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 Samwise Gamgee
is Frodo's closest and most loyal friend. He is a gardener at heart and
has spent his whole life at Hobbiton and it is only his loyalty to
Frodo that makes him leave his humble life behind. Steadfast, quiet,
solid and dependable is what makes Sam the best companion for Frodo to
take on his last journey. "He said, 'You look after him Samwise
Gamgee, don't let him out of your sight', I'm not going to leave you Mr
Frodo." And he is inseparable from Frodo as Elrond puts it: "It
is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned to
a secret council and you are not." Sam is played by Sean Astin an actor of many credits
who brings the goodness and steadfast friendship of Sam and Frodo to
life on the screen, "Sam loves Frodo and wants to protect him
and Frodo is extremely protective of Sam."
Sam follows Frodo to the paths of Emyn Muil as they wander around in circles
trying to find their way through the maze eating "Lembas and look, more
lembas" and they find in the middle of the night a visitor - the sneaky
Gollum - Sam binds Gollum in his elven rope (which actually burns Gollum). Sam
disagrees that they should let Gollum go and watches him very carefully. Sam
dogs Frodo's steps knowing that he is slowly being taken by the ring "you
have it out all of the time now." He follows the pair into the Dead
Marshes and to the Black Gate where he sees a chance to sneak into Mordor "The
only place you don't want to see any closer to is the very place we are trying
to get to" as the army of Easterlings enter through the gate. But he
falls from his perch and tumbles down the hill - leaving Frodo's elven cloak as
their only defense. He disagrees with Frodo that they should follow Gollum some
more and gets even more protective of him. It is really funny when Gollum calls
Sam a "Stupid fat Hobbit" for cooking the coneys and he tries
to include Gollum in his cooking by wanting some "taters...chips" to
which Gollum replies "you can keep your nasty chips."
He defends Frodo at every step even when they are captured by the Gondorian
Captain Faramir, "Can't you see ... he's going to destroy it." He
bravely stops Frodo from giving the ring to the Wraith in Osgiliath and hence
shows Faramir it's power and breaks the back by saying "Do you want to
know what happened to Boromir? He tried to take the ring from Frodo." Faramir
lets them go and they proceed to follow Gollum into the secret way into Mordor,
though Gollum has another agenda..."The fat hobbit knows, he's always
watching us."
Sam has an absolutely
huge role in Return of the King where he is the companion to Frodo as he
continues his journey into Mordor. Sam suspects Gollum but it isn't until he
hears Gollum talking about killing them that he attacks, but Frodo is too blind
to see it. Gollum gets rid of Sam by convincing Frodo that Sam wants the Ring
for himself and leaves Sam, "Go home" on the steps of Minas Morgul.
Sam "I only want to help" starts to make his way down and finds the
lembas that Gollum had thrown away so he turns around and travels back up and
into Shelobs lair, after the tunnel he finds Shelob ready to make a meal of
Frodo, picks up Sting and the light of Earendil and attacks her, forcing her to
leave them alone. Thinking Frodo dead, Sam takes the Ring and hides as he hears
Orcs coming but Frodo is not dead. Feeling stupid Sam goes and saves Frodo from
the Orcs in the tower, "Not if I stick you first" and together
they make their way to Mount Doom. "I cannot carry it Mr. Frodo but I
can carry you."
Sam is gorgeous in this movie - his tears will
bring tears to even the most cold hearted person. And he even gets to marry
Rosie in the end which is very sweet (with PJ's kids appearing at the wedding
too). But by far the saddest moment is when Frodo leaves and Sam returns home to
continue his life in the Shire.
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