[Child of the 7th Age]

Elija Wood has beautiful eyes. Whatever image of Frodo I conjure in my mind will ever after bear those searching blue eyes. <P>But Frodo was supposed to be 50 when he left the Shire. Even if we assume that Frodo "froze" in time when he got the ring at age 33 and that Hobbits, on average, live about 20 years longer than Man (that seems to be about the average in the family trees that are given), Wood still doesn't look old enough. (After all Bilbo would have "frozen" his age around 50 when he got the Ring, and he looked twenty times older than Frodo.) But then, I can certainly think of commercial reasons why you'd want him to look like he's in his late teens.<P>Did no one else have problems with the casting of Galadriel? She is certainly commanding, but there is a softness and gentleness which should be present and doesn't seem to be. Perhaps, this is actually more of a problem of editing rather than casting. I am hoping when they put he gift-giving scenes back into the Director's cut, my image will be modified. sharon, the 7th age hobbit