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Originally Posted by Hitch
I'm not quite sure how you derive 33/34, unless I missed something in the film (entirely possible).
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In the book, the party is about Bilbo's 111th birthday, but also about Frodo becoming an adult at age 33. This is why Bilbo invited 144 guests, and he offended them all by calling them 'one gross.'
I don't know on top of my head what's said exactly in the movie or if Frodo's age can be calculated. (edit: I've found some clips on Youtube. As far as I can see, Frodo's age is unknown in the movies.)
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However, that's utterly irrelevant when he looked like he wasn't a day over 22-25, tops.
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At the time, Elijah Wood was 20. As a Hobbit has a normal lifespan of around 95-100 years, it's believable that they look younger than a human of the same age, but I know what you mean.
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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. ;-)
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But we are getting a trilogy of movies as long as the LotR movies, while the book they're based on is only 20% the length of the LotR books...