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

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, <silverdragon at e...> wrote:

Geoff:

<snip>
 
> > It continues to occupy pride of place next to HP1-5 on my 
bookshelves.
 

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? 

Geoff again:
I've always felt Tom Bombadil was very peripheral to the story. In 
1981, the BBC ran a superb 26 part radio version (with Ian Holm as 
Frodo interestingly enough) and, in that, TB was also left out.

I was interested in the different portrayal of Faramir in the film. 
He is a very civilised, almost reluctant, warrior in the book. He 
seems a little more devious in the film - though I'm not quite sure 
devious is the right word.

Like Boromir, he wants Gondor and the Free World to triumph but I 
think he is able ultimately to step back and take a wider view than 
Boromir did. The latter realised too late what had gone wrong. He was 
an interesting character - a bit ready to shoot from the hip but I 
think his pushy father rather explained some of it.