[Kalimac]

I hate to hear what's been done to Faramir; I'm going to see the movie tonight and am going to have to really grit my teeth for those scenes, I'm sure. The *only* thing that I can think of that they could mean by doing this is that they wanted to give Faramir a character arc, sort of like the one they gave to Aragorn (indecisive to decisive, instead of just plain old decisive like he was in the book). I don't know if you've ever seen the Tolksarc "Tolkien Board Game" where the "Faramir" card is described as "Doesn't do anything, but hang onto it anyway." They might have been thinking of him like that; instead of having gentle Faramir all the way through, let's start him off as a Boromir clone and then have him be Saved By The Love Of A Good Woman in ROTK. Which is a pity.<P>Sorry for all the burbling when I haven't even seen the movie yet. I'll be back afterwards, of course .