[The_Hand]

Wow. That was a lot to read, but I have to agree. Frodo seems to young. Why would Gandalf send a little hobbit to Mordor? Carrying the fate of all of Middle-Earth in his pocket? I didn't like movie-frodo at all. Not because I am a fan of the books, but because I just didn't understand him. From his first smile to Gandalf he seems sort of childish and distant from all the others. I just can't fathom why he would ever even think about leaving Hobbiton.

As for Faramir... I was furious. But I tried very hard not to judge. And I think the changes made to Faramir are logical. He would, like his brother and any man I think, want the Ring. It's power is suppose to be very great. So it is logical that, only after his "inner-journey" when he finally knows that Frodo is right, that he lets them go. In the book he doesn't seem that affected by The Ring... and that kind of made me think: Did the Rings power just turn itself off? I don't know. Am I totally off track or what? I'm not the only onw who thinks this.
Still I was sad that Tolkiens' Faramir never made it to the movie.