Reviews for "In Defence Of Good Lord Denethor"
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ellisk
Joined: 24 Jan 2004
Reviews: 310
Location: Icon by Alassante! Wow!
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:47 pm
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| I agree that PJ distorted Denethor's character in the movies and most people follow that portrayal in fanfic. I like your essay and the quotes you pulled. One cannot argue Denethor was perfect. But your essay helps show him for what Tolkien intended. I especially like the bits you pulled from HoME. |
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SpaceWeavil
Joined: 27 May 2004
Reviews: 365
Location: Looking at shiny things
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Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:24 pm
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| Yet again a well constructed essay, with good, clear justification for each point made. I have always classified Denethor as one of the characters who has 'suffered' in fan fiction, quite considerably (along with people like Thranduil) and so it is good to see him defended. I do hope you continue to post these studies as they are not only interesting as an arguement, but they are very good summaries of information given in the texts (in the way of quotations). |
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Elentari
Joined: 13 May 2003
Reviews: 244
Location: Lost in elven dreams...
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:53 pm
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I particularly enjoyed the extended scene of faramir and denethor. It helps putting our poor hearts at easer. In the extend of faramir's emotional onslaughta, we tend to forget that gandalf said about denethor loving his son.
Terrific job. I am glad you take the time and trouble to draw these. |
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Lilan
Joined: 28 Mar 2005
Reviews: 23
Location: Ukraine
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:33 am
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| Thank you, I simply longed for something like this. The portrayal of Denethor in the movies made me raving mad! From the artistic point of view, the scene where he eats that tomato or whatever it is, with blood-red juice dripping off his chin, while his son might be taking the wound, is very powerful; had I not read the books previously, I would have loved the bit. But this is not the Denethor Tolkien created. Neither is the movie Faramir. Jackson distotred them, and I still cannot see the reason. I guess this is the impact of the world we live in; we cannot believe any good motives in evil times. But your essay did a great job, it was like a lawyer's speech in court, and I must say I enjoyed every word of it. In my stories, I also try to show Denethor as the one tricked into madness rather then opting for it himself. It's so pleasing to find out that someone shares your opinion and does such deep research to prove the point. |
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