TTT: was (One of these days... )

[corinthum]

K wrote:

>  I bought [The Two Towers] today (with money I don't really have) 
and then literally got
> home, took my coat and shoes off and put the dvd in. 

I did the same thing, resulting in only about four hours of sleep 
that night.  :)

There is a whole new
> scene called Sons of the Steward which is a flashback to the day 
Boromir
> recaptures Osgiliath and gets his mission to go to Rivendell with
> interaction between Faramir, Boromir and Denethor and a whole new 
scene at
> the end with Faramir helping the hobbits to go on their way as well 
as
> extended stuff. I am *so* pleased. They don't really move the plot 
on (why
> they were dropped for the cinema release I assume) but they're great
> character scenes, <snip>


As an obsessive LotR (books) fan, the Faramir characterization in the 
original film version was the one thing I didn't like.  However, I 
just watched the "From Book to Screen" documentary, and they actually 
won me over with their arguement for changing him for the movie (They 
felt Frodo and Sam needed a conflict given that Shelob was moved to 
RotK, and felt Faramir's resistance to the ring would undermine the 
ring-corrupts-absolutely idea).

-Corinth