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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Frodo is 33/34 at the time the quest starts out in the LotR movies. That's no young hero; IMHO, it's a good age. I often feel the urge to burn a book if it becomes apparatent that the "hero" is a 15 to 17-year old boy (or girl) again. It's overdone.
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I'm not quite sure how you derive 33/34, unless I missed something in the film (entirely possible). However, that's utterly irrelevant when he
looked like he wasn't a day over 22-25, tops. That's still highly accessible and relatable for quite young viewers (teens, naturally). If he'd looked mid-30's, I'd have had something less of an issue with it, but he's supposed to be in his 50's--not his early 30's. That's a pretty big age/experience gap. {shrug}. OTOH, the damn book(s) did get made into movies, and I suppose we should at least be thankful for that, and pretty damned good movies,
all things considered. Given how Hollyweird operates, we should be grateful we didn't get a 70-minute version of all three tomes. ;-)
Hitch