Did you trust Gollum/Smeagol?

[Elentári_O_Most_Mighty_1]

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Smeagol was not evil to start with.
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I must disagree. I believe Smeagol was a very evil character.

I thought one of Tolkien's main points was that nothing is truly evil to begin with, and that all evil things are corrupted? Eg Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman...just as Smeagol was corrupted with the sight of the Ring.

I didn't trust him. I was wary of him through the Dead Marshes...then Sam overheard him. That bit I found particularly intruiging.
Now, was it just me, or did you think that in the book it was Slinker attempting to overcome Stinker but in the film it was the other way round? (Stinker attempting to overcome Slinker). I can't really remember the book Gollum, I need to reread it. But that was the general impression I got...