Characters too similer?

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

I agree with you, Tolkiengurl... when reading a book it is the readers' job to create the image of the character in their own head. The writer describes them thoroughly, but as a reader you give the character life in your imagination, a voice to speak with, and a personality. I think that when reading people give all characters their own voice, which makes it hard to distinguish between them.
When you see the movie it is the actors' job to make these choices, and that is why all movie characters are extra unique... because you have the actor and the character, and no actor will play a character like another actor.