Oh, man! <P>Finally, someone who understands! <P>Yes! Boromir is definately THE BEST character! <BR>(Except for Frodo and Gandalf, who you can't not like)<P>The first time I read the book, I don't really remember what I thought of Boromir, it was a while ago. But I DIDN'T think he was bad. The second time I read it, I thought, 'hey, this guy was pretty cool. When I die I want to die the way he did: self-sacrafice.' The numerous times after that, I REALLY started liking him. The movie only added to that. Boromir and Aragorn were the only manly-looking guys in the movie (Elves looking like females and such) and Boromir's depth was portrayed very well by Sean Bean. Needless to say I was sobbing like a baby when he died, and that now Sean Bean is one of my top favorite actors. Now I'm reading it AGAIN and I absolutely adore Boromir. <P>Why?<P>1. He's not Legolas! JK<P>2. He was really a nice guy and everything, reading the appendices after ROTK it explains a lot about Boromir and Faramir and their relationship, and how Boromir was very protective of Faramir and they really loved each other; and of how he honored and pleased his father. He was very respectful of everyone (that whole thing in the movie "Gondor needs no King" was SO not Boromir in the books). <P>3. He was the perfect warrior. To put it a little more acurately, he was almost obsessive. But still perfect. For a warrior. He loved battle for its own sake, for the weapons, for the tactics, the strain, the abilities needed to do well. His death was extremely fitting for his personality. I myself cannot picture him dying old and white haired in his sleep, mostly because at the point he couldn't fight anymore he'd probably commit suicide.<P>4. Self-sacrafice is the SINGLE greatest act of heroism and nobility. Putting yourself before anyone else is just wonderful. And he did that without a second thought. <P>When those Orc-arrows pierced his flesh, he wasn't thinking 'yay, I'm redeeming myself.' He was thinking, 'this is the right thing to do.'
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