1) I agree with everything you've said here. Book!Faramir is too perfect...almost not human in a way. At least not human in a true and honest portrayal of the species. Movie!Faramir is much more believable, much more 'human'. And it's making me crazy that everyone is saying how Movie!Faramir is just look Boromir in wanting the ring. Wrong. Was I the only one who HEARD him say that he was sending the ring to Gondor to his FATHER? Don't recall him saying that he was taking it for himself.
2) Again, yes. I like the ending. I personally think Shelob in this movie would have been too much. And the people who haven't read the books would have been screaming for blood if the movie had ended the same way the book does.
3) Can't say much on this one. Honestly, I think the movie had just the right amount of Sam/Frodo. I did love how their dynamic grows in the movie. Of course, I'm not a big Sam/Frodo fan, either.
And no, you're not the only one. To me, Frodo didn't at all look like he was offering the ring to the Nazgul. It looked like he was about to put it on and claim it for himself. Just my .02 on it though.
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Date: 2002-12-22 04:58 pm (UTC)1) I agree with everything you've said here. Book!Faramir is too perfect...almost not human in a way. At least not human in a true and honest portrayal of the species. Movie!Faramir is much more believable, much more 'human'. And it's making me crazy that everyone is saying how Movie!Faramir is just look Boromir in wanting the ring. Wrong. Was I the only one who HEARD him say that he was sending the ring to Gondor to his FATHER? Don't recall him saying that he was taking it for himself.
2) Again, yes. I like the ending. I personally think Shelob in this movie would have been too much. And the people who haven't read the books would have been screaming for blood if the movie had ended the same way the book does.
3) Can't say much on this one. Honestly, I think the movie had just the right amount of Sam/Frodo. I did love how their dynamic grows in the movie. Of course, I'm not a big Sam/Frodo fan, either.
And no, you're not the only one. To me, Frodo didn't at all look like he was offering the ring to the Nazgul. It looked like he was about to put it on and claim it for himself. Just my .02 on it though.