the portrayal of Faramir was my biggest disappointment of the movie. People avoided talking about it with me because they knew it would trigger me. As you say it was VERY important to contrast him to his brother
The Faramir/Boromir dichotomy calls back to the King Arthur legends, where it was told that a great hero would come from the Isle of Avalon. So Arthur brought the eldest son Lancelot, who in the end betrayed him by taking his beloved, and it turned out it was the younger brother Galahad who was actually the pure soul he was supposed to bring with him.
I saw the film and shortly after read the books for the first time and I could not believe how much I loved this character I really did not care about in the film
Very good video. I do have one suggestion. Put more cuts in your audio. That way if you have a slip as you're speaking, you can redo it. Also, talk a little slower. I can tell you're excited and that's great, but slow it down a little. Cheers.
It’s interesting how adaptations overwrite someone’s perception of a character. I completely forgot faramir was able to resist the ring in the books. I think faramir would have been way more interesting if he was unaffected by the ring instead of being a boromir 2.0
I would like to comment on this, that Faramir of the books is not "completely unaffected" by the ring, he is unaware of it. When he captures and interrogates Frodo and Sam, he gets as far as that it's some kind of weapon of Mordor and he just stops asking. As soon as he realises that it's something evil he just doesn't want anything to do with it because of his principles. Because of that, while he is in it's presence, he never finds out that it's the one ring, never finds out what it could do or what it could mean for Gondor. For all he knows Frodo's got like a Morgul blade under his tunic or something because that's all he's told. "Weapon from Mordor" He doesn't learn that it's the one ring until his return to Minas Tirith.
No, so far as I remember, Sam outright says that Frodo has the Ring to Faramir. Faramir half-sardonically (in a darkly amused way) contemplates the unique position of power he's in (a full company at his beck and call, Frodo and Sam utterly at his mercy), he takes a moment for a personal joke by making Sam and Frodo think he might go through with it before brushing it off and stating that he has no wish to even see it. It happens when Sam is relating what happened to Boromir and he slips up with his tale into openly speculating that Boromir wanted the ring, which is how Faramir finds it out. If I recall correctly it's in The Two Towers, Book Two, Chapter 5, The Window on the West. Faramir is portrayed as the wiser of the two brothers, and while he loved Boromir, he's aware enough of his flaws that he wasn't surprised Boromir had serious trouble with his desire for the Ring. And he's wise enough to not even entertain seeing the Ring, taking his words about Frodo's safety as oath, even if not said as such. Hope you have a good day!
I think you need to re-read the books. You are wrong. Faramir was wise (for his age) in the lore of Middle Earth and he well knew what the ring was and what it meant. So when Sam blurted out that Boromir wanted the ring, Faramir knew exactly what he meant
Peter Jackson's treatment of Faramir is one of few missteps in his film. Having Faramer starting to bring Frodo to Denethor damages his character beyond repair IMHO.
I disagree. In the books, Faramir had a brief internal struggle, and then dismissed the temptation for the ring. That would have been anti climatic in the big screen. The movie adaptation makes the decision of Faramir visual and evident. No other man faced with the choice of Gondor being destroyed would have dismissed the one weapon that would (seemingly) put victory into his own hands.
"Any fan . . . has to admit that the Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best adaptations of a book in the history of film." Wow. This is possibly the most quickly I've ever seen a RUclips video be objectively wrong.
I read the books before seeing the movies. I remember thinking in the theater, "when did Faramir become an asshole?"
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the portrayal of Faramir was my biggest disappointment of the movie. People avoided talking about it with me because they knew it would trigger me. As you say it was VERY important to contrast him to his brother
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The Faramir/Boromir dichotomy calls back to the King Arthur legends, where it was told that a great hero would come from the Isle of Avalon. So Arthur brought the eldest son Lancelot, who in the end betrayed him by taking his beloved, and it turned out it was the younger brother Galahad who was actually the pure soul he was supposed to bring with him.
I saw the film and shortly after read the books for the first time and I could not believe how much I loved this character I really did not care about in the film
Yeah the difference was huge
Very good video. I do have one suggestion. Put more cuts in your audio. That way if you have a slip as you're speaking, you can redo it. Also, talk a little slower. I can tell you're excited and that's great, but slow it down a little. Cheers.
It’s interesting how adaptations overwrite someone’s perception of a character. I completely forgot faramir was able to resist the ring in the books. I think faramir would have been way more interesting if he was unaffected by the ring instead of being a boromir 2.0
I would like to comment on this, that Faramir of the books is not "completely unaffected" by the ring, he is unaware of it.
When he captures and interrogates Frodo and Sam, he gets as far as that it's some kind of weapon of Mordor and he just stops asking.
As soon as he realises that it's something evil he just doesn't want anything to do with it because of his principles.
Because of that, while he is in it's presence, he never finds out that it's the one ring, never finds out what it could do or what it could mean for Gondor.
For all he knows Frodo's got like a Morgul blade under his tunic or something because that's all he's told. "Weapon from Mordor"
He doesn't learn that it's the one ring until his return to Minas Tirith.
No, so far as I remember, Sam outright says that Frodo has the Ring to Faramir. Faramir half-sardonically (in a darkly amused way) contemplates the unique position of power he's in (a full company at his beck and call, Frodo and Sam utterly at his mercy), he takes a moment for a personal joke by making Sam and Frodo think he might go through with it before brushing it off and stating that he has no wish to even see it. It happens when Sam is relating what happened to Boromir and he slips up with his tale into openly speculating that Boromir wanted the ring, which is how Faramir finds it out.
If I recall correctly it's in The Two Towers, Book Two, Chapter 5, The Window on the West.
Faramir is portrayed as the wiser of the two brothers, and while he loved Boromir, he's aware enough of his flaws that he wasn't surprised Boromir had serious trouble with his desire for the Ring. And he's wise enough to not even entertain seeing the Ring, taking his words about Frodo's safety as oath, even if not said as such.
Hope you have a good day!
I think you need to re-read the books. You are wrong.
Faramir was wise (for his age) in the lore of Middle Earth and he well knew what the ring was and what it meant.
So when Sam blurted out that Boromir wanted the ring, Faramir knew exactly what he meant
Peter Jackson's treatment of Faramir is one of few missteps in his film. Having Faramer starting to bring Frodo to Denethor damages his character beyond repair IMHO.
Personally, I have no issues with the changes PJ made, except for the ones to Faramir, Denethor and Frodo leaving Sam behind
I disagree. In the books, Faramir had a brief internal struggle, and then dismissed the temptation for the ring. That would have been anti climatic in the big screen. The movie adaptation makes the decision of Faramir visual and evident. No other man faced with the choice of Gondor being destroyed would have dismissed the one weapon that would (seemingly) put victory into his own hands.
"Any fan . . . has to admit that the Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best adaptations of a book in the history of film." Wow. This is possibly the most quickly I've ever seen a RUclips video be objectively wrong.
What book to movie adaptations do you prefer? If you like them more than PJs trilogy I want to make sure I’ve seen them!