![]() It wasn’t until The Two Towers the following year when this character would really get his time in the spotlight, brought to life with a combination of Serkis’ now-iconic performance and cutting edge motion-capture suit. Elijah Wood was Frodo Baggins, Sean Astin was Samwise Gamgee, Viggo Mortensen was Aragorn…it was good times.Īndy Serkis also showed up as the voice of Gollum, a pitiful creature bend and twisted by the One Ring who follows Frodo wherever he goes. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings books were finally treated to the splashy big screen adaptation they deserved when Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring hit theaters. While their actions reflect well on those who spare him, they also reflect the truth that Gollum deserves such pity.In 2001, fans of J.R.R. Readers see the proof of this on the stairs of Cirith Ungol, as Gollum reaches out to Frodo: "an old weary hobbit, shrunken by the years that had carried him far beyond his time, beyond friends and kin, and the fields and streams of youth, an old starved pitiable thing." Three times his life is spared by the pity of those who could kill him, each time after Gollum has attempted murder. ![]() Frodo reaches this spark, reminding Gollum of his life as Sméagol. The Ring has corrupted him, but his tragedy is that he is not beyond hope - a spark of goodness survives, crippled by his gnawing obsession with the Ring. ![]() Even without the danger of being strangled in one's sleep, Gollum's constant sniveling, groveling, hissing, and talking to himself would grate on anyone's nerves. Sam finds him a singularly unpleasant travel companion, and readers agree. ![]() Corrupt and vindictive, he cheats, steals, lies, sneaks, and betrays. Characters variously describe him as "wretched," a "vile creature," a liar, a thief, and a murderer - all of which are quite true. ![]() Gollum does not receive many compliments in the text.
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