[Enedbelethiel]

As a Sean Bean fan myself, I do agree with Beanamir in that Boromir in FoTR seemed more impetuous than I would have liked. However, there were many subtleties of his honor and kindness before his ultimate sacrifice of valor for Merry and Pippin - the swordfighting lessons for the hobbits, the way he rumpled Frodo's hair as an afterthought once he returned the ring, his passionate speech to Aragorn about Gondor. I think that Boromir's great loyalty to Gondor was misconstrued as stubbornness. My take on it was that his passion for Gondor's survival was his ultimate goal until the ring twisted that passion and loyalty into greed. I think that PJ could have added a few more redeeming scenes for Boromir in FoTR, but I didn't see him as unlikable at all - rather, my dislike was toward the ring and what it was doing to a thoroughly amazing and courageous man. I <I>was</I> disappointed that PJ didn't include Boromir's EE scene in TTT with the screen release of TTT, but that's showbiz, I guess