Gosh, do I need to go see the movie again and see if I hallucinated too? I really didn't like the Faramir thing. But, I do remember him telling Frodo something about finding his body floating in the river in a boat or something. What I remember was indeed glossed over quickly in verbage and I might have made more of a passing remark than was there. But, I do seem to remember the reference.
Of couse I'm going on 29 hours without sleep now. I thought I quit this deal at least 10 years ago. Maybe the book is fading into the movie for me by now.
Gosh, do I need to go see the movie again and see if I hallucinated too? I really didn't like the Faramir thing. But, I do remember him telling Frodo something about finding his body floating in the river in a boat or something. What I remember was indeed glossed over quickly in verbage and I might have made more of a passing remark than was there. But, I do seem to remember the reference. Someone else made that point as well. Perhaps I just missed it. Of course, the fact that the FILM CUT OUT FOR THE THIRD FREAKING TIME around that moment may have distracted me.
I'm seeing it in 40 minutes so I'll look again - and hope for no interruptions.
Surprisingly the PJ "liberties" worked for me. This was not the case with FOTR. The Osgiliath sidetrip and Faramir's alterations left me with forebodings when I first heard the rumors. But it all seemed to work very well for me. The set piece in Osgiliath was something to behold, and for the glimpses of the ruins of Old Gondor and the beginnings of the War of the Ring I can forgive the alteration.
I still have not made my mind up about the Ents just yet - though I will say that the storming of Isengard was cinematic brilliance. Laughter ensued in the theater when the flaming Ent doused his head in the onrushing waters.