[HPFGU-OTChatter] One of these days...

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

>
> 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.

That's why I liked him so much, I think. Even Gandalf and the other Wizards,
the Ents and the Elves do not know *anything* about TB's beginings. He just
*is*. That kind of thing interests me.



> 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.

I can't wait to get my early Christmas pressie now...:-) I liked
Book!Faramir a lot, and as worried that the movie had he portrayed as
Boromir!Mk2.

Nox