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Lord Of The Rings - Oscars, We Loves Them
Suhas writes "The New Zealand Herald and many others such as Yahoo/AP are reporting that Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King has swept the Oscars by winning in all the 11 categories it was nominated in. Good to see Peter Jackson finally got the Best Director award! The official Oscar site has a full list of the winners."
I will NEVER forgive Jackson for raping Faramir's character. He turned a noble man into a sniveling, cowardly weakling. I am sorry I ever paid money to see these movies.
I understand that there needed to be changes made to the story in adapting it to film, but this change was not a necessary one. I can forgive turning the hobbits and Gimli into comic relief. I can forgive him for expanding Arwen's role. I can forgive the omission of Bombadil.
But when I read (re-read, but it's been a decade or two since the first reading) RotK, and read Faramir's parts of the story, I wondered what Jackson was thinking. Then when I reached the section where Aragorn revives Faramir...I was in tears. I already knew Faramir's character had been altered for the film, but this...this will not do. I pray that one day someone else makes these stories into films and does not brutalise such a beautiful character so mercilessly and senselessly.