Concerning Hobbits

[Elvengirl]

I'm curious to how well frodo will do in ROTK.

[Lizra]

Regarding Frodo's "one" facial expression...remember when BoP said he looked "constipated"! Too funny!

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Yeah, they just stuffed him full of burritos then threw him on the scene.

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Lizra
Regarding Frodo's "one" facial expression...remember when BoP said he looked "constipated"! Too funny!

And I'm still amazed that I lived to tell the tale.

[Lizra]

They (Elija fangirls) sure were "irritated"! I always start laughing when the troll skewers him, that look is REALLY constipated!

[Elvengirl]

lol, yea, he does, I hadn't thought of of that. hahaha

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Lady Tinuveil
Are ther any sites avaliable(?) that show how to stich hobbits clothes? Or Rangers clothes? I am a master with my sewing machine, I wish I could find hobbit patterns. Can Anyone help?

This is an excellent site, they are researching just about every costume form the movie! (look in the "characters" section): http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/



**Sorry that was off topic**

[azalea]

I seem to be one of the few that liked Elijah's Frodo. I did think he looked too young, and all of the hobbits were kind of "pretty." I think they could have been a little rougher around the edges (not ugly or course, but not so polished -- perfectly straight teeth, nice skin, silky hair, etc.) Merry's nose for instance, was a good hobbit nose -- a little unusual. I do think PJ's hobbits were definately his own interpretation of them, not necessarily just like the book, but that is to be expected, for good or ill.

[cassiopeia]

Elijah has crooked teeth.

[crickhollow]

Originally posted by cassiopeia
Elijah has crooked teeth.

well can you imagine a hobbit with braces?

[Elvengirl]

I think it's funny how Sam and Frodo's accent seemed to change. In some scenes Sam would sound American with a few English pronunciations thrown in. And it really bugged me how Elijah said the word "before" hehe

[Elvedans]

I found that when Sam said "What are you doing?" he sounded american. A few characters had dodgy accent moments but it is only natural.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

But you'd think as many times as they reshot, they could have redone the dubbing till they got the accents right.

[support_your_local_elf]

Agreed about the accents. In the FotR, Frodo had some sort of English accent, but in TTT, it really wasn't so strong. Another thing that really bugs me is how Sam says "been" in the FotR. It sounds like bean or something like that. Every time I watch it I get really annoyed.

[Elvedans]

Been and Bean sound the same anyway don't they. How can you tell the difference? Do you think it should have sounded like "bin"?

[crickhollow]

Americans say "ben" for 'been'

[englishnerd]

Re: Bean/Ben

you're right, "been" with the british accent to me at least sounds more like "Bean."

Yeah, I noticed TTT sounding more american with Sam and Frodo.

You know, I liked frodo sometimes, but the screenwriting doesn't give him much room for more than one expression. He spends, like 20 minutes in FOTR gasping and choking, just in time to recover for the cave troll. I guess it's a result of speeding up the time between the crisis points so they run right into each other for the sake of the movie time. Frodo is right at the center of many crises', so all we see of him is the gasping choking "constipated expression."
*side note* nothing to Yoda's when he raises the ship in Star Wars. *heehee*

[cassiopeia]

I would have thought saying 'been' as 'bean' is correct, since they seem to be trying to use an English accent in the LOTR. I always imagined the characters having a type of English accent, considering Tolkien was English.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

I agree with cass. Anyhow, they invented the language, so the way they say it out to be right.

[Dúnedain]

Originally posted by azalea
I seem to be one of the few that liked Elijah's Frodo.

I am with you azalea, I really like Frodo so far. He is pretty much the way I read him in the book as well. I thought Frodo in the book was whiny too! Also, I think in the movies you do see the separation of Frodo from the other three, I mean he solves the riddle outside of Moria, he recites portions of Elvish in the movie, he is clearly the most educated of them all. I also think that you see his gearing down from the ring as well, don't forget this has to be down in a total of 9 hours, so naturally his decline will be a little quicker. Overall though I think Frodo is great, I like him. Yes some parts he appears to be a bit of a wimp, but other parts he is a tough hobbit.

Sam = One of the best in the movie, hobbit or not, awesome!

Merry = I really liked Merry more in TTT, as you got to see more of his fighting side and wanting to get down and dirty (stop it you sicko's!)

Pip = I like Pip too, I think in Fellowship you get to see his more juvenile side and then in TTT I think you see him "coming of age" a bit. Although some might not agree, the whole Ent thing when Pip gets Treebeard to go to Isengard, because he knows it will get the Ents involved, I liked. At first I didn't, because I wanted it done at the Entmoot like in the book, however it makes great sense the way it was done in the movie, because it shows the true strengths of Pip coming out and growing up...

Bilbo = rules!