Opinions on Boromir

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Its so annoying when you think of what your gonna say, then read down and find someone whos written the same thing! doh!

i agree with the saucepan man (luv ur name!)-if being tempted by the ring makes boromir evil then frodos evil too! i really like boromir, i think that he's as flawed as anyone reading the book, so if people dont like him they obviously hav far too high opinions of themselves! he may hav been the first to crack, but he had been under pressure fighting for his country for years.

All right, so faramir resists but then faramir (in the book- i really hate his film portrayal) is my idea of perfection in human terms, forget elves and forget aragorn! and faramir loves his brother, and if he approves then boromir has to be fine by me!
all he wants to do is save Gondor, which seems understandable, no?

i think boromir is seen quite sympathetically in the film actually (pity they didnt extend it to other members of his family [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] ) my favourite line is what he says in lothlorien about "Have you seen it Aragorn, banners caught high in the morning breeze, the white tower of ecthelion gleaming like a spike of pearl" etc, which is taken (i think) from Pippins first impressions of minas tirith at the beginning of rotk?

how could anybody doubt the pride and love on sean beans face then? the death scene doesnt compare.


ps sorry i got distracted by the movie there!