[Gorwingel]

Well the whole going in depth into this would have been hard because the non-book audience didn't even find out that Sam was really a just a gardener until the second film.<P>I have to say that I like the book interpritation much better just because he is displayed as being much more intelligent. He knows some elvish, he has met the elves before. In the movie he is just like Sam, in awe. In the movie they didn't display the wisdom that he had gained during all those years of living with Bilbo.<P>But then I don't know if they really could have included the whole 17 year thing. Actually when I first read the book after I saw FOTR that was one thing that most surprised me. I was shocked that Frodo was 50 years old.<P>I think though that they still should have made Sam more like the real Sam. He should have been more of a servant. In the film he kind of was made to be more of Frodo's guardian. Which was really a reflection of the actual relationship between the actors. But I don't know, I was mainly just dissapointed about Frodo's portrayal.