The Taming of Faramir

[Guinevere]

The added scenes make movie-Faramir much more sympathetic and one can understand his motives now. But for me, he is still quite a different person and miles away from the noble, wise and subtle man from the book. And the real Faramir wouldn't have treated Gollum so brutally! (made me feel really sorry for the famished little creature... ) But perhaps this was shown in order to make Gollum's resentment even more acute? <BR>Boromir is still shown as the more sympathetic one of the two brothers.(Nothing implies that he was more ambitious, rash and looking "for his own glory" , the real reason why he was more susceptible to the lure of the Ring than Faramir.)<BR>Also, I was rather disappointed about Denethor. Not only his wig that put me off, but his whole behaviour is nothing like the awe-inspiring, fascinating personality that I know from the book. His unjust treatment of Faramir is overdone (imho)and apparently without motive. Well, I hope his character will be more developed in RotK.