<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>...a mad, raging man who had lost the capacity to reason and therefore had to be dealt with as harshly as was necessary to save others. I still missed the palantir resonance with Pippin's experience though, and the image of the two withered hands burning forever in the Palantir of Minas Tirith...[ <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I think Lyta's quotes above explains why he is believable in the books, but not so much in the movie. He was driven to madness by Sauron via the Palantir. If we have the palantir in the EE, then all will be fine.<P>Now I've read the books umpteen times, but I do not get any levels of complexity from Denethor in the books that some people state above. To me, in the book, he was technically mad, but still able to hold some semblance of sanity at times. I think this comes across exactly the same in the film. We see his repentance to his son as in the book, but also, Jackson has added to his character by showing Denthor's final look at Faramir when he REALISES HE'S NOT DEAD. Then he runs off in flames. Why not - you can read this as a figure trying to put out the fire, perhaps looking for water and just running madly around, and finally falling off the ledge. <P>PS Superb acting by John Noble in rotk, also in the TT EE DVD.<p>[ 7:46 AM December 19, 2003: Message edited by: Essex ]
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