Sunday, June 05, 2016

How "The Hobbit" Could Have Passed the Bechdel Test - Part II

I originally planned this scene for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, but the second movie actually squeaked through with a pass, so I'm instead proposing it for the third movie.

A brief but poignant exchange, it builds on the relationship established during my revised White Council scene for the first movie, and injects a little Wodehousian jocularity for a light-hearted interlude.  

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Scene: A quiet afternoon, next to a river.  TAURIEL is sitting on a boulder, sharpening one of her long daggers.  Enter GALADRIEL.

TAURIEL: Hey, cocky.

GALADRIEL: What ho, reptile.

TAURIEL: So, Galadriel, what are you doing in town?

GALADRIEL: I'm taking an origami class, Tauriel.

She takes out a mallorn leaf and quickly folds it into a scale model of Lothlórien.

TAURIEL: Cool.  I think you could teach that class.  Well, nice catching up with you.  Gotta run.

GALADRIEL: Pip pip.

Exeunt.

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