The Portrayal of Faramir

[Vardadurwen]

You know, at first I really didn't mind how Faramir's character was....butchered. But after re-reading The Two Towers recently, I realized that movieFaramir was fairly out-of-line. <P>I mean, it really wouldn't have been a big deal if he had been a little nicer to the hobbits. Half the time, he looks quite evil in the movie and wanting to cause people harm. In the books, he is gracious, kind and caring. <P>It's not as though I'm going to work myself into this horrendous state over the portrayal of Faramir; and I'm not going to boycott the movies due to the change of Faramir's character; but I will say that the change to Faramir was probably quite unnecessary. It would have been really great to see him act as the wonderful man he was in the books. The hobbits needed a little uplifting of the spirit at that time, not this scary man who carried them off against their will...and against the actual plot of the story!