Movie Characters Revisited: Frodo - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Pervinca Took · 09-12-2012, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

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?

Galadriel55 · 09-12-2012, 03:01 PM

I also very much agree with that.

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Heartily agree - but who is CT - Christopher Tolkien?

Yup. CT, CJRT, Christopher Tolkien - all one and the same.

Pervinca Took · 09-17-2012, 07:16 AM

Thanks, Galadriel55

I hadn't heard the term "long-headed" before. But I've googled for its definition and I'd say it fits Frodo pretty well:-

"long-headed - definition of long-headed by the Free Online ...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/long-headed
long·head·ed also long-head·ed (lông h d d, l ng -). adj. 1. Anthropology Dolichocephalic. 2. Foresighted; wise. long-headed. adj. astute; shrewd; sagacious ... "

09-17-2012, 07:16 AM	#3
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Thanks, Galadriel55 I hadn't heard the term "long-headed" before. But I've googled for its definition and I'd say it fits Frodo pretty well:- "long-headed - definition of long-headed by the Free Online ... http://www.thefreedictionary.com/long-headed long·head·ed also long-head·ed (lông h d d, l ng -). adj. 1. Anthropology Dolichocephalic. 2. Foresighted; wise. long-headed. adj. astute; shrewd; sagacious ... " __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."