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Originally Posted by MatthewM
You're talking about appearance, right? Because in the book, Boromir is quite handsome and Aragorn is, although not ugly, not the best looking of the bunch. Boromir is described when we first meet him as having a "fair and noble face" whereas from the Hobbit's prospective Aragorn looked foul and felt fair when they first met him at Bree. I remember on a few occassions Tolkien cited Boromir as being good looking. I actually think, coming from a guy, Bean was a step back from that...(I know, all the Bean fan-girls/boys are going to get me for that one)
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I think the slight altering of Boromir's character (his humanization, if you will) was the only success Boyens and Jackson had while meddling with Tolkien's original characterizations. Aragorn is weak and vacillating -- a friendless and morose loner who does not know what he wants. Faramir? My god, what a travesty for such a noble character (even David Wenham was upset when he read what they did to his character). Denethor? A crass nutjob with no redeeming values (not even table etiquette). Elrond? Sorry, I've never read anywhere that elves whine. I cringe everytime I hear him say 't-h-i-i-i-n'.
So, I would definitely put Boromir's characterization as a positive.