Did you trust Gollum/Smeagol?

[Mariska Greenleaf]

Smeagol was not evil to start with.

I must disagree. I believe Smeagol was a very evil character. He killed his brother to get the ring, and I don't think that the ring at that point had such an influence on him, because they just found it. I could be wrong of course, but I'd never trust him.
The movies made him look too sympathic. I never felt any sympathy for Gollum reading the book, while watching ttt you really start liking him and feel sorry for him... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]