I agree with everything you have said because those are basically the same exact complants about the film Frodo that I have. I especially agree with you about this point...
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We never have the sense of movie Frodo possessing the wisdom that was so clearly evident in Book Frodo.
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This is the thing that most concerned me, and one of the things that could have been most easily changed. During the entire films I felt as though Elijah was playing the character just as a version of himself, he was playing Frodo as though the character was the same age as he was at the time, about 18-19. Much, much, much, much younger than the book Frodo. I didn't really think that the looks were the problem, and at times he was right on. And additionally I also don't think that it was a terrible performance at all, I really actually loved the the film Frodo, but it was not the book Frodo. It was missing the wisdom, and the confidence, especially in the first two films. One part of the book that really discribes Frodo for me in is the first part of Fellowship where the hobbits meet up with Gildor and the other elves, and Frodo is considered a "jewel among Hobbits" because of his use of the elven language. In the films you receive no hint of this knowledge. All they could have done is added a few little scenes, a little here and there, and maybe, just maybe they could have added the clutching of the stone that he keeps around his neck in place of the ring to show his torment at the end of ROTK.
I do think a lot of this was lost because of the rushing of the story, but then I also don't think that it is the complete fault of that. It just could have come out better (and of course Faramir could have came out better too)
