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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). 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
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It's at age 33 when a Hobbit comes of age. Bilbo was in his 50's when he went on his journey I believe and in the party scene in LOTR Bilbo is 111 and Frodo is coming of age. Bilbo points out they add up to 144 and 144-111 = 33. And later in Chapter 2 it says that Frodo is approaching 50
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