**RotK - Gothmog (Chief Orc at the Pelennor)

[Keeper of Dol Guldur]

I'll go against the grain and say I liked the movie's Gothmog; twice as foul as any normal orc and just the type to disrespect an ancient name of power and terror. <P>Anyone with the nerve to not cower in fear at the Witch-King's voice and presence, no matter what kind of distance is maintained, is pretty damn tough in my book. Also, I liked his intelligence and how Gothy was quite a bit less animalistic and stupid than most of the orcs we've seen - a lot more like the orcs of the book. The Uruk-Hai seemed sort of intelligent at first, but a breed created solely for fighting is limited in thought, which explains sentences like "We are the fighting Uruk-Hai, we rule . . . White Hand good". Well, it's not a stretch, if it's made up. <P>Gothmog returned orc-kind to a swart, smarmy, even crass race but not a dumb one. <P>Yeah, the makeup was iffy; pasty faced and gross. I like the grossness, and actually it makes sense that the orc-commander of Minas Morgul would be somewhat pale; how often would he be out getting a tan plus, everything about that place seems pale. Maybe he could have used some war-paint, a sickening crescent moon painted on half his face in black - as a matter of fact, that's something I would have liked to see on all the "Morgul-rats".<P>I also liked how he had himself a Warg to ride - after all, a guy in his position had to have some resources.