I agree with you all about the points you have made. Yes, it's true that Frodo we met in the book was more mature and wise, and allthough the Ring little by little took a grip of him, we still saw his inner strength much more than we saw while watching the movies. But no, I don't think PJ has "butchered" (as someone put it) his character and made him seem like a wimp. And this is from the mouth of a true Frodo-lover. He was my absolute favourite in the book, so believe me, I would make a right fuss if I thought the character was wronged.<BR>Now that I think of it, I even liked Movie-Frodo more in TTT than in FotR. Elijah's frightenedfrodo-look was starting to irritate me a bit towards the end of it. I admit that the change the Ring makes to Frodo has come too soon, but there's something good to it too. I tell you, the scene where he was pointing the sword to Sam was absolutely heart breaking. (wich leads me to Sean Astin, but i'll leave my praises to another thread) <P>Boy is this gonna be a looong message. Well, that's what happens when you get me started on Frodo.<P>So, a bit of a summary:<BR>My complaints:<BR> As you guys allready said, could we please see more of the Frodo who despite and because of the huge burden he has to carry manages to grow as a hobbit? The real Frodo in him, who shouldn't have disappeared yet.<BR>And I would appreciate PJ telling Elijah that just because Frodo is suffering, he doesn't have to have that "oh, this is sooo hard and I'm just about to cry"-face ALL the time. (Now don't get me wrong, I love Elijah to pieces. That's also why i want him to be a good Frodo.)<P>The good things:<BR>There were some REALLY good scenes. I love seeing the other sides of Frodo too. He feeling sorry for Smeagol, being influenced by the Ring and yelling at Sam (though it IS too soon), etc. And Elijah did mostly a good job. And, the number one fact: I love movie-Frodo too. He and the book-Frodo are sometimes quite different, but I still love the new one too. <P>OMG, I just noticed what I have written. I am truly sorry about this post, it's rambling and has nothing new to say, but I just had to get this out of my system. Thanks, if you bothered to read.
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