He now had some faint idea of how Gollum must have suffered over the centuries, and how he still suffered. Before his ordeal at Cirith Ungol, Sam wouldn’t have hesitated to strike.īut having carried the Ring himself for even a single day, Sam now knew something of what the Ring could do to someone. Sam knew that Gollum deserved to be executed and that it would be the safest course of action. Sam drew Sting and charged Gollum, but the creature only grovelled and begged upon the ground. Sam prepared to finally finish Gollum off, while Frodo entered the Sammath Naur alone. Indeed, wielding the power of the One Ring, Frodo commanded Gollum to leave him, lest Gollum be cast into the Fire of Doom. Gollum, much weakened by his own journey through Mordor, failed to overpower Frodo. Sam carried Frodo the rest of the way until Gollum ambushed them near the Sammath Naur, the forge where the Ring was made. Although the Eye didn’t see the hobbits, Sam had to keep Frodo from putting on the Ring. Later, as the hobbits crawled up the slopes of Orodruin, on the road that ran from Barad-dûr to Sauron’s forges, Frodo caught a glimpse of the Eye of Sauron as it looked northward towards Aragorn’s assault. Sam lifted Frodo onto his back, and since Sam wasn’t directly carrying the Ring, its great weight didn’t affect him. As Frodo and Sam neared the mountain of fire, Frodo fell to the ground, barely able to crawl. Gollum heard Sam coming and slipped away. While searching for water in Mordor, Sam saw Gollum approaching Frodo as he slept. We’re about to see all this come to a head. The Strength of SamwiseĪs we saw throughout Book Four, protagonist Samwise Gamgee interprets Frodo’s kindness towards Gollum as implying some degree of “blindness.” When the two enemies fought at Cirith Ungol, Sam’s desire to kill Gollum caused the book’s chief hero to momentarily forget about Frodo. But even the scene they used is but a poor imitation of the book’s magnificent, stirring climax. Not only would it have been psychologically impossible for someone in Frodo’s condition to deliberately cause the Ring’s destruction the scene they originally shot would have run counter to the most central themes of The Lord of the Rings. Luckily, the writers realized this at the last minute and reshot the scene to be slightly more faithful. Indeed, it would have been an utter betrayal of Tolkien’s masterpiece. This would have been even further removed from the book. In the original script for the films, the scene ended with Frodo simply shoving Gollum into the Cracks of Doom. Sam pulls Frodo to his feet, and the two flee the exploding volcano. Still obsessed with the Ring, Frodo nearly lets go, but Sam encourages him to hold on long enough for the Ring to melt. Gollum falls into the fire, but Frodo hangs on. Frodo refuses to destroy the Ring, but Gollum bites off Frodo’s finger.Īs the two fight over the Ring, Frodo and Gollum both tumble from the ledge. Sam wounds Gollum and then runs after Frodo, who’s now fallen under the sway of the One Ring. In the films, Gollum attacks Frodo and Sam near the doorway into Mount Doom, and Sam holds Gollum off so Frodo can get to the Cracks of Doom. Today we’ll take a look at something the films neglected: the culmination of the chief hero’s character arc. This one is perhaps the most significant thematic change in all of Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings is vastly superior to its film adaptations. Welcome back to my series of posts exploring how J.R.R. These articles were originally from my previous blog at My miniature painting articles range from updates concerning what I’m painting to full guides on how to paint. Miniatures Posts about my hobby of painting The Lord of the Rings miniatures from Games Workshop.There’s a lot more to most of the characters and plot elements in the book, and even a twelve-hour masterpiece of a movie just can’t compare. Overall, Tolkien’s books are deeper and more complex than any film adaptation could be. The Lord of the Rings Explained In this series of short articles, I talk about the various ways Tolkien’s books differ from the film adaptations.
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