Mooning over "Golden Party Tent" Frodo....

[mechtild]

Yep, still procrastinating.

Because there can be no such thing as too many EE Party Tent screencaps, I pored over the scene in which Bilbo pulls Frodo aside, hiding from the arriving Sackville-Bagginses. Once they are out of danger, Bilbo tries to confide to Frodo what he plans to do. He struggles to say what he feels, but can't quite bring himself to do it. He ends up changing the subject and bringing the exchange to an abrupt close. Frodo mostly listens. I think this is a gorgeously played scene, and film-Frodo looks gorgeous in it. As I moved from frame to frame, I almost couldn't choose....


Frodo's face changed by only the tiniest increments as he listened to Bilbo, but I stared, enthralled, just the same.

I still am staring. How can he LOOK like that? My heart squeezes in my chest gazing at such finely-drawn emotions, expressed by a face of such incredible beauty. The lighting inside the tent doesn't hurt, either, producing, "Golden Frodo".

Here are some caps, appearing in film order.



Golden Party Tent Frodo:

































Ah, just look at those eyes, so dark, so brimming with affectionate feeling:





















And now, for the real drool-fest:












































Click HERE for table of Frodo and Elijah Wood Screencaps.



~ Mechtild

Comments

Re: Golden Frodo

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

You are right, she did seem fairly formidable! I am probably projecting my own insecurities, but I always thought that the greatest fear Frodo would have had to overcome in order to get Lobelia out the door was the fear that he'd have to endure a massive Scene. Frodo is such a well-spoken gentlehobbit. He does not seem the "making a scene" type. Until he has to issue his threat to Gollum in the Emyn Muil, I can't remember him raising his voice in anger, only in high spirits, in song or to tell a tale, or in calling for help. I can't remember him speaking really sharply to anyone, until he did so to Sam in Mordor, under the influence of fatigue and the Ring. Even in the Scouring, although he spoke strongly against injustices and issued commands, he still did not seem to succumb to using speech, even impassioned speech, to wound or degrade.

I have always felt a little sorry for the S-B's. I wouldn't want to have to endure their company, but they seem such a pitiful, mean-spirited threesome. I think they end up making themselves as miserable as they make anyone else.