**RotK - Gollum** - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Diamond18 · 12-17-2003, 11:58 PM

I loved Gollum. I thought that, in the prologue, Andy Serkis may have used too much of a 'Gollum' voice for Smeagol right off, but it was great otherwise. Loved the transformation shots. Disgusting, in a good way. <P>I didn't like the thing with leaving Sam behind, but that has more to do with Frodo and Sam than Gollum. I missed Gollum and Sam fighting outside Shelob's Lair, but there was already so much fighting between them before then that I didn't miss it terribly. You know, it would have looked the same.<P>Missed the touching scene where he touches Frodo's knee (I'm too lazy to fix the pun) but I think it's okay because they had those tender moments in TTT. They needed to undo sympathy at this point, not make it. So all in all I really liked Gollum, he was as evil as he needed to be.

12-17-2003, 11:58 PM	#4
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I loved Gollum. I thought that, in the prologue, Andy Serkis may have used too much of a 'Gollum' voice for Smeagol right off, but it was great otherwise. Loved the transformation shots. Disgusting, in a good way. <P>I didn't like the thing with leaving Sam behind, but that has more to do with Frodo and Sam than Gollum. I missed Gollum and Sam fighting outside Shelob's Lair, but there was already so much fighting between them before then that I didn't miss it terribly. You know, it would have looked the same.<P>Missed the touching scene where he touches Frodo's knee (I'm too lazy to fix the pun) but I think it's okay because they had those tender moments in TTT. They needed to undo sympathy at this point, not make it. So all in all I really liked Gollum, he was as evil as he needed to be. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.