Fellowship of the Ring, The: Boromir (Sean Bean)

Well to each its own I guess. With movies, my opinion of watching a bad guy die is that I can see what's going to happen to him and want it to happen. I don't know why but that's just the way I am. When Aragorn killed Lurtz I felt a little let down since I think I would have liked it better if Boromir killed his killer.

Also contrary to an earlier comment, Lurtz is definitely not the most important Orc in the trilogy. He only appears for like 2 scenes (in Saruman's mines in Isengard and again at the climax). The most important thing he does is kill off Boromir which doesn't advance the story as much as everyone thinks it does (he recognizes Aragorn as the king, he never said he had to be the king). The most important Orc is probably either Radbug (Saruman's second-in-command along with Grima Wormtongue), Ugluk (the leader of the Orcs who attacks Helm's Deep) or Lieutenant Gothmog (the Witch-King's buddy who helps him attack Minas Tirith).

I know this isn't a forum but this is the first place I can think of to post this: I plan on making movies later in my life (I'm currently finishing up college and I'm typing scripts for fun) and one of the movies I'm thinking of is a spoof of the Fellowship of the Ring (and the other two). I'm one of those guys who likes songs in their movies so I'm kinda stuck on which of these songs to use for the climax (Boromir's last stand and Aragorn's fight with Lurtz). The ones I'm thinking of are Paint It Black (symbolizing Boromir's heroic last stand), London Calling (due to the tempo being easy to keep up with the fighting) or No Reason (same reason as Paint It Black). Any thoughts (also check out Ugluk and Gollum for suggestions there).

Actually Mr. Briggs Inc., arrows don't impale, they stab. Impalement is when the killing object goes straight through the killed person's body. Arrows stabbed him in major organs such as the stomach, lungs and heart which is the fatal part. If they impaled we would have seen the points coming out from Boromir's back. Also to the writer of this piece Lurtz doesn't use a bow and arrow to off Boromir. He uses a crossbow. There's a difference... not a big one but still a difference.

I take back my earlier comments about this death being disappointing. In the original version I think a few could think that but I rented the Extended Edition yesterday and the climax is epic!!!! When Pippin and Merry are about to die on a bridge of sorts Boromir pretty much just jumps 50 feet in the air and offs the Orc with his own axe. I also found it pretty cool when Boromir kept on getting up and killing Orcs even after an arrow to the heart and stomach slows him down.