<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Tolkien said in one of his letters that he was deeply saddened by Sam's rough intervention when Smeagol came so close to truly repenting when he came on Frodo and Sam asleep. "Nothing, nothing.... nice master." Sam snaps suspiciously at him; and the moment is gone forever.<P>Tolkien stated that that moment was genuine. It was a long shot, but Smeagol was redeemable-- and remember, that was on his RETURN from bargaining with Shelob.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>You read my mind exactly! That's just what I was going to bring up (but since you've said all that needs to be said... I'll just simply agree )<P>Gollum always struck me as a pitiful creature both in the book and in the movie. It seems to me, however, that the movie did make Gollum a bit more 'cute'. He's different then what I had pictured when I read the books, not a lot, but a little. I pictured a more ugly (sorry Gollum)and cruel creature. I do somewhat agree with Tigerlily Gamgee though. There are parts of movie where I can see the creature that I imagined when I was reading.<P>I believe that once ROTK comes out and everyone sees the Shelob scene, people's ideas may change concerning the 'cuteness' of Gollum.
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