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Old 06-18-2008, 08:50 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by Sauron the White View Post
Regarding the physical appearance of Boromir ...... It really matters little if an actors hair color does not quite match... brown or black ... or if a beard is there or not ... or a silver tipped horn or gold ..... unless of course that is a crucial detail that the film hinges on and none of those things did in FOTR.
I disagree. I think that if Tolkien gave one of the most detailed descriptions of a character we get in FotR, PJ should have adhered to them. There's no reason why he shouldn't have. The whole distinguishing thing is rubbish, in my opinion, and I've heard that was his reasoning. When I see PJ's Boromir, I don't see Book Boromir. They are totally different in my opinion, appearance wise and personality wise, but I don't want to get into that. My point is, with a character like Pippin, for example, I can honestly say I am pleased with PJ's Pip and I think PJ did a great job with translating Pippin from book to movie. He's a believable translation. PJ's Boromir on the other hand...eh.

I really don't want to get into a whirlwind of arguments over this again...so to save all of that, let's just agree to disagree!
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