[HCIsland]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> It is clear to me now that Faramir does this for favor with Denethor and has not even thought it through, but I'll lay off it for now! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I agree here. I really think the idea was that there where extra pressures put on Faramir that made him, at first, make a decision that was against his better judgement. In the book, when Faramir returns to Minas Tirith he tells his father that he wished he knew his will before such a decision was put on him. I think PJ made it so that he did know Denethor's will. <BR>The problem was they cut out the scenes explaining this.<P>When I look at the scene where Faramir pulls The Ring out with the tip of his sword, it definately looks like a pick-up. As has been noticed elsewhere, the barrels that were behind Frodo and Sam suddenly are gone when Faramir enters (a sure sign these two shots were filmed at different times). As well, Sam appears to have lost weight in his face and actually seems a bit more dirty.<P>I wonder if the original idea was for Faramir to tell Sam and Frodo that he had know choice but to take The Ring to his father. He was under orders, but once all the scenes between Faramir and Denethor were cut, that explanation no longer makes sense, so in the interest of brevity, they simply made it appear that Faramir was tempted to take The Ring himself (the non-book audience could easily understand that though every Faramir fan was cringing in his/her seat).<P>H.C.