(I thought Faramir became more complex, not less)
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§ ita § - Feb 09, 2005 11:27:40 am PST #8993 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean K - Feb 09, 2005 11:31:16 am PST #8994 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(and truer to the book, which is always what I want with LotR) to have the barrow-wight sequence.
I did want the barrow wight sequence myself. I wasn't sure how to get them out of it without Tom, but I wanted to see that too.
Whoops, too late. Just file me as Tolkien freak and purist and move on.
Hey, me too. We just diagree on how acceptable particular changes were to each other. For instance, the way a lot of people felt about Faramir is how I felt about not using the exact dialog from the death of the Witch King. I thought the lines they wrote were flat and undramatic, and was quite disappointed to not hear Eowyn say "Begone foul dwimmerlaik, Lord of Carrion, leave the dead in peace."
Sean K - Feb 09, 2005 11:31:40 am PST #8995 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(I thought Faramir became more complex, not less)
(me too)
Scrappy - Feb 09, 2005 11:32:27 am PST #8996 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Me three.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2005 11:32:49 am PST #8997 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(I thought Faramir became more complex, not less)
Me too. And I like him better in the movie. Book!Faramir onscreen would have killed the momentum.
JohnSweden - Feb 09, 2005 11:35:44 am PST #8998 of 10001
I can't even.
I thought Faramir became more complex, not less
I'm not sure I agree with that, but my statement was referring to Sean's statement about the Ring treatment vis-a-vis those who can resist it in the book (Eldest, who is immune, and Faramir, who resists).
Faramir does feel (to me) like a bigger character in a sense in the movie because his screen time feels bigger, but he has tons of backstory depth in the book and isn't mostly a daddyissues duty martyr, which diminished him, in spite of Denham's charismatic performance, in my experience.
But perhaps we should talk about this over in Stinky Hobbits if folks want to carry on?
Alibelle - Feb 09, 2005 11:39:05 am PST #8999 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
But perhaps we should talk about this over in Stinky Hobbits if folks want to carry on?
Yes, please.
And whom should I talk to to get a Groundhog Day thread?
(kidding, not trying to be snotty)
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 11:47:00 am PST #9000 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
(kidding, not trying to be snotty)
You're not fooling anyone!
resists temptation to post this multiple times
Kathy A - Feb 09, 2005 2:05:58 pm PST #9001 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Frank (nice numberslut, btw!), I addressed your question re: Uma in the LotR thread.
Anne W. - Feb 09, 2005 3:05:29 pm PST #9002 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Dear heavens. I had no idea that Chris Rock would be hosting the Oscars.
This could be much fun!