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Originally Posted by pyan  Oh, I'm not saying that Jackson didn't make a good fist of the attempt to film an unfilmable book...just that if you attempt to analyse characters in the book by their actions in the film, you're going to run into problems.
This is a good example - only by reading the books do you realise that this impression, given by the film, is so far from the book's slow reveal of the power and weaknesses of the Istari... |
I agree in general
but I do think that Jackson's casting of Sean Bean showed Boromir in a more honest way than did Tolkei
For me, Tolkein describes as a noble lordly type warrior who is brought down by the temptation of power, whereas Jackson portrays Bean as more a barbarian warrior, who , when attempting to take the Ring from Frodo , is acting as any barbarian would - by taking what he wanted , by force if necessary