[Diamond18]

I think what the article does is explore how the ruination of Faramir was not limited to just that one character. It was a group effort between an altered Sam, Frodo, and Faramir. He's still not the book character.

I use the word "ruination" but I actually like movie Faramir for what he is -- incrediably good looking. Oh wait, ummm, forget that part. What I meant to say is that the movie Faramir grew on me after I was able to view the Extended TTT, and then RotK. He's still not book Faramir, but I had sympathy for him and he was clearly not a bad guy. Weaker and less wise than book Faramir, needing to learn things that book Faramir already knew, but when you think about it, far more in keeping with the other movie versions of the characters than book Faramir would have been. Good old book Faramir might have been out of place trying to interact with the Frodo and Sam of the movie. As the article points out. But I do think it's a case of three altered characters rather than two altered characters and one unaltered character with altered reactions.