terrible storytellling.

Is it just me or is she a terrible actress? She has pretty much the same expression in all scenes

Amazon's Galadriel doesn't even deserve Celeborn.

Officers like Galadriel are often relegated to latrine duties or ride the desk their entire career because if they are given command they will wake up with an armed grenade stuffed down their pants or become the rare victim of a friendly fire incident.

(Toy Story theme plays) 🎶"You've got a tempest in me."🎵 - Galladrial

Never seen a Tolkien elf that was a snappy snarling Chihuahua. Cate Blanchet could make you drop to your knees just by looking into your soul. Bezos made a blunder by buying reviews: negative reviews you can be sure Bezo's didn't pay for them. Positive reviews you can be sure that Bezos did.

She is insufferable. It literally took me days to get through an episode. I had to stop after a scene with her in it . She is just unwatchable

After every 2 mins she wants to find and fight the enemy. She feels as if the enemy is just sitting and waiting for her🙄🙄🙄

Since this new Galadriel I just want Sauron to win. Go Sauron go! Ash Nazg durbatulûk, ash Nazg gimbatul, ash Nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul

How come "THERE IS A TEMPEST IN ME!' isn't here? 🤣🤣🤣

Are they showing bush at 1:56? Think you can see it as well when she picks up the helmet on the battlefield in the beginning.

"I've come for Mithradir." "I will leave with here with him." "If you try to stop me, I will destroy you." All this said before she slaps an Orc so hard it is turned to dust and afterwards bench presses Gandalf down a flight of stairs bare foot.

karandriel i demand to seek audiance with the manager

Someone made a compilation video of my favourite Galadriel scenes. I need it updated lol. I love young, dark, vengeful Galadriel.

I can't believe where at a point in time where we rooted for Sauron to win. 😂

The Elves don’t look like immortal warriors who have seen the unfolding of history. They look like the guy who sells weed at university 😅

Ah, she's my favourite!- like wet cardboard with ink smeared on it to resemble an angry face...

This is character assassination

If this version of Galadriel was a man people would point to him as an archetype for “toxic masculinity.”

I literally typed in “Galadriel rat face” and this came up

So stunning.... so brave... so... EMPOWERED... SLAY QUEEN!!! Why does she bother to have long flowing blonde hair and wear long dresses, when she pretty much is playing an angry man all the time