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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 578984" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReBob Aberton, I said equal, not better. Boromir was constantly warring and leading armies. I think Aragorn and Boromir were equals in war skill, but Boromir was  physically stronger than Aragorn, or at least Tolkien alluded to Boromir's great physical strength.The reason Boromir didn't need saving is because in the book, no orc would approach him. The reason they started shooting arrows into him is because the orc warriors could not beat him in battle. This is shown somewhat better in the EE of FotR.The part I did not enjoy was the last orc leader walking up to Boromir to finish him with an arrow. Even as wounded as he was, Boromir could have killed that orc IMO. That is really what angers me the most.In the books, the orcs shied away from Boromir out of fear. He was so unbelievably good at fighting, even stuck full of arrows, the orcs feared to approach him including the orc leader. That is why he was not hacked to death as is usual for fallen orc enemies.I would have preferred that they stuck to the books and just had Aragorn converse with a dying Boromir. To me, it takes away from Boromir's heroics that he had to be saved by Aragorn. For others such as yourself, this is not the case.Boromir is one the characters I felt a great deal of sympathy for in the book. He was a man of action and great deeds. A man who lived to protect his people and to drive back the hordes of the dark lord. Having him rescued by Aragorn ruined the scene for me. I also was waiting to see him break off the arrows stuck in him while he fought. That was a great visual image from the book I was really looking forward to.I must admit that overall, Sean Bean did a great job of portraying Boromir. He was not the right physical size for the character, but his acting ability more than made up for the lacking physical characterization. The book will always move me more. The movies are still  my favorite of all time, mostly because they are based on my favorite book of all time. Having both the books and the movies is dream come true. The way PJ brought Middle Earth to life is extremely admirable, yet certain scenes will always be better in the book in my opinion.One scene that is better in the movie is when Gandalf faces off against the Balrog. That scene was awsome as was the addition in the Two Towers when they showed what happened as he fell. Just awe-inspiring and nearly exactly as I imagined it,  even a little better.As I said, I love the movies. I just am a little unhappy that some people can't visualize what I do when I read Tolkien. I am never bored nor disappointed. The entire journey through the first book to the last book just gets better each time I read it.I learn more and more about the characters as I go on. The characters are straight out of man's fantasy of what good and evil conspire to be.</blockquote>

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