I think that the difference is very important. More than the vulnerability of Frodo, it was the difference in the relationship between Sam and Frodo that I noticed. In the Books, Sam seemed to idealize Frodo a lot more. He was very cognizant of the fact that he was the servant and Frodo was the master, and that was how it was going to be. In the movie, it seemed like they started out as best pals and drinking buddies. Part of the appeal that the books had for me was that realization that you didn't even need to be part of the "gentry" to be a hero. You could be a servant or a gardener, and still end up saving the world. In the movies, I don't get that feeling at all, because of the absence of that initial "master/servant" relationship.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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