Did your View of the Characters change after seeing the films? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aethelwine · 04-01-2004, 01:41 AM

Well, not really.

But about Boromir, the movie did help to change my view on him. I read the books a year or two before the movies. When I read them, Boromir seemed like a real, plain bastard to me ( but then again, I was still in the 'oh-I-love-the-fantastic-elves-so-much!'-stage ).
Sean Beans portrayal of him changed my view forever. Why, I don't really know. I think it's the emotion that he gives to the character. I didn't just viewed him as a 'soldier who wanted the Ring', but perhaps that has to do with the knowledge that I have from the books.
When I read the books again, while waiting for TT, Boromir seemed like a different man to me. That's why humans ( with Boromir on the first place! ) are now my favourite races in ME.

I won't even start about Faramir, 'cause I wouldn't be able to stop ranting...

I never really liked Sam in the movies, don't know why. Perhaps because I didn't like Frodo. But that PJ made Frodo send Sam away in ROTK!!!

I agree with you on Gimli. But remember, in TT, during the battle of Helm's Deep. That battle was so loathed with tension; I can't tell how good it was to be able to laugh, even if it was about Gimli...

About Aragorn, also: no comment...

Well, these are my two cents...

Love,

Aethelwine.

04-01-2004, 01:41 AM	#2
Aethelwine Wight Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In Anórien, just outside Edoras, on a horse I "borrowed"... Posts: 150	Well, not really. But about Boromir, the movie did help to change my view on him. I read the books a year or two before the movies. When I read them, Boromir seemed like a real, plain bastard to me ( but then again, I was still in the 'oh-I-love-the-fantastic-elves-so-much!'-stage ). Sean Beans portrayal of him changed my view forever. Why, I don't really know. I think it's the emotion that he gives to the character. I didn't just viewed him as a 'soldier who wanted the Ring', but perhaps that has to do with the knowledge that I have from the books. When I read the books again, while waiting for TT, Boromir seemed like a different man to me. That's why humans ( with Boromir on the first place! ) are now my favourite races in ME. I won't even start about Faramir, 'cause I wouldn't be able to stop ranting... I never really liked Sam in the movies, don't know why. Perhaps because I didn't like Frodo. But that PJ made Frodo send Sam away in ROTK!!! I agree with you on Gimli. But remember, in TT, during the battle of Helm's Deep. That battle was so loathed with tension; I can't tell how good it was to be able to laugh, even if it was about Gimli... About Aragorn, also: no comment... Well, these are my two cents... Love, Aethelwine. __________________ Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind--not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. - Catherine to Nelly, Wuthering Heights Last edited by Aethelwine; 04-01-2004 at 01:46 AM.