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

[Sauron the White]

from Bethberry

PJ glamorised Movie Boromir because that is the way of blockbusters and Hollywood. But I doubt Tolkien would have wanted Boromir to be glamorised.

You bring up many good points about JRRT and his writings. I cannot take issue with them. I do think that the statement of yours that I printed above, is an oversimplification of things and the usual demonization of the Hollywood film industry.

First, the LOTR films were not a creation of Hollywood and were different in many ways from the traditional fantasy blockbuster. They did not follow the usual thud and blunder script and were more subtle in many ways despite the battle scenes and action material aplenty.

Second, I do not think I would use the word "glamorised" to describe what Jackson did to Boromir as much as I would use the word "humanize" him. Over the past six years I have read many posts on several sites where people say the following in different ways:

"Boromir was not a very sympathetic or likable character in the books but I gained a btter appreciation of him from the movies".

Those are my words and I am trying to summarize what many have said. Jackson succeeded in making the character more likable and someone who you really cared about once he made the sacrifice for the hobbits and died. It meant more then because the audience actually cared about him and liked him.