Boromir's death - book or movie?

[Daisy Brambleburr]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I've heard from others before that they thought it rather cheesy how Boromir kept fighting even after being pierced by two arrows, but I actually liked that idea. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I didn't find it cheesy at all! I thought it was great. And I personally don't think that the death scene was overly dramatised. I'm a Tolkien fan but it still appealed to me. I could have done without Aragorn's little showdown with Lurtz though, but never mind.<P>Here's a question, do you think Boromir's book-death would have had a different effect on people if it had been placed at the end of the FotR instead of at the beginning of TTT? <P>It may seem to some that Tolkien suddenly thought 'oh no, Boromir's supposed to die, I'd better stick on a quick death scene at the beginning.' <P>But I thought the book death was good. If it had to be improved it maybe could have been a little more descriptive. But I love that poignant line that goes sometime like 'but Boromir did not speak again', and the image of his peacefully propped up against the tree so he looks like he's resting but then Aragorn sees the arrows.<P>And here's a thing, in the movie Isildur was shot with three arrows in the back when he ran away from the fight, and Boromir recieved three in the front when he (in a way) faced up to things. Do you think this means anything or that it's just a coincidence?