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The Only Real Estel · 11-20-2003, 06:04 PM

I think that the extended Faramir scenes have a shot at being the best, because they clarify his character a little bit & make him out to be a guy trying to please his father than a guy after the Ring. As any of you who know me even remotely well should know, though, I'm still not impressed with PJ's Faramir. I have to wonder why PJ didn't think it was worth his while to put in the extra Faramir scenes...maybe he reshot them after seeing how Faramir came across, I don't know . I loved the stew part (mainly Aragorn trying to pour it out ), the final tally part (wonder why PJ upped Gilmi's & Legolas's count by one...?), the extra Gollum/Smeagol fight at the beginning, some more screen time for Saruman/Wormtoungee & Merry/Pippin, & other ones to . I really liked the Boromir/Faramir flashback (as I knew I would), although I thought that PJ over-did Denethor a bit, perhaps. I know he liked Boromir better, & didn't have any fuzzy feelings towards Faramir, but I don't think he was quite that bad. Oh well, it worked out ok. PJ trying to transplant Old Man Willow into Fangorn is something that I'm not sure about. It just didn't seem right at first, but I might get used to it :/. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>however, The Two Towers needed to be saved. And the new Extended Edition has done just that.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Close at least. For me it's to early to make a judgment on that yet. I don't quite think that it's saved it, though. My main buffs still stand with Faramir & Aragorn's cliff-falling scene...[ November 20, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]

11-20-2003, 06:04 PM	#1
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	I think that the extended Faramir scenes have a shot at being the best, because they clarify his character a little bit & make him out to be a guy trying to please his father than a guy after the Ring. As any of you who know me even remotely well should know, though, I'm <I>still</I> not impressed with PJ's Faramir. I have to wonder why PJ didn't think it was worth his while to put in the extra Faramir scenes...maybe he reshot them after seeing how Faramir came across, I don't know .<P> I loved the stew part (mainly Aragorn trying to pour it out ), the final tally part (wonder why PJ upped Gilmi's & Legolas's count by one...?), the extra Gollum/Smeagol fight at the beginning, some more screen time for Saruman/Wormtoungee & Merry/Pippin, & other ones to . <P>I really liked the Boromir/Faramir flashback (as I knew I would), although I thought that PJ over-did Denethor a bit, perhaps. I know he liked Boromir better, & didn't have any fuzzy feelings towards Faramir, but I don't think he was quite that bad. Oh well, it worked out ok.<P> PJ trying to transplant Old Man Willow into Fangorn is something that I'm not sure about. It just didn't seem right at first, but I might get used to it :/.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>however, The Two Towers needed to be saved. And the new Extended Edition has done just that.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Close at least. For me it's to early to make a judgment on that yet. I don't quite think that it's <B>saved</B> it, though. My main buffs still stand with Faramir & Aragorn's cliff-falling scene...<p>[ November 20, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]