how do you like the portrayal of frodo?

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Originally Posted by Finduilas

I dislike the way Frodo is portrayed in the movies. He is indeed an entirely diferent person. The book character is much better.

i would agree with that. the books frodo makes up his on decisions out of duty and deep love for the shire he decides to take the ring.

the film frodo is a sacrificial lamb. like "the guy next door, who was sent to vietnam and came back broken" from all to many movies. gandalf send him and he did as he was told to. and he has got no idea what that would mean.

the film frodo does not act. he does not fight back at the weathertop.
he has to be saved by arwen.

worst of all: he offers the ring to that wraith in osgiliath. (he should not be there anyways).

but there is also a good thing about this. because frodo is less hero and more victim in the film, sam becomes more heroic in the film. i really like his osgiliath speech. i am sure book-sam would never hold a speech like this, but nevertheless i like it.

(oh, and i do not like the fact that frodo and sam do not hug each other in the movies as much as in the book. in the books they start as master and servants and become friends. in the movie they start as buddies and stay buddies and onev does never understand "why does sam sacrifiy so much for frodo, because they seem to be just drinking buddies")