>I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. My King.
Is this the greatest feels-train of cinematic history?
As a kid I preferred Aragon.
As an adult I prefer Boromir.
>>71774602
This, so much this.
Same with disliking then liking Theoden.
No because the buildup of their relationship to that moment was hammy and dumbed down for goy audiences. Prior to that, there were about 15 seconds were Boromir was not bluntly foreshadowed as a villain. The extended editions were particularly unbearable: having scenes where both Gandald and Galadriel tell Frodo, literally: "Boromir's gonna take the ring."
There should have been more of an emphasis on Boromir's positive characteristics, and on the camaraderie he shares with Aragorn as royalty of Gondor. His betrayal should have been shocking, a surprise. For example, in his introduction scene in Rivendel, his awe and infatuation with the history of Gondor is crudely twisted into foreshadowing Boromir's parallels with Isildur. In that scene, Aragorn doesn't even know the man, yet he sits there glowering at him for nothing more than having an enthusiastic interest in the history of his own people. Jackson's inner hack was showing there: it's clear he decided that American audiences needed things simplified to the max.
>>71774602
My man.
>>71774602
As a kid I wanted to be Aragorn.
As a manchild I want to be a hobbit.
>>71774486
I prefer the last 30 minutes of Mulholland Drive when you realize that irl Diane is a narcissistic no-talent fuckup with a shitty attitude towards life
>>71775345
this is 100% correct
I remember being so fucking tense as a kid during the last 30min of the film because I knew this scene was coming up.
I can't really think of a death scene in a modern movie that feels this tragic.
>>71774650
>This, so much this.
Cancer.
>>>/reddit/
>>71774602
I prefer Eomer.
>>71775345
>it wasn't done exactly the same way it happened in the books therefore it's bad
>>71774486
Nahhh, not even close. Not even in the same trilogy nevermind Ridley's feels
>>71776273
you can't even read a two paragraph post so I understand your ambivalence towards books.
but you should really try because they are so much better then the films.
>>71776368
What part of the LOTR trilogy was more emotional than Boromir's death?
>>71774486
>barely knew this faggot
>he spent more time dying in slow motion than being a character
OMG ALL MY FEELS ;_;
>>71776464
I have read the books multiple times, I own folio copies of the trilogy + the hobbit & silmarillion, and I would consider the hobbit in my top 5 novels.
I can still appreciate Boromir's characterization in the movie being consistent and good in its own right despite being different from the books.
>>71774486
I didn't feel shit for Boromir. he was clearly evil.
>>71776472
Sam going HAM while tearily profusing his unending love to Frodo before carrying that coke-addled dipshit up Mt. Doom. Pretty hype.
>>71776507
>barely knew him
So were you asleep during all the scenes where he was conflicted between duty to the fellowship and duty to his dying city, before finally being overcome by grief/temptation of the ring to decide take the selfish path, only to realize his mistake only after trying to force the ring from Frodo's hands, and then trying desperately to redeem himself despite having lost his faith in his duty to his city, which had been his raison d'etre up to that point?
Maybe if you had been awake, you would have felt the impact when Boromir finally sees hope for men in his last moments, and becomes the first man of Gondor to acknowledge Aragorn as king.
the unwillingness to take power and use it is a very common theme that is expressed to the lower class, that would be us
I sometimes wonder if tolkien wasn't in on the meme..."hey lets write this amazing bit of fictional lore where...get this...using power is...... BAD...hahahaha"
"noble soldiers can't trust themselves with the power to create and destroy, but for some reason people we've never met before are perfectly qualified to have that power"....this stuff just writes itself!
>>71776513
Congrats on your "collection" you must be so smart to buy all that stuff.
>>71776953
I was just demonstrating that I have a love for the books, as a response to your implication I had never read them.
>>71776735
tl;dr
>>71777166
Hence why you barely knew Boromir as a character. You can't criticize movies for not spoonfeeding you character development when there are plenty of Marvel movies out there for you.
>>71776749
Except in this case NO ONE is qualified to wield the power. Gandalf, literally an emissary of God himself would be corrupted by it. Everyone in the story is corruptible in the end, which is why the ring must be destroyed.
>>71777206
i'd take you seriously if you didn't use shit like raison d'etre just for the sake of using it, and anything you said negated anything i said, but alas i can't, mr tryhard
>>71777222
according to general wisdom, in the real world, all power is like the one ring, all power 'corrupts'
so your point just confirms that the story is about the complete rejection of power
nothing would serve a world leader more than for the lower class to believe that rejecting power is noble
>>71777222
You are not qualified to wield such digits.
>>71777305
fine, replace it for "reason for living". i couldn't think of another term for it while i was typing. the more time you spend policing other people's language the less you'll be able to communicate your thoughts and feelings.
>>71776735
>He's conflicted
>He makes a selfish choice
>He realizes his mistake
>It's too late, he dies
There's not much to miss, anon. You shouldn't deny that Boromir was watered down, out of necessity but watered down nonetheless.
>>71777463
Watered down if you compare it to the book maybe, but I think he had a full satisfying arc if you're not comparing the two separate works.
>Theoden cries on grave of his only son and give his speech
>Captain of Elves get stubbed and lookin at his dead mates while being catched by Aragorn.
>Gimly thinks that Hobbits were burnt with orks
Etc etc
Damn, LoTR had lots of good feels.
>>71777363
>>71777606
It was pretty good, but have you seen these?
>>71777346
Tolkien was a philosophical anarchist. Makes sense he would be against power. You forget quite a lot of notable people really did believe in slave morality.
>>71777346
Considering what happened when the lower class didn't reject power, is this really a bad message to relay?
>>71776472
Gandalf
>>71776953
Dude, uncalled for.
>>71776554
>Boromir
>Evil
>>71776464
Different poster. Would reading the books at this point sour the experience of the films? I never read them as a kid and found out about them juuuuust before the films via LOTR maps on Starcraft. I love the films, but I am curious about Tolkien's writing in general. Will the books jade me out of liking the films ala V for Vendetta/I am Legend?
>>71780772
>Wanting the ring
>Not evil
>>71774486
Why do fantasy series always peak when Sean Bean dies?
>>71776749
>implying you would trust men with power afer fighting in WWI
>>71775345
Boromir wasn't a villain, just a tragic example of the power of the ring's corruption
>>71781471
You do realize all men/creatures were corrupted by the ring with the exception of three individuals(four if you count Bombadil in the books) Aragorn, Faramir, and Sam. Boromir is a tragic character which is what was intended for him like told in the extended cut.
I watched Fellowship for the first time recently and I didn't feel anything when this happened.
I don't know how I was supposed to, either. He just gets thrown into the movie and we don't really get a reason to like him.
I mean, I did like him, just not enough to care if he died.
