[Kalimac]

I like that quote, Man of the Old Hope - perfect analysis of the situation.

One more thing; I wouldn't say they made Faramir quite as bad as Boromir; for one thing, with a lot more personnel and much more vulnerable hobbits, even in the movie he didn't actually try to take it for himself. (Contrast Boromir, who very clearly says "Give it to ME" in both versions). He was taking it to deliver to his father, which arguably is an iota more noble than just grabbing it personally. But I don't believe they had to make him take the hobbits on a pointless detour to make the point that the Ring is tempting even to the noble; a few hesitations and ruminations on how much good one could work with the Ring were it not for the fact that it's innately evil - that would have been enough to do the trick, in my opinion.