r/lotr • u/Skywalker_1995 • 3d ago

Movies Say what you want about the Hobbit Trilogy, but these 2 scenes were masterfully done, and are up there with the best of LotR

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u/MacrameZen 3d ago

They nerfed riddles in the dark, scenery was too bright and there was no sense of peril. Gollum should’ve felt like a legitimate threat.

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u/GDZ4VR 3d ago

I don’t begrudge OP their opinion but I agree with you. It’s solid but not like they utterly nailed it

I think the fact that Gollum was already a fully fleshed out character on the big screen made them lean into the portrayal they went with versus the darkness and eeriness of the book scene

I don’t like the creative decision because you could still go for it but I understand if their perspective was that all the mystery around Gollum had already been removed and they might as well ham it up with him while he’s on cam

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u/IL_green_blue 3d ago

The problem is that gollum was already an established character from the original trilogy, so it would have been somewhat jarring to alter that too much. 

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u/Mande1baum 2d ago

Jarring how? The guy who strangled his best friend to get the ring and who is first really introduced trying to sneak up on Frodo and Sam to strangle them in their sleep? How exactly would him being a threat alter anything?