I agree Sharon...Frodo has become my favorite character now after reading the trilogy again. I guess when your younger you don't understand things as much as you do when your older. Now that im older and lived through some rough times, often feeling like burdens in their own right, has allowed me to see frodo as someone who had the greatest task to do. i feel for that hobbit...i wanted the best for him, even if it just was going to the undying lands and living there without his beloved shire...
as for the movie portrayal, i think elizah did really good. you are right that the book frodo is indeed older. i think they were just wanting to have a character that is popular and will bring alot of people to see the movie....BUT as i sat there and watched him play frodo, i realized what a great frodo he was. i guess we dont really know how old the hobbits look when they are of age and older. i really just wanted to say that elizah plays the emotions of the burden really well. he cries like its actually himself(elizah)who has to carry the ring to mordor. i wasnt an elizah wood fan until this. i actually appreciate him as the character. like others, i do wish they had some other parts from the book in the movie but im pretty happy with the movie portrayal of the books...we all know the books are written and the movie cant take that away from us...what they do in the movie is just a entertainment type mechanism...i appreciate the books more but still love the movie and will continue to see it..and i will stand in line for the other two also. thats just my devotion to the story. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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~Valerie~
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