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Old 09-12-2012, 02:59 PM   #27
Pervinca Took
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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin View Post
Too passive, and too young.

Frodo was, in the books, definitely older, wiser, and as CT puts it, "more long-headed" than the other hobbits. It's no accident at all that Tolkien made him the same age as Bilbo was at the time of his adventure, 50: a middle-aged bachelor getting set in his ways.

Movie-Frodo comes across as a teenage emo.
Heartily agree - but who is CT - Christopher Tolkien?
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