Reply To: LotR revisited – what Peter Jackson got right and what he didn't

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@Wolfie65 whilst “height” is sometimes a factor, it often is not hence short guys still get married, still get laid.  Youth is NOT generally a priority as age often brings with it increased social status and wealth, which can make men in their 30’s and 40’s more attractive than men in their late teens and twenties.  Female attraction is WAY more complex than a tick box exercise and the relationship between Tauriel and Kili is in no way implausible.  But, if you want to boil it down to simple box ticking:

• He is a decent age
• He has decent looks,
• He shows that he has deeper, sensitive side (when they talk when he is in jail)
• He demonstrates strength and bravery.

He is ticking quite a few boxes there.  It seems to me that you are projecting quite a lot of personal angst into your assessment of the probability of the two ever falling in love. You seem to have a very cynical opinion of women.

@limburger When it comes to romance, I think we are massively over thinking it if we start saying we can’t predict how alien races/species might approach inter species romance.  It’s a film written by humans, for humans and starring humans. It’s supposed to be relatable to humans, it has to be relatable for it to work.  This means that it has to follow human conventions.