One of the oddest changes from the book is that Sauron doesn't have a body; Saruman tells Gandalf that he isn't yet able to 'take physical form'. It's hard to see how this could be true - what use would the Ring be to Sauron, if he didn't have a finger to wear it on? The book makes it very clear that he does have a physical form - 'He has only four [fingers] on the Black Hand, but they are enough', says Gollum in The Two Towers, and this is confirmed explicitly by Tolkien among his letters. Actually, this does seem to be a misinterpretation rather than a deliberate change, because Peter Jackson has himself described Sauron in at least one interview as being no more than a floating eyeball.
When Gandalf said that the Witch-King had taken Osgiliath. Pippin did not understoand him and he was frightened to death, because he thought that it was Sauron that has come. Denethor said that he would come only after the destruction of Minas Tirith to enjoy the victory. Now, he can't go from Barad-dur to Minas Trith if he didn't have body.
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Dosta se razlikuje viđenje između knjiga i filmova, ali je po svemu sudeći nejasno u knjizi, puno sam rasprava čitao na tu temu... Ali opet je shapeshifter, može mijenjat obličje po volji...
That eye isn't really an eye so much as a symbolic representation of Sauron himself. It's his spirit atop Barad'dur.
Theoretically, he could make himself a new body, but it's heavily implied that he requires the Ring in order to do so. That's one of the reasons why him getting it would be so bad.
Ali opet nije 100% sigurno kako je izgledao.
Također oko toga je li imao tijelo ili neko obličje:
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Here is a quote from The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Chapter 2 "The Shadow of the Past", a conversation between Gandalf and Frodo (Gandalf speaking):
EDIT: I ovog sam se sjetio pa sam potražio:
In one of the commentary tracks on the Return of the King, Peter Jackson talks about how they had originally planned to include Sauron in the battle at the Black Gate. He was to appear first as a beautiful figure on the battlefield and then assume the form he takes in the Prologue and duel with Aragorn. The scene was filmed with this idea in mind, but Jackson changed it in post-production, with Aragorn simply fighting a big troll. This explains why Aragorn gets that weird look on his face when confronting the enemy host -- he was originally seeing the beautiful form of Sauron. It would have also lent Aragorn's battle a bit more gravitas, albeit at the expense of some major lore-breaking.
Valjda vam ne smeta engleski...
Čini se da ću morati pasti sljedeći kolokvij da pročitam Silmarilion opet, sve mi se pomiješalo jer gledam filmove stalno, a knjige odavno nisam čitao...