[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

During the RotK, when Denethor leaped off the walls of Minas Tirith, my boyfriend (who's never read the LotR) leaned over and whispered:

"I'll bet that wasn't in the books."

So it was obviously phony. My sense of abiding goodwill for PJ notwithstanding, I don't think anyone thought his jumping off a cliff was believable. I found it discouraging that this complex character was portrayed as a garden-variety villain and a coward.

- Maril