The Good and The Bad - a Quick Look at the Movies

[Sauron the White]

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 notice that last night the American Film Institute named FOTR the #2 Best Fantasy film of all time edged out by WIZARD OF OZ. They made a huge change in that film that completely angered book Oz fans when they changed the color of the silver slippers to ruby slippers simply to show off the visual wonders of the new Technicolor process against the yellow brick road. Now there was something crucial and important but it worked beautifully on screen.

The main thing with Boromir is that the character came of much more likable on screen that he did in the book and for film viewers that is very much a positive asset.

As far as the Moria stairs go ........ I loved them. Great set design and it gave an opportunity for some interesting heroics. That entire Moria sequence is still one of my favorite stretches in all three films and the stairs play a big visual part in that.