*TTT - Gríma Wormtongue (Brad Dourif)* - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 12-19-2002, 12:24 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But there was the one point when he was standing on the balconey with Saruman and a tear fell from his eye. That was so out of character for the movie much less the book that it made me do a double take.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Now that was one of my favorite scenes in the movie, Diamond! It summed up exactly what kind of character Wormtongue was. A small, petty, flawed human being who got himself involved in events much too big for him, in order to give himself a modicum of power over people who obviously despised him - probably long before he fell in with Saruman. <P>But he is a human, after all. When Saruman stands gloating that he will destroy all Mankind, that tear represented to me all the regrets, fears, and horror that Wormtongue must have been feeling at that moment. You can almost hear him silently screaming "Oh, what have I done! What have I done!" <P>One of the better moments in the whole film, if you ask me.<p>[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]

12-19-2002, 12:24 AM	#4
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But there was the one point when he was standing on the balconey with Saruman and a tear fell from his eye. That was so out of character for the movie much less the book that it made me do a double take.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Now that was one of my favorite scenes in the movie, Diamond! It summed up exactly what kind of character Wormtongue was. A small, petty, flawed human being who got himself involved in events much too big for him, in order to give himself a modicum of power over people who obviously despised him - probably long before he fell in with Saruman. <P>But he is a human, after all. When Saruman stands gloating that he will destroy all Mankind, that tear represented to me all the regrets, fears, and horror that Wormtongue must have been feeling at that moment. You can almost hear him silently screaming "Oh, what have I done! What have I done!" <P>One of the better moments in the whole film, if you ask me.<p>[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]