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Gollum is a monster [2] with a distinctive style of speech in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became important in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit [T 1] [T 2] of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields.
A major theme is the corrupting influence of the Ring through the power it offers, especially to those already powerful. [2] The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey notes Gandalf's statements about the power and influence of the One Ring in "The Shadow of the Past", and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers.
Commentators including some Christians have taken a wide range of positions on the role of Christianity in Tolkien's fiction, especially in The Lord of the Rings.They note that it contains representations of Christ and angels in characters such as the wizards, the resurrection, the motifs of light, hope, and redemptive suffering, the apparent invisibility of Christianity in the novel, and not ...
Unlike a typical quest like seeking the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend, Frodo's is to destroy an object, the One Ring. [1] Vision of the Holy Grail by William Morris, 1890. The Tolkien critic Richard C. West writes that the story of The Lord of the Rings is basically simple: the hobbit Frodo Baggins's quest is to take the Dark Lord Sauron's Ring to Mount Doom and destroy it.
Originally, Gollum was set to be solely a CGI character, but Jackson was so impressed by Serkis' audition tape that they used him on set as well. Gollum's CGI model was also redesigned in 2001 when Serkis was cast as Sméagol, Gollum's former self, so as to give the impression that Andy Serkis as Sméagol transforms into the CGI Gollum.
Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, will reprise his role and also direct the new film. Presumably, the movie will be a prequel as Gollum died at the end of 2003's ...
Middle Earth got involved in geopolitical conversation last night when "The Lord of the Rings" star Andy Serkis appeared on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
In Tolkien's book, the monster Gollum talks to himself in two different personalities, the good Sméagol and the evil Gollum. [4] Peter Jackson 's 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , part of his major film series on Middle-earth , similarly depicts Gollum/Sméagol talking to himself in "perhaps the most celebrated scene in the ...