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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 544666" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReFaramir did not desire the ring. That is the part no one seems to notice. He had not individual desire for the ring.If you watch it a second time, hopefully you will see that Faramir desired to give to his father what he wanted. I think PJ was setting up the confrontation in the RotK. I will have to wait a year to prove this true, but that is how I perceived the occurrence with Faramir.PJ did not include the talk that Frodo, Sam and Faramir had while staying at the hidden cave, so Sam was not the one who revealed the ring and and its terrible power to Faramir. They just weren't able to include the dialogue exchanges that led to Faramir's decision in a movie already too long to begin with.So, Peter Jackson, compartmentalized the information Faramir needed to come to his decision in short bursts. He used Gollum to reveal the presence of the ring, which Sam originally did in the book. Then he used the scene with the Nazgul and Sam's outburst to let Faramir know the true danger of the ring.Once Faramir saw how dangerous the ring was, he released Frodo and Sam, thus, showing his wisdom. Fararmir was wise, but even a wise leader can not make choices without information. That is the only difference with Faramir's character is the way he received the information. Faramir is the same character. Watch it more closely. There is not one line where Faramir has a personal desire for the ring. He does not even look at the ring more than once that I can remember. He is not drawn to it like Boromir was, nor is he like Boromir but in appearance. The more I watch and think about Fararmir's character, the closer he seems to the book version. I just think Jackson had to get him to his decision a different way.Even in the book, Faramir was hard-pressed to make a decision about Frodo and Sam. I think they showed this in the movie, but Jackson really didn't have the time to develop the scene as it was in the book. The movie was just too short to develop a scene that was a chapter and a half in length.</blockquote>

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