[JenB]

Oh, yes, Boromir the Mini-Skirted Viking. Now there was a musclebound moron.

I hafta agree with Rosie... Jackson did a good job of bringing out Boromir's good points. He just doesn't have many. Denethor and Faramir, on the other hand, have lots of good points which Jackson removed entirely. Wonder if he doesn't like Gondorians?

[Fedora]

> Oh, yes, Boromir the Mini-Skirted Viking.

ROFL!

> Now there was a musclebound moron.
>
>I hafta agree with Rosie... Jackson did a good job of bringing out Boromir's good points. He just doesn't have many. Denethor and Faramir, on the other hand, have lots of good points which Jackson removed entirely. Wonder if he doesn't like Gondorians?

It's blatant anti-Gondoritism, I tell ya! :) I've also wondered if this reflects Jackson being inclined to introduce flaws into Tolkien's characters to make them more in keeping with contemporary film's concept of heroes. He kinda made Frodo more flawed than he was, too, and he made Aragorn reluctant to become king.

But on the Gondorians, maybe you can refresh my memory on this before I'm forced to go look it up: are the Stewards of Gondor descended from the men of Numenor, or just the line of Kings?