I didn't mind it, as good a scene to open the movie with as any in my opinion. But it could have been made a little shorter, the strangling did seem to go on for a long time. I don't mind the gore or anything, but it could have been a little shorter and snappier. But it was nice to see Andy Serkis in the flesh, and he did a good job. I can't say it changed my opinion on Gollum/Smeagol at all, because I still don't think he was that pleasant to begin with.
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'What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve?
Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.'
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