There's of course the part where Denethor enjoys a nice meal as Faramir and Gondor's troops ride to their certain deaths, and when Faramir returns to Minas Tirith, gravely injured, Denethor decides that the most appropriate course of action at that time is, naturally, to burn himself and Faramir alive.īut. He called for his troops to abandon their posts and 'Flee! Flee for your lives!' until Gandalf whacks him a good one upside the conk and takes over as commanding general for Gondor. His military strategies were, to say the least, delusional (retaking Osgiliath?). Denethor was openly abusive to Faramir and favored Boromir.
Holy cannoli, did John Noble play Denethor as a complete and utter fool in The Lord of the Rings movies.
