The knife-licking is right out of Tolkien, only it was Gorbag or Shagrat. But it's pure orc.<P>The corniest stuff to me was the stuff that the real Frodo Baggins would NEVER say. For instance, Book-Frodo doesn't lie. Ever. <P>To Faramir about Gollum: "There was no other." 'Scuse me? <P>His line to Aragorn in Bree: "I carry nothing." 'Scuse me?<P>Book-Frodo NEVER lies, and if he even has to twist things (as in, Gollum at the pool) he feels guilty as heck. He doesn't lie. To Faramir: "I told no lies, and all the truth I could."<P>As usual, I think Elijah Wood did the best he could with what he had-- but I thought PJ relied way too much on Elijah's mastery of facial expressions and robbed him of a lot of good lines. Elijah Wood can act and act well, but PJ didn't let him very often. Anyway, that's the thing I find corny-- Movie-Frodo is **less** than Book-Frodo. And he didn't have to be.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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