El personaje Gollum fue creado en una computadora a partir de los movimientos de un actor.
He displays his cleverness with Gollum, and he helps rescue his teammates in the fiery trees.
But my highest praise goes to Andy Serkis who voices and mo-cap acted Gollum.
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Gollum used to be the same size as the Hobbits (remember him wrestling with Sam and Frodo?).
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But it is Gollum who truly defines the brilliance of the CGI advances on display in the movie.
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The finest moments of these effects come in three particular sequences: the trolls, the goblins, and the inevitable appearance of Gollum.
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Rivendell, Gollum, the trolls, and the Great Goblin all make an appearance.
But the film operates just as powerfully on a human scale, or, in the case of the madly malign Gollum, an inhuman one.
Creepily sibilant, with a wiry frame, wispy hair and a haunted look, Gollum turned to yoga after being indicted for insider trading in 2006.
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For pathos, though, we still have Gollum, the damned and slimy soul (voiced again by Andy Serkis), who lurks in the dark and loses what he loves.
Bilbo and Gollum are also mimetic rivals and literary doppelgangers.
Although we've marveled at Gollum before, it's still astonishing to see how completely this digital creation has been integrated into a story that's chockablock with compelling men and women.
Many of the actors from the Oscar-winning Rings trilogy, including Ian McKellen as Gandalf the wizard, and Andy Serkis as Gollum, are also expected to return on much higher pay.
Simon Clutterbuck, James Jacobs and Dr. Richard Dorling won for inventing a technique which has made huge advances in bringing to life computer-generated characters such as Gollum in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.
Yes all the special effects (Ents, Gollum, battle scenes etc) are great but the film takes far too many liberties with the book for anybody who loved the original to be overly impressed.
Eventually both Smaug and Gollum lose their lives due to their inability to free themselves from their golden shackles, while Bilbo is saved, both body and soul, by the skin of his teeth.
Hugo Speer as flawed hero Sgt Tate gives a solid performance but it is the wild-eyed Andy Serkis (the voice of Gollum in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), playing the earthly villain of the piece, Quinn, who really stands out.
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