[Iarwain]

You like this new idea, and that's great for you three, but it really doesn't change the fact that it is a clear step down in plot complexity and prevents audiences from reaching a further understanding of Frodo's character. He is afraid in Bree because that is the obvious emotion for him to feel, not because the moviemaking mastermind, Peter Jackson, has decided that for one short portion of the film the story will be shown from a hobbit's prospective. Allow me to explain the degradation that has taken place.<P>Frodo's character has been made less. He knows things he oughtn't have during Gandalf's explaination in Bag End, and then doesn't know things he ought when he actually undertakes his journey. Since acting not out of his own choice but through Gandalf's unpondered advice, Frodo lacks much of the thoughtfulness we see in the book, and without thought, there is little to no real character left in Frodo. All his actions are undertaken seemingly by mere instinct. He is an overly trusting fool without a mind of his own to use.<P>Simply put, through Bree Frodo has been denied personality.<P>Rediscovering my hatred of Elijah Wood,<BR>Iarwain<p>[ April 27, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ]