He’s been ruling Gondor for 35 years now, and during his rule has had to deal with steadily worsening conditions in Ithilien (the region had been infested with orcs since the days of his father’s rule. Turgon, the Steward of Gondor, is nearing the end of his life at 94 years old. Who was the steward of Gondor during the Hobbit? They were never a member of the Royal House. King Rómendacil I established the office of Steward, chosen by the King as a man of high trust and wisdom Stewards were advanced in years since they were not permitted to go to war or to leave the realm. John Noble (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian actor. Who played the Steward of Gondor in Lord of the Rings? He was the 26th Ruling Steward of Gondor, committing suicide in the besieged city of Minas Tirith during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. If I was a film teacher, I’d show that clip over and over and say, “This, my friends, is how you rip your audience’s heart out.” Because it wasn’t cheaply sentimental, it was genuinely gut-wrenching.READ ALSO: Why is my speaker making a high pitched noise?ĭenethor II, son of Ecthelion II, is a fictional character in J. Horrible, gut-wrenching to watch, and yet a magnificent example of directing. One of the most powerful in the entire series. I really wished he didn’t have to die, just so I could see Sean Bean play him more. There’s always something shifty about him, whereas in the books, he’s basically GoodyGoodyGoodyMYPRECIOUSUGHSTABDIE. It’s what made his corruption/redemption so powerful, for me, in the movie. I found him (Boromir) much more believable in this than the books. In addition, I suspect that Denethor will be one of the characters given more screentime in the Extended Editions, so hopefully he’ll be fleshed out more. Payoffs: the White Rider uncloaked in the Golden Hall Theoden grasping his sword (regaining his power both figuratively and literally) while the Rohan theme swells magnificently behind him. In order to really get across the insidious nature of Saruman/ Wormtongue, and the rise of Gandalf the White, Theoden’s decrepitude (which is little more than really bad judgement in the books) had to be exaggerated. Payoff: the best death scene in the trilogy. As a result, he’s a much easier for a movie audience to sympathize with, greatly magnifying the effect of his redemption. Sean Bean’s Boromir is far more vulnerable than the broad-shouldered titan of the book, whose hints of weaknesses tend more towards brooding than weeping. PJ likes his emotional payoffs, and when he feels that, in order to elucidate the themes of the book, he needs to alter the plot, he does so without hesitation. He’s not interested in a word-for-word translation from book to script, a wise decision when you compare his films to the far more “purist,” but far less interesting Harry Potter films. You could say that about most of the really emotional scenes in the LOTR films, though, and I think it really comes down to Peter Jackson’s style of adaptation. He totally changed Denethor’s character into someone that, well, he just isn’t so he could make that scene. Not as big a turn off as giant spiders, but a turn off nonethless. In a lot of ways, the movies are like an adaptation rather than a faithful translation of the novels, and they are good in their own right, even if I may have some quibbles with how certain characters are portrayed, just as I may have some quibbles with Tolkien’s prose/style, but still enjoy his works anyway.īut I do agree with the OP that eating noisily is a major turn-off. Maybe in the expanded edition there will be more scenes with Denethor that shed more light on his character as it was in the novels. On the other hand, perhaps PJ had a different view of his character than I did or maybe decided that there was not enough time to adaquately explore Denethor’s character. Maybe because I like and can flawed, realistic characters like Denethor, Golem, or Boromir and don’t like to see them misrepresented. I haven’t seen the ROTK live action movie (as opposed to the Rankin-Bass animated version), but like smiling bandit, I’m kind of diappointed to hear that they portrayed Denethor in such a fashion.
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