New dudes and dudettes: Most annoying things about LOTR.

[Essex]

yes, they build on this temptation I admit which causes the day trip to osgiliath. I did not say I liked or agreed with this scene, it's just that it's a detour and that's all. (and I've explained the point about the nazgul)

Another line from Faramir that shows he knows the peril of the ring,

I do not wish to see it, or touch it, or know more of it than I know (which is enough), lest peril perchance waylay me and I fall lower in the test than Frodo son of Drogo

In the book we had the advantage of a lot of dialouge before hand that helped sway Faramir's decision. in movie land we do not have this advantage. the faramir scenes, to me, are one of the best written dialouges in the whole trilogy. The way Faramir is a master interrogator, and finally gets what he wants from Sam is a masterful piece of writing.

If lotr was filmes as a mini series, then I would love to see these scenes acted out (as they were somewhat in Brian Sibley's radio adaptation). but in an action movie made for the masses, alas we do not have this.