I don't really mean that, of course. I don't find Faramir at all boring, and he
is a nice guy. A great deal of what goes on with him goes on just below the
surface. We will see clearer evidence of this in future chapters, but even in
his encounter with Frodo and Sam, when he comes to realize that his two little
guests/prisoners are on a mission that may decide the fate of the free world,
he barely raises his voice. To me, this makes him even more impressive, but
these undercurrents of tension and understated emotions are hard to translate
to film, so Faramir's thoughts and emotions are played out a bit more
dramatically. This doesn't mean that the book Faramir is flat, or that the
movie Faramir is
"wrong".
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To his surprise Frodo saw that Aragorn stood beside her, his dark cloak was thrown back, and he seemed to be clad in elven-mail, and a star shone on his breast. They spoke together, and then suddenly it seemd to Frodo that Arwen turned towards him, and the light of her eyes fell on him from afar and pierced his heart.
