Denethor did indeed love Faramir to an extent, but I doubt Faramir ever knew it. I can somewhat understand the movie makers' desire to emphasize the psychological effect that such favoritism as Denethor showed has on children, even grown ones. I wish they had left Faramir as Tolkien wrote him, but they certainly did highlight the tension Faramir must have felt. Boromir must have felt it as well, for he wanted to bring back the Ring to please his father, really.
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Then came there from the south of the city the people of the Fountain, and Ecthelion was their lord, and silver and diamonds were their delight; and swords very long and bright and pale did they wield . . .
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