[Lily Bracegirdle]

Thanks for the warm welcome, Kalimac and doug*platypus! <P>Kalimac, I hope that your number 1 option (Faramir's dialog got hacked) turns out to be the case, because that leaves the door open for it to be restored in the extended DVD version. *hopeful look* I'm just sorry that even with restored dialog, there's no way Sam can say to Faramir "(You) showed your quality: the very highest." ;_;<P>I agree with you about the food! Just because Faramir is tough on the hobbits at first doesn't preclude him from being helpful to them later. Plus, if Faramir plays nice after he decides to let the hobits go that would go a long way toward explaining Frodo's cheery demeanor in the next scene.<P>Now that I think about it, the other thing that confused me about the "understanding each other" line is that I don't think Frodo understands anything about Faramir at all --except that he's a big meanie. I hope the audience gets the chance to understand him better in RotK.<P>doug*platypus, I agree the Sam speech was a little heavy-handed, but I still found it moving despite myself. I have to give credit to Sean Astin for making emotional gold out of what could otherwise have been pure cheese whiz.<P>I don't have a good explanation for how they got into (or out of) Osgiliath either. If the orcs had taken the Eastern shore, does that mean the Men held neither? e.g., "They've taken the eastern shore (in addition to the western shore that they already control)"?<P>-Lily