Lilly's Tauriel forms one
point of a love triangle opposite noble, motion - smoothed elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom), who, already a deeply - distracting special effect, has his distracting - ness magnified by the digital seams around the edges of his contact lenses.
Not exact matches
At this
point, the movie transforms from a (gefilte) fish - returning - to - water story to a
love triangle, in which Esti must choose between a relationship stuffed with scream - inducing sex or a cold coupling that confers a place
of respect in the community.
So too is the tagalong presence
of Steve's girlfriend Michelle (Abbie Cornish), a
point in a hastily sketched
love triangle.
This salient
point, probably the most devastating in this series
of young adult novels, is lost in a movie that glories in tactical victories and focuses too heavily on Katniss's
love -
triangle with Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson).
I almost think the blandness
of both characters, Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), is intentional, meant to keep us from feeling like the
love triangle is the whole
point.
Of course there's a
love triangle involved at some
point.