Re: LOTR characters
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Oh, yes! I can see that. And, as a teen, Faramir was my absolute favorite male character in LOTR (now it's Sam, but Faramir is still way up there.)
Jackson did a hatchet job on both Faramir and Denethor, as well as getting the source of the tension between them entirely wrong. But even movie-Denethor is far preferable, as a person, to Dumbledore. Book-Denethor is heartbreaking, precisely because he is capable of remorse, AND sincerely patriotic. Dumbledore is just chilling, IMO.
Oh - and Tolkien lets Faramir live happily ever after, with a woman worthy of him. Just one more reason why he is miles and miles above Rowling in morality, compassion and artistic integrity.
(I am sorry for rambling so much when all I meant to say is that I love your comparison. ))
Jackson did a hatchet job on both Faramir and Denethor, as well as getting the source of the tension between them entirely wrong. But even movie-Denethor is far preferable, as a person, to Dumbledore. Book-Denethor is heartbreaking, precisely because he is capable of remorse, AND sincerely patriotic. Dumbledore is just chilling, IMO.
Oh - and Tolkien lets Faramir live happily ever after, with a woman worthy of him. Just one more reason why he is miles and miles above Rowling in morality, compassion and artistic integrity.
(I am sorry for rambling so much when all I meant to say is that I love your comparison. ))