The guy who casted Lee Pace as an elf should get a raise

"I am patient, I can wait." You can't say this words in a more majestic way.

Can everyone just agree that Lee Pace was BORN to play Thranduil?

To be honest Thranduil offered a fair deal to Thorin. He was going to basically give him an army in exchange of his dead wife's memento.

Bruh, these films aren't bad like I've heard. They're not as iconic and masterful as Lord of the Rings, but not everything is. They're enjoyable and tell a coherent story, which is more than what most films these days have.

7 years and this scene is still stunning...

Everyone talks about thranduil here and how great his performance was but man Thorin gets to me here. The emotion and passion he displays here is moving. I don’t think it’s as prideful as some people see. He rightfully distrustful of the elves not just because of ancient history but recent history. At least in the movies it’s clear thranduil is no saint. His heart holds a greed far more subtle than the dwarves but it’s there. “You turned away from the suffering of MY people.” That line always gets me. You can see in Thorin’s eyes how deep the trauma goes. It’s like it was yesterday for him. It’s a more selfless outburst than prideful, because he feels he’s advocating on behalf of his people. It’s not smart. It won’t really get him anywhere. And there is some pride behind his reasoning. But it’s emotional and real. He’s also in the right. They admitted how utterly desperate they were and begged for help but were turned away. What’s more is that those who were turned away other than thror himself had nothing to do with the dragon coming.

Thranduil is one of the few people that recognized Thorin as a king and Thorin rejected him in return

The irony is Thranduil perhaps once faced a dragon more frightening than Smaug. Smaug is nothing compared to fire serpent of 1st or 2nd age.

Btw, speaking of the greed that the Dwarves got, you can thank Sauron for that. After Sauron created the One Ring, he thought that he was gonna be able to control the minds of the 7 dwarf lords who received their rings. The Dwarves weren’t so easily broken. However, the rings did give them an insane lust for gold and treasure. Thus, the term Dragon Sickness was created.

Thranduil and Galadriel were casted so perfectly

Thranduil actually looked generally hurt when their in started saying that he has no honor

Imagine how different this movie would have played out if Thorin sat down with him to have a civilized discussion.

Thranduil witnessed the end of the first age, when the victorious host of Valar fought for FORTY YEARS to cut through Morgoth's armies and even managed to destroy the Balrogs - only to be almost wiped out when Morgoth released the winged dragons in a last attempt to turn the tide. Having lived through that, one could see how petty, ignorant and stupid Thorin's quest to rouse Smaug from his sleep would seem to Thranduil. If anything, Thranduil has shown a remarkable restraint here.

We as a society will never get tired of Lee Pace as Thranduil and I think that's beautiful

This is how elves should look like...not trash that is rings of power

Should have just gave him those gems. It's just a couple of gems man.

Everyone complains about how selfish Thranduil was. No, he wasn't selfish; he warned Thror, Thorin's grandfather, of what his greed would do. He also knew what dragons could do, he faced them. His people went to the same thing and he knew Smaug would cause destruction to his people as they had once faced. He must have lost his wife to the dragon, explaining why there wasn't more than one throne. The look on his face showed damage, mental and physical, rememberance.

Thorin was too filled with pride to have just taken the offer .. He brought this on himself

I need a full movie of just him being a Diva. I live for this character

Thorin meets Elrond, Thorin is nasty to Elrond, Elrond feeds Thorin and translates his map and gives him a nice place to sleep. Thorin leaves without even a thank you Thorin meets Thranduil, Thorin is nasty to Thranduil. Thranduil throws Thorin in jail. Thorin wanders what he did wrong...

I've watched this scene a thousand times...I will never tire of it. Iconic.

I love the swell before he drops the “I can wait” line. Fucking beautiful 🤌🏽

Thranduil : "A hundred years is a blink in the life of an elf. I'm patient... I can wait." Sauron : "About that"

“I have patience…I can wait” gets me everytime

This scene... these men... So much testosterone but its beautiful and I want more of this MAJESTIC energy!

The detail of Thranduil's eyes shining when he talks about pure starlight 😍

This how an Elf in Tolkien should look. Not like these Boyzone dudes in Rings of Power

This is the best and most memorable scene in the whole trilogy

I just wish these movies went on forever.

After ROP, im here to remind myself of what real elves look like

This scene is epic, I wish the lines were executed differently, "I know its wrath and ruin...." should have come after the scar reveal. Definitely one of the best parts of the whole series. I wish they could expand on Thranduil!

"...but the only brew for the brave and true, comes from The Green Dragon!" Thranduil: **flashbacks**

Armitage is incredible as Thorin.. wish we'd hear more dwarvish.

Lol, looking at those extras struggle to carry Throin down the stairs was funny.

Bae: "i want to remain abstinence until we're married" Lee Pace: "I am patient, I can wait"

Can we just appreciate that crown ….

"100 years is a blink in the life of an elf" - I think a dwarf then warrants about 3 or 4 blinks if I'm not mistaken.

These two deserve each other.

If the whole movie was just Thranduil gibbering, I would've still watched it.

Lol @ his face when he says “ I offer you my help “ . Definitely somebody who doesn’t actually want to offer their help.

I feel like a lot of this scene makes more sense with the context that Thranduil's original home was destroyed by dwarves in a war that started because of greed(on both sides. Those silmarils were shiiiinneeyyyy). He was around to watch Khazad-Dûm fall to greed, and and then again with Erebor, after (and this part is solely movie based) the dwarves denied him his commission and kept the starlight gems. He gave Thorin a chance to not be greedy, and in his eyes Thorin failed. To him, dwarves are just greedy little warmongers that have pretty much just got what they've had coming(and he's also being a little petty because he's Thranduil and he can)

The perfect actor for Thranduil, Elegantly Powerful

I love the Silver Sentinels of Mirkwood. They look so much cooler than the ones in Battle of the Five Armies.

Right before thrandruil get's angry you can slightly see his eye twitching ( his last nerve leaving the body)😂

The sad part is, I think Thranduil was being 100% sincere with his offer.

when he reveals his face omggg so chills. this trilogy was amazing.

the part everyone forgets is it was not just the dragons that he abandoned them to. They went to him for aid and shelter in his kingdom and he turned them away.

Thorin says, “Imrid amrâd ursul” “Die a fiery death.” Oh the irony. I love these movies

'I am listening.' The way he smirks.

In the books Thorin’s family had nothing to do the theft of the jewels and as the dwarves who did pointed out they only took what Thrandual promised too but did not give them in payment for helping to make that really pretty underground palace/ stronghold.

Thorin the King of Cynical, and Thranduil the High King of Brood

I like Thranduil`s arrogant and overconfident attitude

Thranduil and Oropher should have been explored by Amazon. They would have been great characters to add in the Rings of Power. But instead we have such a dumpster fire

Lee pace is the most beautiful Thranduil😩 “I have faced the serpents of the North” maybe my favorite piece of acting in this movie

Thorin looks so adorable next to thranduil!! He is so smol yet his pride is way too large for his own good!

When you realize that the dwarves showed this guy the last memento from his wife, whom he has no body or grave to mourne over, and then they close the box in front of him and say "pay up", his bad attitude here makes total sense. It's like if the Russian mob were supposed to deliver that dog to John Wick after his wife died, but instead kept it for themselves.

Why is it always an Elf warning someone? Elrond warned Isildur, Thranduil warned Thror.

The movies usually seem to portray Thranduil as an opponent to the dwarves, to the point of outright contradicting the book e.g. in the book he and his armies did actually help the refugees, particularly the poorer men in and around Laketown, instead of just marching back straight after arriving. Yes, he could have launched an immediate attack on Smaug, who would be inactive after acquiring such treasure for many years; but there was a good chance this would have just ruined Thranduil's kingdom as well, and gotten many of his kin killed, for nothing - and even if they won, what would it be for? Elves do not hunger for treasure in the same way that the dwarf kings (afflicted by dragon sickness/greediness) do. Having seen the battle already lost and the place in ruins, Thranduil didn't charge into the former kingdom. This can be contrasted against the near-opposite decision made by Thorin's people (then led by his grandfather) in their attempt to reclaim Morea, an attack which got many of their people killed for nothing. Trading lives for territory and/or possessions is usually a poor exchange indeed. The likelihood is, if the seven dwarven armies had rallied together, instead of bickering over what to do, to challenge Smaug, that Thranduil would have given military support at that time. Remember, it wasn't just the elves who didn't come to the dwarf king's aid that day, for their own armies failed to come for days, weeks, months, or years. Its easy to blame Thranduil for not throwing away everything in haste, but he was clearly willing to play the long game and stand at a time when it would be most effective. There's a line to be drawn between prudence and recklessness, the lack of the latter often being construed as cowardice The dwarves saw Thranduil as a coward by that one act. They did not understand him, nor did they try to. Yet, Thranduil was prepared to commit an army to aiding Thorin in raiding Erebor/Smaug's horde (distinctly different from actually fighting to kill Smaug and taking the treasure in its entirety), greatly aiding Thorin in his goal, and already recognised him as a rightful king. With the Arkenstone in Thorin's hands, as Thranduil foresaw, it would be very likely that the dwarves could have been unified once again. But instead of accepted this aid, which came at a relatively tiny price (Thranduil wants his wife's jewelry back, nothing more - and that's only if the expedition succeeded), Thorin chose to spite him to serve his own pride; for that pride, he pushed a possible powerful ally into needing to oppose him to save face in front of his people. Thorin is often his own worst enemy, a family trait at that.

I never tire of this scene between these two. But I defs keep coming back to see my boo, Thranduil ❤

2:00 I love, whenever I watch this scene, hearing the thunder sound and the music that is following it.

2:30 Construction workers when they get paid hourly wage to fix a hole in the road.

Lee pace should have blown up after the hobbit . I really don’t understand what happened . Why is he not as big as Adam driver or Bradley cooper?. He’s so underrated.

Thranduil was so majestic. Definitely my favorite character of all.

Please, correct me if i am wrong, but the dwarves did steal his jewels. I emphasize on the ''stealing'' part. Thus, the dwarves were immoral, unjust, malevolent and unkind to their ''friends''. And while Thranduil warned the dwarves about what their king's greed would accomplish, causing endless death, chaos and destruction to the innocent, they ignored him, stole what was not rightfully theirs, provoked a war between the races, disrespected the elven king, humiliated him.. and Torin had the audacity of speaking about honor!? Does anyone realizes he is the evil one?

Damn now all I can hear is Trevor Belmont. If only Thorin dropped a few more F-bombs it would be perfect.

You would think this was an action scene by how dramatic the music is.

Thranduil comes up as mocking and arrogant while Thorin comes up as angry and stubborn. If both parties don't try to agree with each other then it's no wonder than the negotiations failed so quickly.

Thranduil was not asking for much. Thorin overreacted

In all honestly, Thranduil was right about the fact that Thorin really knew nothing about Dragon Fire. He was around during the first age, where there were dragons who would make Smaug look like a lizard in comparison. Those Dragons could destroy kingdoms with ease, and killed countless elves during the wars against Morgoth and his forces.

Sad to see this is the last scene we see thorin in this badass coat

Probably the best line that could’ve been used against Thranduil in regards to calling it a burglary. “You consider the notion that I would be stealing from a thief; and you would call that injustice?”

The Hobbit movies were lack luster, but Thranduil (Lee Pace) is one the fantastic additions.

Crikey! I just realized that even the Elves' cell doors have Elvish designs in them. Beauty over functionality, I guess...

Imagine Thranduil when he finally gets a hold of Bilbo's book. He's just casually reading through and then they get to Mirkwood, with Bilbo saying remaining invisible and stealing things was the most boring part of the journey. I think Thranduil would be more offended that Bilbo wasn't entertained than him stealing from the elves.

Thranduil may have been an a-hole, but he was right to warn Thorin about the gold sickness.

This is why despite being a compelling character, Thorin would not be a good King. Imagine Aragorn acting this way?

Thorin had to much pride, he ignores that the Thor insulted the elves earlier. So they were never friends to begin with and thus had no real reason to help them.

Elves can just manipulate their image to hide scars and damage? No wonder they always look so fair but I then question who else has such damage or marks, or the extent of their powers

great acting

This was the first scene that Lee Pace shot. After this, his eyebrow and facial expressions got so much better.

Lee Pace and Richard Armitage 🥰

I have to say, with all this trilogy’s issues, it carried a sense of epic distance that The Rings of Power just doesn’t have, thus far. It’s not the scenery (the Rings of Power is absolutely gorgeous at times) but more the dialogue, the writing.

Thorin, just give the guy his dead wife’s necklace.

Thranduil my favorite character

Thank God he has no buzz cut

Dude ordered a necklace to remember his dead wife and was gonna pay for it, dwarves changed the price. And then B12 bombed the dwarves. I think I can understand why Thranduil didnt help

These heavy elven infantry look badass.

This is what happens when you let ego get in your way.

Looks like a commercial showing when you use car soap to your hair vs shampoo & conditioner.

I’m patient. I can’t wait. Lol I loved that

Imagine if all the good stuff from the hobbit wasn't rushed and was directed as well as LOTR

I just can't get over Thranduil's pitch black brows.

His crown is incredible.

Every time, I imagine if Thorin would move forward even a little bit, they would be making out at 1:54

I finally finished these movies, and I was surprised. I liked them more than I expected. The new cast was perfect.👍

"I would not trust Thranduil, the great king, to honor his word should the end of all days be upon us. YOU, WHO LACK ALL HONOR! I have seen how you treat your friends. We came to you once, starving, homeless; seeking your help. But you turned your back. You turned away from the suffering of my people, the inferno that destroyed us." - Thorin Oakenshield

When he turns around and has that sexy look oh lawd 😍

Elf and dwarf kings always fight over jewels

magical this scene is so stunning