New dudes and dudettes: Most annoying things about LOTR.

[Neithan]

What he is implying in the second sentence is that he is tempted, but is wise enough to leave well alone.

And in the movie he was not so wise, which is the whole point behind this argument. It is not fair to Faramir's character to have him foolishly try to bring the Ring to his father and only do the right thing later when the book charcter was wise enough to know the right thing from the start.