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Originally Posted by xerxes
@ Dalem and armchair
I believe PJ choice to diminish Faramir's nobility might have something to do with the movie being around one central human noble character. I know that in TTT EE documantry PJ and co. bring up the issue that Ring was so powerfull that it would unbelievble that Faramir wont go for it, but I think inheart the major reason was to keep the nobility of the human characters only around Aragon. Because, Aragon did the exact samething in Jackson's FOTR movie (not the book) where the gives up the Ring at the end and let Frodo goes (which it wasnt in the book). So I believe deep down, PJ didnot want a repeat of that scene, infact it is quite plausible that he gave that scene (Faramir letting Frodo go) to Aragon for FOTR'e ending.
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That's a good point, and certainly plausible, but in my opinion the only purpose of Faramir's character is to show that there IS still a strain of greatness in Man other than Aragorn (I miss the clear bond of friendship between Eomer and Aragorn for mostly the same reason). I'd almost rather have seen him cut from the story than diminished as he was.
-dale