When I first watched The Lord of the Rings, the impression I got was Frodo's adventure was so much bigger and spectacular compared to Bilbo's. And it is... if you think of The Lord of the Rings as a whole. Sure, the rest of the Fellowship went through crazy shit, but if you think about it Frodo's contribution wasn't nearly as exciting. Yeah, there were times he had to flee from orcs chasing after him or fight a giant spider, but the majority of it was him wandering through the wilderness with Sam and Gollum. Even in Mordor he just had to walk up a mountain. Bilbo on the other hand personally dealt with goblins, broke people out of prison, survived some crazy mountain battle, nearly was killed by a shapeshifter, did negotiations between the dwarves and the elves, and faced a fucking dragon. Frodo accomplished more for society as a whole, but if you look at him personally to Bilbo, Bilbo is the bigger man. Or hobbit rather.