The mis-interpretation of dear Gimli

[MatthewM]

Originally Posted by The Sixth Wizard

And he doesn't fall off, and there's this Hollywood-made last battle between Frodo and Gollum. It killed me twice before I hit the ground.

The first mind thought 'Aw man, it didn't happen like the book', whereas the second mind thought, 'Oh God, they stuffed it up, nooooo'. Luckily this was stifled by the 'tension' of Frodo reaching out to Sam. But wouldn't it have been great if he HAD just fallen off, complete anticlimax, like a couple of trains dodging each other after playing chicken?

I actually liked how they did it in the movie, except for the part when Frodo falls off and miraculously does a huge mid-air turn and catches a little piece of rock to hang on to. It wouldn't have worked theatrically if Gollum just slipped off. Anticlimax doesn't do well on film.