[Balin999]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>In the movie Gollum appears to change to Sméagol with the flick of a switch, and no character has a trace of the other. In my opinion this is a dramatic alteration. The team's plans for ROTK only further prove this. It is absolutely ridiculous to have two significantly different character developments for what is undeniably one character.<BR>[...]<P>Gollum should be pitiable, but not cute. He is not a mean old man, he is a twisted, evil, wretched but pitiable creature. At least he is in the books. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That was very well said, doug*platypus! I thought that this thread was already dead by now. But I'm glad that someone else is completely sharing my opinion.<P>And just now I remembered this movie- scene in the end when Gollum says "She could do it". <BR>I think that there are many movie-goers who could not understand that last scene (of course, if they haven't read the book) and therefore have forgotten about it, thus only remembering Gollums/Smeagols sweetness. They forgot that Golgol or Smealum as you could call him is obviously planning some mischief. <BR>Well, their eyes will be opened soon enough.<BR>But maybe it was not right to show Gollum as a "cute" and more or less harmless character in the beginning and then twist him around 180° in the RotK. We will see, precious, we will see.