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

[onlyonepinman 18109xp 1]

@Wolfie65 this isn’t dating advice, it’s only an explanation, or rather a counter argument, as to why the relationship between Tauriel and Kili is not exactly far fetched. Kili is made out to be a good man, in almost every way.  I also happen to know number of men who would be considered “short” who are happily married with families, so the height argumen is utter nonsense as well.  Your assessment appears to be built on memes about attraction rather than allowing for the complexity of actual romantic attraction.  Sure, there are some shallow girls out there, but just like shallow men, they aren’t the majority.

So, given that it’s reasonably obvious height ISN’T a deciding factor, that it’s fairly well documented that females are not attracted purely by looks alone and that certain traits in a person will absolutely overrule looks, both positively and negatively,  there is absolutely no reason at all that Kili would not be seen as attractive to Tauriel, none whatsoever.  The fact that they also made the two very attractive, physically, only reinforces it.

You do seem to have taken a particular dislike to that part of the film, which is weird because it’s one of the easiest things to tune out and ignore.   Your reasoning for disliking it also seems to based on a highly unrealistic view of what women actually find attractive.  Of all the things to hate about the Hobbit, whether or not Kili is punching above his weight seems to be a very strange hill to die on.