[HPFGU-OTChatter] One of these days... (was?: Re: Who would YOU spend a weekend with? (was: And *I* met...))

[Kathryn Cawte]

Nox

> Mine too. I really do miss Tom Bombadil though. I know he wasn't a major
> character, but he was an interesting one. And about the only thing that
> really squicks me is the portrayal (at first) of Faramir. In the books he
> comes across as so noble, so honourable he makes my teeth ache.
Book!Faramir
> would never try to take the ring. I did not get this impression of
> Movie!Faramir. Did he try, or was he tempted beyond how Book!Faramir was
> tempted? I have only seen it once, and unfortunately we had hail storms,
> power failures during which I was trying to make dinner and two screeching
> children while I was *trying* to watch it... So I probably missed a lot.
>
> >
K

Well i think we're going to have to agree to disagree on Bombadil. The film
version of Faramir is good with him taking the hobbits to Osgiliath but
letting them go )at the risk of his own life) when Same tells him about the
Temptation of Boromir. There are several added/extended Faramir bits in the
Special Edition dvd which make him much more of a real person. I must admit
to not having read the books in a long while and being unable to remember
exactly how those scenes go. The extended scenes also give Faramir a chance
to warn the hobbits about Cirith Ungol.

K