The Lord Of The Rings: 8 Confusing Plot Holes The Movies Never Explained
8. Where Was Gollum Originally Planning To Take The Hobbits?
Its hard to criticise Gollums part in the story in relation to plot given that hes pretty aimless beyond coveting the One Ring. While making for an instantly memorable character, it does mean when he does start to plan ahead it gets a bit messy. First leading the hobbits to the Black Gate before realising their intention, he plans to lead them to another, secret way into Mordor. All fine and dandy. Except Faramir waylays them, making Gollum feel betrayed, so he plots to kill Frodo and steal the ring. His plan? To lead the hobbits up the secret way into Mordor where Shelob will attack them. Wait a second; Gollum didnt actually change his plan at all. He led Frodo and Sam the exact same path he always intended. Did he forget about Shelob until he started plotting or did he know a route round the spider's lair? The film presents the cave as a one entrance, one exit deal, so the latter seems unlikely and the former is too lazy to really be considered. Its not even like the Precious side was somehow influencing Smeagol earlier; all the time the harmless plan was in place the evil half had been defeated.
