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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 561737" data-attributes="member: 198">I wouldn't go as far as Mouseferatu, but I do think the change works for the purposes of the movie. I think Faramir rejecting the Ring in the book is not a problem. Quite a large number of people do reject it, and it seems that it is only really a potent lure if you touch it. Sam even manages to return it to Frodo after having touched and used it. I'm not sure where Mouseferatu got the idea that Aragorn struggles with it, because that's something I do not recall. So Faramir rejecting it is not surprising, IMO, but it does underscore his quality, as does his aiding of the hobbits. But the book's portrayal of Faramir would have been difficult to translate to the screen in the time provided, esp. since the movie audience doesn't have the information about Boromir & Faramir's background that the reader does. Making him visually struggle with it is much easier for both filmmaker and audience, and so PJ does that, and it works fine. And as for the Nazgul, while they are excellently portrayed by PJ, they are not as terrifying in the movies as in the books. I know a number of people who love the movies buthave never read the books, and none of them thought the Nazgul being driven away with one arrow was surprising. The battle at Weathertop is a problem if you're thinking of the book. Within the movies, it works fine.</blockquote>