I don't know if anyone could follow up on that Child. That was a very good post as usual.
But it's true, we don't get to see many sides of Frodo, which is sad really. But to me now that I have sat down and thought about it, there's no depth to anything about the movie. You get these wonderful characters and settings on screen, but that's it. Very shallow. It's like being in a house of mirrors and seeing the reflection of someone, but not them. In a since, I feel like PJ was just baiting a hook so maybe more people will get involved in the books and get to understand the characters and the story better(and recruit more dead for the messaged board
.) If I were a newbie to the storyline, I would be fascinated with the idea of Frodo going off with the ring to only God knows where and not knowing what was going to happen. I probably would have ran for the nearest bookstore after leaving the theatre(and then proceeding to sit my tail down in said bookstore with a nice mocha to read, but that's me.)
I shall have to finish reading the Two Frodo's thread soon, but the idea of PJ's LOTR as fanfic is priceless. I said the same thing after the last Star Trek movie.
But it fits. There's no way on this green earth we could ever duplicate the imagery we all hold in our minds. We each individually have the images of what we read. There's no way everyone can agree on what something looks like. Only one person truly knows what it's supposed to be and sadly, we can't share those thoughts with him. We can only guess at what they are and read the hints and clues he left.