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** Although never a villain, Faramir was more hostile to the hobbits in the movie than he was in the books, and is tempted by the Ring, until Samwise tells him what the ring did to Boromir.
** Although never a villain, Faramir was more hostile to the hobbits in the movie than he was in the books, and is tempted by the Ring, until Samwise tells him what the ring did to Boromir.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Many favored aspects of the books were taken up a notch, while much detail was glossed over.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Many favored aspects of the books were taken up a notch, while much detail was glossed over.
** Most notably, the removal of the [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|Tom Bombadil]] sequence, which doesn't really add anything incredibly significant to the narrative of the books.
** Most notably, the removal of the [[Non Sequitur Scene|Tom Bombadil]] sequence, which doesn't really add anything incredibly significant to the narrative of the books.
** The final chapters of the books, the Scouring of the Shire, were removed entirely. Even if they were somewhat anti-climactic, they gave the book a darker vibe, arguably one of Tolkien's recurrent themes.
** The final chapters of the books, the Scouring of the Shire, were removed entirely. Even if they were somewhat anti-climactic, they gave the book a darker vibe, arguably one of Tolkien's recurrent themes.
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Boromir in ''Fellowship of the Ring'' is described as having dark hair. For the movies they gave him light brown, bordering on blond. Same thing goes for Faramir.
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Boromir in ''Fellowship of the Ring'' is described as having dark hair. For the movies they gave him light brown, bordering on blond. Same thing goes for Faramir.
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* [[Phosphor Essence]]: Galadriel glows with a bluish-white light when she explains how powerful and terrible she would become were she to accept the Ring.
* [[Phosphor Essence]]: Galadriel glows with a bluish-white light when she explains how powerful and terrible she would become were she to accept the Ring.
* [[Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure]]: Inverted. Just when he needs him most, Frodo ''sends'' ''Sam'' away due to Gollum's ploy. Moments later {{spoiler|he's paralyzed by Shelob}}. Luckily, [[The Power of Friendship]] prevails. (In the book, they're just separated in the maze of caves.)
* [[Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure]]: Inverted. Just when he needs him most, Frodo ''sends'' ''Sam'' away due to Gollum's ploy. Moments later {{spoiler|he's paralyzed by Shelob}}. Luckily, [[The Power of Friendship]] prevails. (In the book, they're just separated in the maze of caves.)
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The removal of [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|Tom Bombadil]] and the excision of the Scouring of the Shire.
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The removal of [[Non Sequitur Scene|Tom Bombadil]] and the excision of the Scouring of the Shire.
** [[Peter Jackson]] himself invoked this in his explanation as to his complete rewrite of the meetings of Faramir and Frodo's group: in the books, he lets them go free after learning of their quest and agreeing with it; in the film, he keeps them captive in order to take The Ring. Jackson said specifically this was because after the first book, the Ring's power to corrupt became an [[Informed Ability]] until it surfaced again at the tail-end of Return; in order to remind the viewer that it was basically evil incarnate, and keep with the rules Tolkien himself set, he had to have Faramir be tempted by the ring.
** [[Peter Jackson]] himself invoked this in his explanation as to his complete rewrite of the meetings of Faramir and Frodo's group: in the books, he lets them go free after learning of their quest and agreeing with it; in the film, he keeps them captive in order to take The Ring. Jackson said specifically this was because after the first book, the Ring's power to corrupt became an [[Informed Ability]] until it surfaced again at the tail-end of Return; in order to remind the viewer that it was basically evil incarnate, and keep with the rules Tolkien himself set, he had to have Faramir be tempted by the ring.
*** The Osgiliath detour even gets a [[Continuity Nod]]:
*** The Osgiliath detour even gets a [[Continuity Nod]]:
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