[My Cat Sasha]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> While he might seem fairly rustic, he doesn't talk like an inbred halfwit, and while he doesn't trust or like Gollum, he is never as cruel as movieSam was. I know Gollum's only CG, but I really hate it when Sam hurls him to the ground by the rope around his neck. It's like watching someone kick a dog. And why was the rope around Gollum's neck, anyway? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>The rope was around Gollum's neck because they couldn't trust him. It was tied very loosly. You could tell that Gollum (the character, not the actor) was only acting as if he were in terrible pain, when he really had a lot of slack. Sam probably hurls him to the ground to shut him up and make him go faster. His act was slowing them down and they needed to get to Mordor quickly. Sam was right about "Every orc in Mordor is going to hear this racket!" I think it was a very accurate portrayal of Sam's loathe of Gollum. The movies inaccurate portrayal of Gollum made Sam look cruel. Gollum was perfect, but they made Smeagol look nice! Smeagol was evil, just not as evil as Gollum and didn't want to kill Frodo because Frodo pitied him. Smeagol was already a murderer; he killed Deagol! To quote Sam again, "He just wants the Ring, Mr. Frodo. That's all he cares about." Sam didn't want a companion who didn't care about the well-being of his master. Gollum wanted to kill Frodo. And if you've read the books, he almost does!