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

[Nerwen]

Just chiming in with MatthewM– what is all this about PJ "glamourising" Boromir's appearance? Really, I don't think Sean Bean's all that good-looking.

Also, I found the book version to be an interesting and quite sympathetic character... I guess it all comes down to people reacting differently.

That said, I'd certainly list Movie-Boromir as one of the positives. I don't find the fact that he looks different to be an issue at all.

[MatthewM]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

Also, I found the book version to be an interesting and quite sympathetic character... I guess it all comes down to people reacting differently.

Thank you! I also think Book Boromir to be quite sympathetic and caring. It's all about how people read him, I suppose, but I definitely see a helping and caring Boromir in the book, and I know I'm quite out numbered here, but I don't like what Jackson did to Boromir's character and I don't think he "humanized" him because (in my opinion) book Boromir is already humanized. In fact, I would say Boromir is the most human out of all Tolkien's characters.