Why did Peter Jackson change Denethor so much?

Tolkien was a wonderful author. He wrote these magnificent stories filled with multi-layered characters, each with subtle facets of their personality present in the story. These sorts of characters, however, are not easily portrayed in a movie. read more

Tolkien was a wonderful author. He wrote these magnificent stories filled with multi-layered characters, each with subtle facets of their personality present in the story. read more

Holy cannoli, did John Noble play Denethor as a complete and utter fool in The Lord of the Rings movies. Indulge me a brief recap. Denethor was openly abusive to Faramir and favored Boromir. read more

I don't think he ever thought of that. Probably Philippa Boyens made the modification and Jackson didn't even care about it. If you watch the extended edition with comments, Jackson seems to forget most of the differences between the film and the book and in his head many of the issues we see in the film were always there. It is weird. read more