[Lily Bracegirdle]

I agree that Boromir was great and Sean Bean gave a wonderful performance! His death scene still brings tears to my eyes.<P>PJ & co. did a really good job of making Boromir a sympathetic character and showing how much he got along with Merry and Pippin. (Playing with them, carrying them up Caradhras, asking Aragorn to "give them a minute for pity's sake," defending them, etc.) <P>It seems like movie-Boromir was made more likeable while movie-Faramir was made *less* likeable, and so in the end they seem almost interchangeable. I'm not sure how I feel about that, because I approve the changes in Boromir but not in Faramir. On the rest of the movies forum, there are plenty of "I hate the changes in Faramir" posts but no "I hate the changes in Boromir" posts. Is it because we like having our favorite characters made more sypathetic and not less?<P>One thing I found interesting: on the writers' commentary on the DVD, Philippa (I think) says that the lyrics in the music for Boromir's death scene are straight from the book: "I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Numenor." What she doesn't mention is that those lines are spoken, not by Boromir, but by Faramir. "It is long since we have had any hope" is another Faramir line that was given to Boromir. Both of these lines were spoken to Frodo at Henneth Annun. So if you're missing the part of TTT where Faramir behaves decently toward Frodo and Sam, those parts were given to his brother. Sort of a like a sympathy transplant from a compatible donor? <P>What do you think?<P>-Lily