Very helpful. Movie Faramir is alright, but he loses the title line of the book, which is nearly unpardonable; "Who could be idle when the king has returned?"
And Book Faramir has a very strong Luke 18:8 vibe, which is appreciable.
I had heard enough about how Faramir was ruined in the movie well before I saw it. So when I did see it, I was actually relieved that it wasn't quite as bad as people had implied. (Not good, of course.)
I was also annoyed that the courtship between Faramir and Eowyn was reduced to an exchange of glances at the coronation.
And of course, the should have included the Scouring of the Shire, at least in the extended version.
While reading your interesting, even fascinating, enthusiastic verbal flailings, you accidentally punched me in the face with one of your statements : “I see no reason why a bright light in a dark land would be anything but refreshing, unexpected, and glorious.” Although I can see the truth here if it is referring to only Christians seeing the bright light. But if you meant to imply that everyone would have this reaction, then I could not disagree more strongly. Remember The Scriptures advisory, “they loved the darkness more than the light“
Yes! Book Faramir is far superior than the movie version. Well put.
Very helpful. Movie Faramir is alright, but he loses the title line of the book, which is nearly unpardonable; "Who could be idle when the king has returned?"
And Book Faramir has a very strong Luke 18:8 vibe, which is appreciable.
I had heard enough about how Faramir was ruined in the movie well before I saw it. So when I did see it, I was actually relieved that it wasn't quite as bad as people had implied. (Not good, of course.)
I was also annoyed that the courtship between Faramir and Eowyn was reduced to an exchange of glances at the coronation.
And of course, the should have included the Scouring of the Shire, at least in the extended version.
While reading your interesting, even fascinating, enthusiastic verbal flailings, you accidentally punched me in the face with one of your statements : “I see no reason why a bright light in a dark land would be anything but refreshing, unexpected, and glorious.” Although I can see the truth here if it is referring to only Christians seeing the bright light. But if you meant to imply that everyone would have this reaction, then I could not disagree more strongly. Remember The Scriptures advisory, “they loved the darkness more than the light“