I fear that PJ has failed or : "The Gollum situation"

[Aethelwine]

I agree with you, <B>Balin</B>.<P>Me myself thought that movie-Gollem was sweet, even though I've read the books (a couple of times)<P>The best explanation for this (at least for me), beside the fact you already mentioned of him having not enough background, is that fact that the made him more human-like. I don't know where I heard it, but in a documentary PJ said that they made him just that, more human-like. Something thats really close to us humans, is probably easy regarded as 'cute', or 'sweet'.<BR>Also, when I read the books, I imagined him as a slimey, filthy creature. <I>Not</I> very loveble, anyway. But the Gollem we find in the movies is much more... hmmm, how do you say this... "nicer looking"?<BR>And last thing, also when I read the books, I never thought that 'Gollem' was away for just one second... More like 'Gollem' speaking through 'Smeagol', like with a mask. But in the movies, Gollem actually doesn't surface for some time, so, for non readers, he's not evil anymore. <BR>Oh, and also the way he dances and stuff, makes him 'cute'.<P>Well, that's my opinion anyway...<P>Bye!<P>Aethelwine.