What did the movie help you "recover"

[Linnahiril Tinnufinwen]

I would have to say that the one thing the movies truly helped clarify for me was the role of Gollum. His look, his voice, his importance, everything. As I was reading the novel, I tended to imagine him as this sort of nasty, mean gnome-like thing. I had no sympathy for him, as was glad when he died at the end. Not to say that Gollum didn't have his "nasty" moments in the movie as well, but I think that the script helped me understand his torment and his "addiction" to the ring much better. I had much more sympathy for him while watching the films, and I now understand the true affect the ring can have on an impressionable mind, which was something I didn't quite grasp when I read the books.