Idk what the Fandom Consensus(tm) is about Faramir and Denethor in the BBC radio play, but I really like the way they’re portrayed so far.
I think the radio play managed to strike a good balance between having Faramir come across as gentle and noble, while still having there be Tension about whether he’s going to take the Ring/kill Gollum.......and a good balance between having Denethor come across as cold/definitely favoring Boromir over Faramir, without making him seem like a flat-out villain.
Faramir and Denethor rarely get adapted bc their subplot occurs so late in the story and is so tangential to the main plot. The PJ films are the only other adaptation I’m aware of that handled this plotline in any depth, and even they made a bunch of drastic changes to simplify it.
I don’t think “being closer to the book” always means “better,” but it is really nice to finally see an adaptation where they’re closer to the book iterations of their characters!
