Two Frodos - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mark12_30 · 06-16-2002, 07:51 PM

Akhtene,

Glad to say you're still here! I see your point about weakness being a strategically important characteristic under certain circumstances. And i guess it works, too, or time will tell, in Peter Jackson's version... I suspect it will work well enough from a movie-viewers' standpoint. It's just the two-Frodo dichotomy thing... once you've gotten usde to a strong, valiant-but-humble and unassuming Frodo in the book, the movie version takes some getting used to. So keeping them separate helps deal with some of that, for some of us.

Does anyone who listened to the BBC version have a third Frodo (Ian Holmes') also impacting their imagination in addition to the Book-Frodo and Frodolijah?

Peace!

--Helen

06-16-2002, 07:51 PM	#11
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Akhtene, Glad to say you're still here! I see your point about weakness being a strategically important characteristic under certain circumstances. And i guess it works, too, or time will tell, in Peter Jackson's version... I suspect it will work well enough from a movie-viewers' standpoint. It's just the two-Frodo dichotomy thing... once you've gotten usde to a strong, valiant-but-humble and unassuming Frodo in the book, the movie version takes some getting used to. So keeping them separate helps deal with some of that, for some of us. Does anyone who listened to the BBC version have a third Frodo (Ian Holmes') also impacting their imagination in addition to the Book-Frodo and Frodolijah? Peace! --Helen __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.