[Elladan and Elrohir]

alatar, I don't really see it as far as Aragorn and Gandalf acting like they don't know each other. I think their relationship is deep; we just don't really see it in this film. Later, in TTT and ROTK, they'll have heart-to-heart conversations that Gandalf could not have with anyone else, except maybe Frodo.

I still think Aragorn's more heroic than Boromir in this film. He's kind of like me, though, introverted and often unsure of himself. He's actually more heroic than in the book. Book Aragorn becomes a member of the Company because he's going to Minas Tirith to become king, and his path happens to cross with Frodo's. Movie 'Gorn apparently has no such ambition, and so when he goes with Frodo, he truly means to go to Mordor, and give up his life if need be. This is surely more heroic than Boromir, who just wants to go home, and if possible, take the Ring with him.

I agree that Bean gets far better material than Mortensen in this film, but I would say that Viggo can match him line for line in their one-on-one scenes that we'll be looking at in our final FOTR sequence. The Anduin campsite and the death scene at Amon Hen, make me stand in awe at both of those guys.