This was so beautifully explained. Your potent energy and purity really shine through when making these videos! I already a lot but the way you explain and clarify it just amplifies and expands my understanding so much more. I can see you doing really really well 🧚♀️🙏
Another brilliant video. I really enjoy listening to your analysis. This one especially as I love both book and film versions of Faramir. My interpretation of the film portrayal is that he isn’t really tempted by the ring. He just doesn’t understand it to begin with so defaults to complete Boromir’s mission as he understood it. Once Sam tells him of Boromir’s failure and having seen how the ring affects Frodo he understood what his role should be. Even if it again unleashed his father’s distain. This decision shows that the ring has no sway over him because this version (especially in the extended cuts) is shown to be in need of that recognition from Denathor. The fact that the ring can’t get its tendrils into that desire is the greatest example of his worth. It was a shame that even in the extended editions we don’t get a significant look at Faramir and Éowyn. Especially after how much screen time her relationship with Aragorn got. Which to me was more of Aragorn being the representation of the freedom and agency she desired rather than a real romantic attraction.
First time seeing one of your videos. Faramir is also one of my top characters and I always have to explain why to people who haven’t read the books. Definitely done dirty in the films, all his key moments are either removed, given to other characters or exclusive to extended edition (he’s also the hardest done character from extended to theatrical, half his scenes are cut). Great video
I used to feel very strongly that movie!Faramir got done dirty, that they ruined him, but I’ve come to a better appreciation of him recently. He had to change for adaptational reasons (the Ring is much more immediately corrupting than in the book, Denethor is much harsher, they needed Frodo and Sam to have more of a plot in TT), but practical things aside, I have actually come to enjoy a Faramir who is less of a paragon, who makes a mistake for complex internal reasons, and then rights his wrong. I like watching him become more like book!Faramir rather than him just showing up that way. That said. Book!Faramir will always be very special to me. “I love not the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory, I love only that which they defend” is a line that impacted me deeply, and I feel is maybe one of the closest moments we get to Tolkien, as a soldier who studied warrior cultures, peeking out of the pages at us for a moment. Anyway this is a very long way to say, I love Faramir in all forms, even though they’re very different, and I enjoyed your video a lot! Also, love your tattoo
This was so beautifully explained. Your potent energy and purity really shine through when making these videos! I already a lot but the way you explain and clarify it just amplifies and expands my understanding so much more. I can see you doing really really well 🧚♀️🙏
Another brilliant video. I really enjoy listening to your analysis. This one especially as I love both book and film versions of Faramir. My interpretation of the film portrayal is that he isn’t really tempted by the ring. He just doesn’t understand it to begin with so defaults to complete Boromir’s mission as he understood it. Once Sam tells him of Boromir’s failure and having seen how the ring affects Frodo he understood what his role should be. Even if it again unleashed his father’s distain. This decision shows that the ring has no sway over him because this version (especially in the extended cuts) is shown to be in need of that recognition from Denathor. The fact that the ring can’t get its tendrils into that desire is the greatest example of his worth. It was a shame that even in the extended editions we don’t get a significant look at Faramir and Éowyn. Especially after how much screen time her relationship with Aragorn got. Which to me was more of Aragorn being the representation of the freedom and agency she desired rather than a real romantic attraction.
First time seeing one of your videos. Faramir is also one of my top characters and I always have to explain why to people who haven’t read the books. Definitely done dirty in the films, all his key moments are either removed, given to other characters or exclusive to extended edition (he’s also the hardest done character from extended to theatrical, half his scenes are cut). Great video
Great video, love you’re takes on the lore.
That was amazing to listen to, you explained it wonderfully 🥳
I used to feel very strongly that movie!Faramir got done dirty, that they ruined him, but I’ve come to a better appreciation of him recently. He had to change for adaptational reasons (the Ring is much more immediately corrupting than in the book, Denethor is much harsher, they needed Frodo and Sam to have more of a plot in TT), but practical things aside, I have actually come to enjoy a Faramir who is less of a paragon, who makes a mistake for complex internal reasons, and then rights his wrong. I like watching him become more like book!Faramir rather than him just showing up that way.
That said. Book!Faramir will always be very special to me. “I love not the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory, I love only that which they defend” is a line that impacted me deeply, and I feel is maybe one of the closest moments we get to Tolkien, as a soldier who studied warrior cultures, peeking out of the pages at us for a moment.
Anyway this is a very long way to say, I love Faramir in all forms, even though they’re very different, and I enjoyed your video a lot! Also, love your tattoo
Awesome, I love the Lord of the Rings ever since I watched the first film as a kid back in the 80s. Dam, I feel old 😂😂
Age is but a number haha
He was completely dumbed down in the films. It’s was such a shame because he’s so wise in the books!
Amazing vid Alex I prefer book Faramir than movie Faramir
Are there any others characters you feel that way about? 😊
Amazing lore about the great captain of Gondor, brilliant as ever. And yes, i prefer the book a little more than the film ❤
Who shall we cover next? 😊
@@AJM_nerdcore hmm, I'd say the history of Dale or the sons of Elrond. It's your choice ❤️
Great video, love you’re takes on the lore.
@@metalwolf1000 thank you! We need to figure out who to cover next ❤️