A small mistep by the CGI folk. They had the wrong contrast settings for the scene overlooking the ravine; The background scenary had an entirely different lighting (colour and contrast) to where they were standing. Making it obvious they were on a set. The moment the camera reverse rose, they had the proper one then. No biggie, but again those with good eyes, an OLED or decent screnes will see the descrepency easily.
Finally! Looks like the Stranger is getting the lore stuff we've all been waiting for.
Hmmm, that dwelling of Halflings seems very 80s/90s TNG. Set designers need to do better there. There's "natural" lighting (far too much of it), but clearly "inside" somewhere.
And, confirmation. It's Bombadil!
(But no confirmation yet this Stranger is our Gandalf, could be Saruman for all we know all we know is they're a Wizard)
It's starting to sound like the writers that handle Elrond and Durin are the ones handling Stranger and Bombadil. So that's good.
The melee fighting against the Wights was clonkey. It was largely due to fighting CGI floaty ghostly enemies and so lacking physics of any type of impact, but some would have been appreciated given they were reacting to their blade strikes. Otherwise, it's still largely the Galadriel actress needing training; she basically stabbed one Wight with a rounded motion of her arm (like a slap) instead of a straight motion (thrust).
Hmmm, seems illogical that Wildman female wouldn't have just ran away given the chance.
Hmmm, Ent Wives maybe? Or just female sounding Ents?
OK, so yeah, ranged (bow) action is where they really need to keep Galadriel with, her melee style still needs work, but the ranged is very serviceable (stunt workers can sell the impacts of shots, etc).
Uhh... Plot Armour in action. Galadriel - without using any sort of power and she has none at this point in this series, is not going to be holding back all those Orcs, not when they all have ranged weaponry and outnumber her many many many times over. They could all have spat on her and she would have drowned. She would have been very much dead already. Pointless grandstanding, to make her seem impressive when she clearly isn't. Especially given how easy it was after to neutralise her. Should have missed out that little speech and instead made it seem more like an effort by the Orcs to capture her.
