Women in The Hobbit

[fayriel]

Well I didn't mind Tauriel. She's a tough fighter, and even she's young she shows more backbone in the movie than Legolas does most of the time.
But it's true that especially the scene after healing Kili disrupts the flow a bit.

[The Suitor]

That elvish woman isn't even the original Tolkein book The Hobbit so be glad!! xp

[Mlle-chaton]

hmm o.o

[Silverlight Symphony]

I think her character is strong in its own right and elves are supposed to be beautiful anyways, so I have no issues with her. I think her budding relationship with a certain other is really cute heart I like a bit of romance hehe.

[Evoblack]

You also have to keep in mind the era that the Hobbit takes place in: Medieval era or before. In medieval times, men went to war and women stayed home and cared for the children. Having female warriors was either extremely rare or extremely forbidden by law, culture, or both. If you look at several different cultures around the world, this has been the case for most of their existence. So, it is sexism, but it is sensibly accurate.

[10ft tardigrade]

yeah it's cos of sexism and bullshit. note token black characters in laketown scene.

[DJ DAeMONiak]

Atticus Gatsby

The Hobbit is pretty great. But was anybody else a bit uncomfortable with the fact that there's only one named female character in the film (and none in the book, I think) and that she's written in a way that makes her main character trait 'being super beautiful'?

I know the film is based on a book that was written when there was no concern about women's representation in popular culture, so maybe that excuses the film? I don't know. It made me uncomfortable.

Otherwise, it's an excellent film, I think.

Actually the original Hobbit story was a sausage fest.

[anotherglacier]

Well on one hand the cultures of most of the races in the hobbit/LoTR very much reflected the times in which the books were written: the basic gender roles idea (i.e., male elves generally are the ones that go into battle whereas females are the healers, etc etc) so it is just being true to the books. HOWEVER, I actually just got out of another thread where somebody was upset that they changed some aspects in the movie to be more politically correct (not about women though, it was something about dwarves), so I say if they can change one thing to be politically correct, why not another?
It didn't really make me uncomfortable though, I understand that they're just trying to stay true to the books, but the one thing that did kind of upset me is how Tauriel (and don't get me wrong, I love her as a character) is introduced, and she's this lovely strong female elf character, and of course from the second she's introduced her main focus is romance. It starts off with Legolas' unrequited love and then she's thrown into this love triangle with Kili. I really found it to be unnecessary, and I would have enjoyed the movie so much more without her romantic interests being mentioned at all

[anotherglacier]

clearemix

Well on one hand the cultures of most of the races in the hobbit/LoTR very much reflected the times in which the books were written: the basic gender roles idea (i.e., male elves generally are the ones that go into battle whereas females are the healers, etc etc) so it is just being true to the books. HOWEVER, I actually just got out of another thread where somebody was upset that they changed some aspects in the movie to be more politically correct (not about women though, it was something about dwarves), so I say if they can change one thing to be politically correct, why not another?
It didn't really make me uncomfortable though, I understand that they're just trying to stay true to the books, but the one thing that did kind of upset me is how Tauriel (and don't get me wrong, I love her as a character) is introduced, and she's this lovely strong female elf character, and of course from the second she's introduced her main focus is romance. It starts off with Legolas' unrequited love and then she's thrown into this love triangle with Kili. I really found it to be unnecessary, and I would have enjoyed the movie so much more without her romantic interests being mentioned at all

Anyways I apologize for that rant, it kind of went off topic but like the poster above me mentioned, there weren't really that many female characters in the book. It's just another "staying true to the books" thing

[pwincesa]

Lilla_Lee

Wait a moment? There was a female character in a movie? Didn't notice that.
Thorin and his warrior drarfes were so cool and hot that I didn't even care about the women lol

IS THIS A ******** JOKE

[Born Backwards]

Doesn't bother me at all.