Your beautiful screencaps made me again savour a loved scene without the action speed and my involvement in the plot.
In the opening shots, … Frodo looks much like he did in the Council of Elrond; attentive, resolute, chin up. … I can’t think of images from the three films in which Frodo looks more deer-like. His manner and features are as sensitively and delicately nuanced as a fawn’s, stepping into a clearing by itself for the first time.
You described the scene so very well. Indeed he seems a fawn looking the surroundings in trepidation, nearly smelling the air. Still his look shows more than frailty or simplicity, there is also an iron resolution to take on his task.
I never disliked Frodo’s question to Gandalf. I always paired off it with his “I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though-- I do not know the way.” during the Council of Elrond. It shows beautifully the soul of the Ringbearer that offer himself knowing his inadequacy. If there is humour in the ‘left or right’ question is the contrast between the ‘gravity’ of the elves and the humility and simplicity of Frodo that tell also of his confidence in Gandalf.
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In the opening shots, … Frodo looks much like he did in the Council of Elrond; attentive, resolute, chin up. … I can’t think of images from the three films in which Frodo looks more deer-like. His manner and features are as sensitively and delicately nuanced as a fawn’s, stepping into a clearing by itself for the first time.
You described the scene so very well.
Indeed he seems a fawn looking the surroundings in trepidation, nearly smelling the air. Still his look shows more than frailty or simplicity, there is also an iron resolution to take on his task.
I never disliked Frodo’s question to Gandalf. I always paired off it with his “I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though-- I do not know the way.” during the Council of Elrond. It shows beautifully the soul of the Ringbearer that offer himself knowing his inadequacy.
If there is humour in the ‘left or right’ question is the contrast between the ‘gravity’ of the elves and the humility and simplicity of Frodo that tell also of his confidence in Gandalf.