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LOL, we had almost the same reaction. ;) I think my issues with Faramir can be resolved if I can just separate book-Faramir from movie-Faramir. And I definitely need to re-read TTT to be able to evaluate better. I think movie-Faramir makes sense within the context of the movie, it's just that he's painted differently from the Faramir in the book.

And to be honest, I really wanted the Frodo-fainting scene from the book "I don't think we shall ever get there" and when that was taken out, everything else seemed all wrong, lol. I'm sure I'll get over all of it, it's just that initial shock.

I also find that TTT is the least interesting portion of the story to me, so I fully expected to feel that this movie would be my least favorite of the three. But that's okay, and I DEFINITELY know I will love it the seond time. Even FOTR, which I ADORED on first viewing, I loved that much more the second time. So I am looking forward to that.

It probably also didn't help that I was an emotional wreck from what's been going on at work (have you ever been forced to work with a psycho before and then found out later that she really was diagnosed with a mental disorder?) Sheesh! So I wasn't in a good frame of mind to really enjoy it.

BTW, did you miss Frodo's extreme weariness from the book? It seemed a little odd to me to have the "insane" moments without the extreme progression of weariness that we see as they get closer to Mordor.

You know what else? I think I am going to notice A LOT of the things I "missed" when I see it again and can evaluate the acting a little more. Someone here mentioned that much of the character stuff, such as Faramir changing his mind, might be conveyed just in the acting itself, rather than anything overtly stated. When I watch it on subsequent viewings, I have a feeling I will be able to pick up on that more and more.

BTW, I absolutely LOVED the elven-cloak scene with Frodo and Sam, that was so cool, and I had been afraid that they wouldn't be showing the usefulness of those cloaks.

I think we have some of Frodo's weariness, but he is not weary yet... That will come later... Right now he is still struggling.

I am not sure why they had to be taken to Osgoliath yet.

And I really do think that Gollum was too close to the audience. He could have been more effective if he was cringing away from us, too. I can understand that they were very proud of their creation, but the extreme closeups might be better when he is at home, at a more reasonable size. He was really big.

But, we have to disagree a bit on the elven cloak scene. I wrinkled my nose. It was important, but might have been more believable if the Easterling was 10 or 20 feet off... not right on top of them... and maybe they shouldn't have shown them looking like a rock.... if nothing were there, I might not have wrinkled my nose....

It is funny the things we think are unbelievable. Talking trees are OK.... cloaks that make you look like a rock... not. HA!