Fat Sam in TTT

[Kalimac]

As Obelix might have said, he's not fat, just well-built, that's all . Sean Astin looks about the same to me in the first and second movie sizewise, though I wasn't looking very closely - but one thing to remember is that when you're traveling in an area like that you're going to wear more layers than you would at home; Sam could be wearing most of the clothes he possesses just to keep warm - Emyn Muil does not look like it would be particularly warm at night (and it's hard to see Frodo standing there with his top shirt button undone and apparently nothing underneath except the Ring without thinking "Put on a sweater already! You look ill!") And am I remembering things completely wrong, or does Gollum refer to Sam as fat in the book? I do remember Gollum thinking of him as the "Slow, stupid hobbit" which to me always suggested a bit of weight.