I think I was lost halfway through the threat, but...
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You are thinking of the bastardised Hollywood version. In the text, the Balrog's whip of fire pulls him down.
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It also does in the movie! In the book, the whip is around Gandalf's knee(sp?), in the movie, it's around his ancle(sp?) (boy, I should really find my dictionary instead of this 'I don't know how to spell it and I'm too lazy to look it up'-stuff [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] )
But anyway I don't think he really had a choice but to let go [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]
[ August 13, 2002: Message edited by: Melephelwen ]