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| | TIME Europe Magazine: Dec. 23, 2002 -- The Second Enthrallment - 1 |
 | | No brief synopsis of the dozens of major characters introduced a year ago in The Fellowship of the Ring, or of the great quest they are bound to serve or thwart. |
 | | Instead, director and co-writer Jackson begins Part II with a flashback to a literal cliff-hanger: the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) clinging to a precipice and falling, perhaps to his doom. |
 | | Frodo, seduced and nearly spent by the Ring, is an uneasy kin to Gollum, who shows flashes of the sweet creature he once was. |
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