Samwise the Worried...

Rating: Null/10 (30 December 2003)

Yeah, yeah. I know you're all screaming for Sean Astin to get Best Supporting Actor for his role as Sam in Return of the King. And he'll probably get the nomination. But after watching hundreds of hours of Tolkien's Middle Earth epic on the big (and little) screen, I feel like I was robbed by the final picture in the series. It seemed like the last half of the movie was more about Sam's worry and love for Frodo than it was about the Ring Bearer himself. Sure it was a great performance from Astin, but I feel used. I feel manipulated. I almost puked during the "Hobbit-wedding" scene.
Sam, as great a character as he is and as important as he is to the story, is STILL NOT AS IMPORTANT AS FRODO.
Director Peter Jackson should be congratulated. He should be adulated. He should be smacked around by a cave troll for watering down the true hero of the story: Frodo Baggins, the Ring Bearer.