7 Movie Characters Everyone Hates On For The Wrong Reasons
5. Frodo Baggins - The Lord Of The Rings
Why Everyone Hates Him: "Oh, God - this guy can't stop breaking down and crying and moaning about everything... we know you've got a huge burden to bear, Frodo, but cheer up, will you? Little wimp." But Wait... There's been a sort of backlash against Frodo Baggins in recent years, as more and more people revisit The Lord of the Rings films and find themselves staring at a central protagonist who they don't feel matches up to the likes of Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and - hell - Merry and Pippin, too. The problem with this approach, of course, is that Frodo was never supposed to: it's not like he wants to take the ring to Mordor, he just knows he's the only one that can. So although Frodo faints and sobs and whimpers his way through three movies, makes friends with Gollum, and occasionally shouts at his only true friend, Samwise Gamgee, it's easy to forget that this guy has been given what is arguably the biggest burden imaginable, and has reluctantly agreed to do it because there is literally no other choice. Under the circumstances, there's nobody else to do the job, so this pleasant little fellow undertakes the mission. As for the bad stuff he does, like abandoning Sam and turning temporarily evil... well, that's not his fault. He's being manipulated by the ring into doing that sh*t. We don't hate Indiana Jones forever when he's temporarily made bad by voodoo magic in Temple of Doom, do we? We understand that Mola Ram forced Indy to go nuts, and it's the same situation here. Frodo haters often say he's boring or lame compared to his companions... but that's sort of the idea. Frodo is, after all, there to represent the "everyman" - he's not an awesome hero like Aragorn or a powerful wizard like Gandalf, but an ordinary person (well, hobbit) thrown into a crazy situation. He's supposed to be that way on purpose, because the story is concerns a tiny hobbit's quest to save the world. People wrongly assume that Frodo should have been "better," or more action-inclined. To render him as a badass would have been to miss the point.
