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oxfeed65261
“Jackson...shows that Frodo did succumb to the ring and it was really only through happenstance (or fate, if you choose to be more charitable) that Gollum took the ring and fell into the fires of Mount Doom.”

It honestly breaks my heart that the review author could understand the story in this way.

db48x
That's exactly how the story went, though…
oxfeed65261
Had Gollum been slain, justly or not, the Ringbearer’s quest would have failed. Not fate. Perhaps compassion. Perhaps mercy. Not, not happenstance.

To me, this seems like an important point in understanding the story. This may just be my own idiosyncratic opinion.

db48x
But it was unplanned, unless you buy the theory that Frodo had already ordered Gollumn to jump into Mt Doom if he betrays Frodo, and that this order is what caused Golummn to dance backwards towards the edge rather than dance in place.
oxfeed65261
Yes, it was unplanned. Grace usually is.