That he is shown so suspiciously throughout the movie makes his martyrdom so much more meaningful.
You can make that argument (though I personally don’t really agree with it), but my point is that his character and the intent of his arc is very different from the novel.
I have a lot of issues with the movies in general, I think they miss the heart of a lot of the characters in favour of cliches and fitting better into mainstream movie tropes.
You can make that argument (though I personally don’t really agree with it), but my point is that his character and the intent of his arc is very different from the novel.
Yeah, I get that. I see it as a necessary casualty of novel>movie narrative.
It’s really the Narsil scene to me that diverges his arc and does him dirty.
I have a lot of issues with the movies in general, I think they miss the heart of a lot of the characters in favour of cliches and fitting better into mainstream movie tropes.