[Kransha]

Umm...for all intents and purposes, I am not a Boromir lover per se, being male and all that, but I still have a number of reasons why I liked this character and others might as well.

Boromir is a man with a very admirable level of valiance. Compared with more composed warriors, like Aragorn, Theoden, etc., he stands out a lot because of his, dare I say it, hubris. He has an unmitigated pride that combines with his valor and his own sense of very refined, somewhat self-indulgent at times, composure. This composure is only lost (book-wise) in the moments after Boromir realizes what he has done, falling to the One Ring's temptation. Even as he is tempted, he remains calm and full of that wonderfully loveable pride for him and his people which he posesses. He's the very portrait of a tragic hero, which frames him in a sort of arrogant heroism headed for disaster (which, I suppose, might be a point of attraction).