Well, I like the ToRN analysis, it echoes some of my own points in my new "Goody...Goody" topic.<P>Clearly, Frodo and Faramir's interplay in the Books is too complicated and rich to show in a film, in which so much else needs to be shown.<P>However, for understanding where Faramir ends up (noting as ToRN states that the end-result with Faramir in the Book still has to be arrived at, despite his courtesy, feigned or not) is critically derived from this interplay, which can not be duplicated on screen.<P>So, they use a set of events from the book or invented to show both the tough and wise sides of Faramir, as well as dynamics of Gondor's military situation. The intellectual process used in the book is simply enchanting, but impossible to potray.<P>As I said, what we lose is really the rich representations that Faramir's character provides for understanding the nobility of Men as decended from the Atanni.<P>We also have with these Rangers, as with those of the North, not only Dunedain, but in many ways Numenoreans returning to their First-Age roots.<p>[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: Man-of-the-Wold ]
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