Tolkien always said that Aragorn was what man could be if we put aside our petty divisions and owned up to our past. He is what we could be if we actually lived up to our supposed ideals and virtues. But Boromir. . .Boromir is mankind as we truely are, the most human of his humans. He is valourous, brave, inspiring, and wants so badly to be good. But he's also afraid, ambitious, capable of causing great harm, and easily corrupted. He wants to be good, and in many ways is. . .but he's also deeply flawed. I've never forgotten that. . .it sticks with me to this day.
A redemption stemming not only from his valor, but from his admittance of guilt and seeking of forgiveness for his misdeeds. Very Arthurian to me. Very beautiful.
But he was corrupted by the ring. The only reason Aragorn was able to resist it, is he’s didn’t have as much fear and doubt. He was Strider, he had literally nothing he cared about other than his elf girl. Boromir feared for his people and the whole of middle earth. The first time I saw this movie, I hated Boromir. He came off as the cliche one who turns against everyone immediately, but that wasn’t the case at all. He was used by the ring because he was the most susceptible, but that doesn’t mean he was weak. It’s like being the lowest paid athlete in the NBA, you’re a world class athlete, better than 99% of amateurs, but you’re a still not nearly as good as everyone else “in your league”. Frodo, and other hobbits, were ideal because of their relatively carefree existence. That’s why it basically just WORE DOWN Frodo by the end. It couldn’t corrupt him beyond being annoyed with Sam and saying “we can’t be friends anymore” then he lost it and was like “oh, I’ve been sick a fool” Just like when Ron and Harry were carrying the Horcruxes.
It's definitely no slight on Boromir's character that he became susceptible to the rings corruption. That was literally it's purpose, to corrupt the minds of Men. Even Gandalf refused it outright because even a Maia would succumb to it's power eventually.
@@portalinaAragorn definitely cared about much more than Arwen, which isn’t meant to diminish his love of Arwen. The films are really well done, however ( despite the length) they are basically crib notes versions of the books which kind of screwup some of the character motivations.
I read somewhere that in the piece of music that plays over Boromir's death, the choir is singing this line in Elvish: "I do not love the sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the hero for his glory; I love only that which they defend." That is a line that in the original books is spoken aloud by Faramir, Boromir's younger brother, used in the score for Boromir's death scene here to be a subtle reference to the relationship between the two brothers and to the theme of Boromir's character, which is to be the representative of mankind's capacity for service and noble sacrifice as well as our vulnerability to fear and corruption. He really is a true hero, not because he never did anything wrong, but because he owned his failures and gave his life to make them right in the service of a noble purpose greater than himself. "Be at peace, Son of Gondor." Emotional gut-punch every time without fail.
Legolas looking on starting to understand what death is but not quite fully grasping it. Gimli is just heartbroken & accepting it with a look that says "well...that's one more friend lost to the Enemy"
There’s at least one reactor who I will never watch. No heart, no feelings. I don’t know how you can watch the death of Boromir and feel nothing. He may have been a proud man but his heart was always pointed toward protecting his people. A true son of Gondor indeed. I weep for Boromir.
I don't even think boromir was proud, he was in despair and had the weight of saving his people on his shoulders, he was desperate and the ring used that weakness against him. He realized it at the end too and gave his life defending them. Aragon making that promise to save their people, gave him the hope he needed before dying.
What chokes me up isn't just his passing when he redeems himself but just his sheer determination & how definitely he stares up at Lurtz as the 4th arrow is drawn back then his pained & desperate *"they took the little ones!"* he's dying but his first instinct is to get his friends help "The mightiest man may be slayed by one arrow, Boromir was peirced by many."
It starts even further... Aragorn notices Boromir's shield being left behind, so he wonders where he went to. He's chasing Frodo at the time. Boromir momentarily lost the role of protector that he was all his life. If he had his shield with him, he might not have died. Three arrows sticking in him, but the first thing he needs to communicate to Aragorn is that Merry and Pippin were taken. He failed to protect them. Earlier in the journey he practiced with them, teaching them to parry and to evade, fight devensively so they could protect themselves. Not to attack. Just an incredible performance.
This is all the more amazing when you find out that there is a blooper in this scene. That orc really threw a real knife at Aragorn's face and Viggo Mortensen really slapped it away with his sword.
That will forever be a truly epic showing of that man's potential as a swordsman. To have such instincts to deflect a thrown knife with his sword like that without expecting it to really happen. You know you got a badass scene worth keeping in that moment. From a potentially deadly blooper to a awe inspiring deflection with the instincts of a warrior from older, bloodied, war torn times.
And also after Aragorn stabs Lurtz in the leg, Lurtz smacks him and then picks him up and headbutts him before smacking him away. I've heard that Lurtz' actor Lawrence Makoré actually decked Viggo on accident and then misjudged the distance to headbutt safely and really conked Viggo on his noggin and actually gave him a forearm to the face to send him flying away. After they cut, he felt so bad but Viggo, despite being hurt, loved all of it. I think he said: "I didn't want it to look THAT real, but man that's gonna look fantastic on film(or something like that)" and didn't get upset at Lawrence at all. I think they said that Viggo would spend an hr or two practicing sword fighting with his stunt double who was an actual swordsman. He said he knew some spots he couldn't safely do, but wanted to do what he could when he could
Viggo Mortensen dealt with a lot of pain making these movies. In the second movie when he kicks an Orc helmet and cries out, he was yelling because he actually had just broke his toe. But it works so well because in the scene he thinks Merry and Pippin were killed.
God Ashley Burton pissed me off lol. Lacks any empathy and understanding in a movie that essentially spoon feeds you the how and the why with the ring and Boromir. You cant trust anybody who does not cry over his death.
She doesn't get it. She's angry with the character and can't get past it to allow for the redemption character arc, which is unfortunate. Boromir is one of the best written characters in the entire trilogy.
@@UpDawgTVyeah. That’s why she’ll be alone forever. She’s got trauma that she doesn’t deal with and expects perfection from everyone/expects everyone to disappoint her. Easy to diagnose
I feel that the theatrical cut robbed this scene of its actual weight. You don't get much of Boromir besides him being shifty. His character is fleshed out more in the extended cut
Boromir wasn't really guilty of anything. The ring's influence can play on anyone's weaknesses. Even a ring-bearer, namely Frodo, can succumb to its lure.
Those with the heaviest burdens on their shoulders are the easiest to corrupt unfortunately. Thats why hobbits made such good ring bearer's. They have little, and want nothing else. Just a hearty supper, a nice chair, and a good smoke.
Nah. Just someone that doesn't have a long view or concept of character growth. People that can't accept nuance see Boromir like that. They can't/won't see that without him there, many times the fellowship would have been overrun.
after he gets hit with 2 arrows and he sees merry and pippins faces of fear. he tries one more time to keep going. that to me is what gets me everytime.
I do find it beautiful that in Boromir’s last breaths, he pledges his sword to and acknowledges Aragorn as his king. Especially when he had earlier said Gondor has no king, and needs no king
This whole scene brings me to tears, but I really lose it when Merry and Pippin charge the Uruk soldiers, knowing they won’t win, but out of the anguish and hopelessness of knowing Boromir died to protect them. 😭
The knife that Lurtz thrown against Aragorn was for real, and Viggo Mortensen deflected it in time (source: IMDb). As impressive as Boromir fighting beyond any possibility to survive trying to save the hobbits. His death, restoring his honor and redeeming himself, is one of the saddest, heart-breaking and greatest scenes of cinema.
Managing to introduce a new character, have you dislike him at first, feel conflicted about halfway through, then have you care and cry for him...all over the course of about two hours is amazing. Credit to JRR Tolkien, but also Jackson for managing to adapt that to screen so well.
23 years later and this scene still still hits hard, i remember watching this movie in the cinema with my dad and there was not a dry eye in the house.
Boromir is the most relatable character, we all hope we are Aragorn but really we are Boromir. He was under so much pressure to save his entire kingdom by his father and his own honour - he only wanted to protect his people and the ring exploits every weakness and turns it against you, he is very human. But in the end he overcomes his doubts and human frailties, he dies protecting Merry and Pippin his honour and bravery and goodness shines through and overcomes the evil of the ring - redemption is achieved, Aragorn knowing exactly why Boromir acted as he did bears him no ill will and mourns his passing. Be at peace son of Gondor.
Loved the mashup,..so glad to see a new generation experiencing these masterpieces in filmmaking, storytelling, lifted from Tolkien's books, now they can see why we were so enthralled by these movies, this scene, as Boromir lay dying, after fighting valiantly, theater was stone quiet, you could've heard a mosquito sneeze, I swear, and I know I teared up, probably wasn't the only one there doing that, it just was a powerful scene,..thank you for doing these videos, Godspeed, Peace ✌
_"In a dream, i saw the eastern sky go dark. But in the west a pale light lingered. A voice was crying. Our doom is near at hand!... Isildur's bane is found?"_ Boromir realised in the end he was mistaken. The pale light in the west was Isildur's heir, not Isildur's bane.
Duncan Idaho locked the door with a smirk, knowing he was going to die. Boromir died trying to protect the helpless and feeling like he failed. A tragic end for the bravest man in Gondor.
You've done the LotR community a great service, First Time Watching! Thank you so much for selecting the most emotionally draining sections of The Trilogy and revealing, in one place, the shock, love, hate, happiness, etc. these reactors felt when they first watched these great movies.
She is too dumb to understand that the ring corrupted Boromir. She acts like he is a bad human being. Just shows how she doesn’t understand what’s going on.
I never knew that the actor playing the Uruk leader improvised licking the blood off the blade. The level of acting from the Uruk/Orc actors in LotR was truly incredible and very underappreciated. For me, it's what separated the LotR trilogy from the Hobbit trilogy.
"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise." -Gandalf
Even though Boromir was corrupted by the ring he then knew his mistake and knew what he had to do and that was to protect the little ones, the 2 arrow that hit him he looked at the hobbits with sadness but knew he had to protect them with all his might and he continues to kill 2-3 more orcs, he went down probably one of the best honor/Brave deaths I’ve ever seen in films, R.I.P Boromir 😭
When the second arrow hits Boromir and he goes down you can see him lock eyes with Merry and Pippin, and that's what gives him the strength to go on fighting. Boromir and Aragorn were at odds but when Aragorn acknowledges "our people" and Boromir acknowledges him as king it is so moving and bittersweet. We start to not like Boromir during the journey but his death is one of the most heroic.
One of the best sequences in the HISTORY OF CINEMA! The penultimate girl did not understand at all the weight and journey of the character Boromir... there are people who are born to write incredible scripts and journeys like this redemption, and there are people who are born to be a terribIe reactor.
When Legolas comes upon Boromir dying, the perplexed expression on his face breaks my heart. Elves can only die during battle, otherwise they are immortal, so seeing how he could possibly die is a real curiosity to Legolas.
It's not so much curiosity as it is trying to grasp the situation, it was the same with Gandalf in Moria. Even in Lothlorien he does feel the grief but has no knowledge or concept of how to process it
The reaction of Ash is really disgusting for many reasons. 1/ She is the kind of nasty people who never forgives and doesn't believe in redemption 2/ She thinks that she would resist the influence of the ring so easily forgetting that even Frodo at the end tried to keep the ring 3/ She doesn't understand the reasons behind his demeanor and his weaknesses (protect a kingdom and his men that he loved, etc.).
Aragorn upon Boromir's death: "Be at peace, Son of Gondor." Regarding the shield that pinions Aragorn to the tree: there was a notch at the bottom of the shield, wide enough to span Aragorn's neck. What reactor VKunia calls an Orc is actually an Uruk-Hai, one of the manufactured soldiers in Saruman's army.
The most random detail that makes this scene hit harder for me: You hear the weight, the force of the arrows hitting him. Legolas has been firing shots all movie and they feel and sound light and effortless. When the arrows hit Boromir, you HEAR the impact. Its a thud. You can feel the force. Like each arrow is just driving the point (no pun intended) home, that Boromir is going to die. He has failed. Gondor will fall. And as the Uruk-Hai draws that final arrow, this will be symbolic of Boromir's final failure.... Freaking chills..
What makes this so powerful to me is this: Boromir was flawed, like all of us. And yet, unlike so many he was aware of his weaknesses and fought against them with courage, valour and right action. When the Ring corrupted his heart, but for a moment only, he had the strength again to fight against it and realise his error. The Ring had a will of its own and it knew Boromir was the strongest of the fellowship and betrayed him unto death. And when it came, like everything in his path before, Boromir met it with courage and valour. He fought on, mortally wounded. And as Pippin observed in the days to come, "The mightiest man may be slain by one arrow,' he said; 'and Boromir was pierced by many.". Even as his strength gave out, he defied still the Uruk Hai and fought on. When at last his companions reached him, they were met by a field of battle, Slain Uruk Hai lay strewn around Boromir. He fought as ten men, and though he could not see it, had redeemed his honour. The ring... had been successful in breaking the fellowship. Boromir's death is truly tragic.
This by far was the hardest death in lotr everyone cryied for boromir he truly sought out forgiveness before his end and he wantted to follow aragorn to the ends of the earth...
Dude how did that one chick not forgive Boromir…. What is she heartless? The ring corrupts ALL in time and he had a lot place on his shoulders… Boromir was just the unluckiest in the group at the time the ring was around them all. Even Frodo ultimately fails to destroy the ring in the end
Boromir had honour in every fiber but what an impossible position he was in, dutiful son, captain of the guard, true son of Gondor and protector of his people, heir aparant without Aragorn, yet tasked with saving his people, being in the fellowship and helping to destroy the one hope of his deranged father. Yet even against impossible odds, he fought for something simpler with his last breath. Life and Hope!
That is why the Peter Jackson movies will always tower above others. True redemption, character growth, true humanity and the potential of the best of humanity will always resonate with people.
His death in The Two Towers is even more badass. He is found sitting against a tree and his chest is riddled with a lot more arrows than the movie depicts, but around twenty or so Uruks dead around him. Boromir is actually barely breathing when Aragorn finds him, unlike the movie where he still has some strength left. Either way, Boromir died with hope on his face and like an outright boss.
Sean Bean killed off again 😢 What a performance 🥰 Two unscripted parts - the orc licking the blade and Aragorn hitting the knife away. The knife was supposed to go wide but the actor misjudged the throw. The very metal knife was headed for Viggo. He used his agility and sword skills to knock it away. It was kept in the movie.
Apparently Ashleigh has no concept of redemption or character arc. Boromir is one of the best written characters in the entire trilogy who redeems himself by giving the 'last full measure of devotion' in the end. He comes to understand his mistake, and acknowledges Aragorn as the 'one true king' of Gondor. Sad she doesn't see it.
I saw the thumbnail and thought "oh, the death lf need Stark" ... Then i realized my mistake... Then i remembered he died in everything he filmed... Then i thought okay, same same.
There’s a surprising amount of symbolism/parallelism with Boromir’s death. Both Boromir and Isildur were tempted by the ring. Isildur succumbs to it completely and dies with 3 arrows on his back. A sign of cowardice and his failure. Boromir is tempted as well, but absolves himself through his valor/courage. He dies with 3 arrows on his front. And he keeps fighting till the end. It fits Tolkien’s description of him. He is described as having the strength, wisdom and the sadness of the kings of old. In the end he fulfills his destiny.
The thing about this scene which is great cinema, but they couldn't hold to the books here. Boromir is shot twenty or thirty times and it took that many hits because of the armor he wore. Tolkien was representing a death by a thousand cuts, and how Boromir still fought through while bleeding out. The scene captures the heart of it but I wish for Boromir they would have shown him wearing his armor in this fight.
Here’s the issue with that, when I read the books, I never was given the idea that Tolkien actually liked Boromir and his death was just bad, because he was killed off panel at the beginning of Two Towers. So I do disagree with the notion that the books did it better
@@JamailvanWestering I think you misunderstood my point. I didn't say the books were better in this case. I was pointing out that Boromir's armor and outfit and the battle he had if done the way it is given to us in the books they either couldn't or didn't want to do it. I disagree though that his death is bad, it is just an unfortunate piece of writing where you have to cover so many characters in such a short period of time and keep the story moving. Instead of trying to describe this epic fight for us to walk through Tolkien understood that your imagination was going to be far better at creating this scene and how Boromir fought to his last breath. I can picture it to this day with archers standing in a circle around him firing arrow after arrow with Boromir deflecting arrows with the shield that he carried with random orcs running up drawn by the noise of the fight and it would not have been a bunch of orcs all at once because everyone both the orcs and the fellowship were spread out all over the place. And last if not least is Aragorn taking Boromirs gauntlets that he wore with the special crest on them. They could have easily created this scene without Aragorn being involved and Boromir knowing this was his last stand and being all alone to defend Pippin and Merry. And making the stand anyway. His death is Heroic without having to spend almost an entire chapter describing it. Later on when Pippin tells Denethor of his death he tells him that he was pierced by many arrows. So not only did Boromir kill many orcs that day his defense, courage and ferocity of battle made it impossible for the orcs to get to the hobbits throughout the fight and Pippin and Merry were there right up until he collapsed under the onslaught. The fight even if not described was epic and one that should have been shown on screen in cinema. That is my point.
Couple of noticable things. Before this scene when the group noticed Frodo disappeared, they glanced at Boromir's stuff, and he had left his shield to go after Frodo. If he had it it may have helped against arrows, but leaving it indirectly led to his demise. Also the third arrow split his horn, which is what Denethor was holding in ROTK in his first meeting with Gandalf. ...And did you know the Urikhai actor actually threw his dagger! 😂😂
Boromir's death was sad, but he went out like a gangsta. Even with arrows piercing his body. he didn't stop fighting. In the book. he went ham. He cut down 100 orcs by himself.
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Tolkien always said that Aragorn was what man could be if we put aside our petty divisions and owned up to our past. He is what we could be if we actually lived up to our supposed ideals and virtues. But Boromir. . .Boromir is mankind as we truely are, the most human of his humans. He is valourous, brave, inspiring, and wants so badly to be good. But he's also afraid, ambitious, capable of causing great harm, and easily corrupted. He wants to be good, and in many ways is. . .but he's also deeply flawed. I've never forgotten that. . .it sticks with me to this day.
I always sympathized with boromir, faramir, and Sam.
This...this comment right here 💯
@N7_Jedi I'm referring to his treatment by his father
@N7_Jedi Faramir was never tempted by the ring. Eat some brain pills.
This comment...this is it. Verry beautifully written.
A redemption stemming not only from his valor, but from his admittance of guilt and seeking of forgiveness for his misdeeds. Very Arthurian to me. Very beautiful.
But he was corrupted by the ring. The only reason Aragorn was able to resist it, is he’s didn’t have as much fear and doubt. He was Strider, he had literally nothing he cared about other than his elf girl.
Boromir feared for his people and the whole of middle earth. The first time I saw this movie, I hated Boromir. He came off as the cliche one who turns against everyone immediately, but that wasn’t the case at all.
He was used by the ring because he was the most susceptible, but that doesn’t mean he was weak. It’s like being the lowest paid athlete in the NBA, you’re a world class athlete, better than 99% of amateurs, but you’re a still not nearly as good as everyone else “in your league”.
Frodo, and other hobbits, were ideal because of their relatively carefree existence. That’s why it basically just WORE DOWN Frodo by the end. It couldn’t corrupt him beyond being annoyed with Sam and saying “we can’t be friends anymore” then he lost it and was like “oh, I’ve been sick a fool”
Just like when Ron and Harry were carrying the Horcruxes.
It's definitely no slight on Boromir's character that he became susceptible to the rings corruption. That was literally it's purpose, to corrupt the minds of Men. Even Gandalf refused it outright because even a Maia would succumb to it's power eventually.
@@portalinaAragorn definitely cared about much more than Arwen, which isn’t meant to diminish his love of Arwen. The films are really well done, however ( despite the length) they are basically crib notes versions of the books which kind of screwup some of the character motivations.
It's rather very Christian. LOTR is a Catholic work if anything.
@@wulfheort8021 not really.
Sean Bean himself said this was his favourite on screen death, and he had plenty to choose from 😁
Sean Bean was born to play these kind of characters. What a great actor.
sean must get a kick out of all the people crying over his deaths 😄
The man knows how to die
"We're just born to die" - Sean Bean with all his characters.
Poor guy always dies first movie, first season....
A coward dies a thousand deaths, Sean Bean calls that "tuesday"
Boromir's death scene never fails to sadden me no matter how many times I watch it.
You get ressistence over time like tolerance, but it's still a heart breaking scene and everyone including me knows it.
"The mightiest man may be slain by one arrow, and Boromir was pierced by many" - Pippin
I read somewhere that in the piece of music that plays over Boromir's death, the choir is singing this line in Elvish: "I do not love the sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the hero for his glory; I love only that which they defend." That is a line that in the original books is spoken aloud by Faramir, Boromir's younger brother, used in the score for Boromir's death scene here to be a subtle reference to the relationship between the two brothers and to the theme of Boromir's character, which is to be the representative of mankind's capacity for service and noble sacrifice as well as our vulnerability to fear and corruption. He really is a true hero, not because he never did anything wrong, but because he owned his failures and gave his life to make them right in the service of a noble purpose greater than himself.
"Be at peace, Son of Gondor." Emotional gut-punch every time without fail.
Tis indeeed correct
What ended me was when Aragorn said “…but he will not return.” Lift his head and you could see a large tear streaming down his face right there.. “
Legolas looking on starting to understand what death is but not quite fully grasping it. Gimli is just heartbroken & accepting it with a look that says "well...that's one more friend lost to the Enemy"
There’s at least one reactor who I will never watch. No heart, no feelings. I don’t know how you can watch the death of Boromir and feel nothing. He may have been a proud man but his heart was always pointed toward protecting his people. A true son of Gondor indeed. I weep for Boromir.
Who are we talking about here?
@@JamailvanWesteringAshleigh Burton 27:19
This...was not her series. 😅 She sobbed uncontrollably at Big Fish.
@@GarrettJayChristiandaddy issues
I don't even think boromir was proud, he was in despair and had the weight of saving his people on his shoulders, he was desperate and the ring used that weakness against him. He realized it at the end too and gave his life defending them. Aragon making that promise to save their people, gave him the hope he needed before dying.
It is very powerful moment when Boromir acknowledges his true King, Aragorn accepts his own destiny through his promise.
What chokes me up isn't just his passing when he redeems himself but just his sheer determination & how definitely he stares up at Lurtz as the 4th arrow is drawn back then his pained & desperate *"they took the little ones!"* he's dying but his first instinct is to get his friends help
"The mightiest man may be slayed by one arrow, Boromir was peirced by many."
It starts even further... Aragorn notices Boromir's shield being left behind, so he wonders where he went to. He's chasing Frodo at the time. Boromir momentarily lost the role of protector that he was all his life. If he had his shield with him, he might not have died.
Three arrows sticking in him, but the first thing he needs to communicate to Aragorn is that Merry and Pippin were taken. He failed to protect them. Earlier in the journey he practiced with them, teaching them to parry and to evade, fight devensively so they could protect themselves. Not to attack.
Just an incredible performance.
Ashleigh burton = red flag.
This is all the more amazing when you find out that there is a blooper in this scene. That orc really threw a real knife at Aragorn's face and Viggo Mortensen really slapped it away with his sword.
That will forever be a truly epic showing of that man's potential as a swordsman. To have such instincts to deflect a thrown knife with his sword like that without expecting it to really happen.
You know you got a badass scene worth keeping in that moment. From a potentially deadly blooper to a awe inspiring deflection with the instincts of a warrior from older, bloodied, war torn times.
And also after Aragorn stabs Lurtz in the leg, Lurtz smacks him and then picks him up and headbutts him before smacking him away. I've heard that Lurtz' actor Lawrence Makoré actually decked Viggo on accident and then misjudged the distance to headbutt safely and really conked Viggo on his noggin and actually gave him a forearm to the face to send him flying away. After they cut, he felt so bad but Viggo, despite being hurt, loved all of it. I think he said: "I didn't want it to look THAT real, but man that's gonna look fantastic on film(or something like that)" and didn't get upset at Lawrence at all. I think they said that Viggo would spend an hr or two practicing sword fighting with his stunt double who was an actual swordsman. He said he knew some spots he couldn't safely do, but wanted to do what he could when he could
Viggo Mortensen dealt with a lot of pain making these movies. In the second movie when he kicks an Orc helmet and cries out, he was yelling because he actually had just broke his toe. But it works so well because in the scene he thinks Merry and Pippin were killed.
REALLY I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE
@@MundusTransit Really really, a shocking fact not everyone knows. But it is a fact.
Screw Ashleigh Burton, automatically never watching you lolol
Why? She kill your cat or something?
@@alexfilma16 as a person who knew the cat, yes she did.
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God Ashley Burton pissed me off lol. Lacks any empathy and understanding in a movie that essentially spoon feeds you the how and the why with the ring and Boromir. You cant trust anybody who does not cry over his death.
I know right!! Her reaction felt like arrows numbers 4 to 6. 😢
She doesn't get it. She's angry with the character and can't get past it to allow for the redemption character arc, which is unfortunate.
Boromir is one of the best written characters in the entire trilogy.
@@Uller1967 You can tell she's one to hold grudges, quite bitter actually.
She’s miserable. Deep seated unresolved trauma in her that’s why she always had to be the “joker” in every reaction video. It’s plain as day.
@@UpDawgTVyeah. That’s why she’ll be alone forever. She’s got trauma that she doesn’t deal with and expects perfection from everyone/expects everyone to disappoint her. Easy to diagnose
I feel that the theatrical cut robbed this scene of its actual weight. You don't get much of Boromir besides him being shifty. His character is fleshed out more in the extended cut
Boromir wasn't really guilty of anything. The ring's influence can play on anyone's weaknesses. Even a ring-bearer, namely Frodo, can succumb to its lure.
Those with the heaviest burdens on their shoulders are the easiest to corrupt unfortunately. Thats why hobbits made such good ring bearer's. They have little, and want nothing else. Just a hearty supper, a nice chair, and a good smoke.
Galadriel literally said one by one each of the Fellowship would be corrupted. Boromir just happened to be the first
Damn man, Ashleigh's reaction was like arrow number four.
I know right
That was ruthless, pure savage lol
The character flew over her head and she didn't even notice.
in other words...he didn't understand the character's weight and journey at all...terrible reactor
Nah. Just someone that doesn't have a long view or concept of character growth. People that can't accept nuance see Boromir like that. They can't/won't see that without him there, many times the fellowship would have been overrun.
after he gets hit with 2 arrows and he sees merry and pippins faces of fear. he tries one more time to keep going. that to me is what gets me everytime.
the Boromir/Aragorn scene is a truly masterpiece
I do find it beautiful that in Boromir’s last breaths, he pledges his sword to and acknowledges Aragorn as his king. Especially when he had earlier said Gondor has no king, and needs no king
That red head at the end is petty AF. She was super annoying. But once again, it was a wonderful compilation! Thanknyou!
Boromir was always my favorite of the fellowship. Sean Bean knocked it out of the park with this role
This whole scene brings me to tears, but I really lose it when Merry and Pippin charge the Uruk soldiers, knowing they won’t win, but out of the anguish and hopelessness of knowing Boromir died to protect them. 😭
The knife that Lurtz thrown against Aragorn was for real, and Viggo Mortensen deflected it in time (source: IMDb). As impressive as Boromir fighting beyond any possibility to survive trying to save the hobbits. His death, restoring his honor and redeeming himself, is one of the saddest, heart-breaking and greatest scenes of cinema.
You made me watch one of my top 3 saddest deaths 13 times 😭😭
9:12 Cassie calling him Bromir is iconic for Boromir truly was one of the bros.
Managing to introduce a new character, have you dislike him at first, feel conflicted about halfway through, then have you care and cry for him...all over the course of about two hours is amazing. Credit to JRR Tolkien, but also Jackson for managing to adapt that to screen so well.
This was one of my favorite scenes in the book as well as in the movie. I read this a young teen and then seeing this at movies, I admit I cried.
"They will look for his coming from the White Tower... but he will not return." That line always gets me.
Reacting to Reactors....This is a very good concept!
Stef Solari has the most beautiful watery eyes I've ever seen....
never forget, first thing he says is "They took the little ones", everything else can wait to be said.
23 years later and this scene still still hits hard, i remember watching this movie in the cinema with my dad and there was not a dry eye in the house.
Boromir is the most relatable character, we all hope we are Aragorn but really we are Boromir. He was under so much pressure to save his entire kingdom by his father and his own honour - he only wanted to protect his people and the ring exploits every weakness and turns it against you, he is very human. But in the end he overcomes his doubts and human frailties, he dies protecting Merry and Pippin his honour and bravery and goodness shines through and overcomes the evil of the ring - redemption is achieved, Aragorn knowing exactly why Boromir acted as he did bears him no ill will and mourns his passing. Be at peace son of Gondor.
Loved the mashup,..so glad to see a new generation experiencing these masterpieces in filmmaking, storytelling, lifted from Tolkien's books, now they can see why we were so enthralled by these movies, this scene, as Boromir lay dying, after fighting valiantly, theater was stone quiet, you could've heard a mosquito sneeze, I swear, and I know I teared up, probably wasn't the only one there doing that, it just was a powerful scene,..thank you for doing these videos, Godspeed, Peace ✌
_"In a dream, i saw the eastern sky go dark. But in the west a pale light lingered. A voice was crying. Our doom is near at hand!... Isildur's bane is found?"_
Boromir realised in the end he was mistaken. The pale light in the west was Isildur's heir, not Isildur's bane.
Duncan Idaho locked the door with a smirk, knowing he was going to die.
Boromir died trying to protect the helpless and feeling like he failed. A tragic end for the bravest man in Gondor.
You've done the LotR community a great service, First Time Watching! Thank you so much for selecting the most emotionally draining sections of The Trilogy and revealing, in one place, the shock, love, hate, happiness, etc. these reactors felt when they first watched these great movies.
This scene is one of the reasons why FOTR is still my favorite of the 3 LOTR movies.
Some may know some may not but the dagger that is thrown at Aragorn (Viggo) was a real dagger…with his natural skill of blade he blocked it..
I love how Aragorn wears his bracers for the rest of the trilogy.
Seen the movie at least 100 times. I still cry.
Ashleigh ain’t the forgiving type 😂
the funniest thing is how she thinks someone cares about this lol
She really showed her 43 IQ here. Wow. What an imbecile.
No hope for a women that doesn't appreciate the humanity of Boromir
She is too dumb to understand that the ring corrupted Boromir. She acts like he is a bad human being. Just shows how she doesn’t understand what’s going on.
Exactly. What a bad woman that one.@@betterdeadthanred7410
One must say, nobody is as much of an artist in dying as Sean Bean
I never knew that the actor playing the Uruk leader improvised licking the blood off the blade. The level of acting from the Uruk/Orc actors in LotR was truly incredible and very underappreciated. For me, it's what separated the LotR trilogy from the Hobbit trilogy.
"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise." -Gandalf
Even though Boromir was corrupted by the ring he then knew his mistake and knew what he had to do and that was to protect the little ones, the 2 arrow that hit him he looked at the hobbits with sadness but knew he had to protect them with all his might and he continues to kill 2-3 more orcs, he went down probably one of the best honor/Brave deaths I’ve ever seen in films, R.I.P Boromir 😭
When the second arrow hits Boromir and he goes down you can see him lock eyes with Merry and Pippin, and that's what gives him the strength to go on fighting.
Boromir and Aragorn were at odds but when Aragorn acknowledges "our people" and Boromir acknowledges him as king it is so moving and bittersweet.
We start to not like Boromir during the journey but his death is one of the most heroic.
Boromir's death scene is so sad
If this is indeed her first time watching Fellowship, “He wants the world to be okay so badly,” is the most profound understanding of Boromir. 7:22
0:10 ya'll making jokes and then it gets real all of a sudden!
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Boromir's death always hits me hard, whether I watch the movies or play the games. RIP Son of Gondor.
This video ages me lol. To see people reacting for their first time watching this is.. emotional on many fronts
One of the best sequences in the HISTORY OF CINEMA! The penultimate girl did not understand at all the weight and journey of the character Boromir... there are people who are born to write incredible scripts and journeys like this redemption, and there are people who are born to be a terribIe reactor.
And there are people who are born to be butthurt over a fictional character
Boromir did stack up a lot of bodies on his way out
I am a staight, 30 year old man. I've seen these movies and read the books since I was 9. I NEVER cease to ugly cry on this scene...
This scene is so sad and powerful at the same time
When Legolas comes upon Boromir dying, the perplexed expression on his face breaks my heart. Elves can only die during battle, otherwise they are immortal, so seeing how he could possibly die is a real curiosity to Legolas.
It's not so much curiosity as it is trying to grasp the situation, it was the same with Gandalf in Moria. Even in Lothlorien he does feel the grief but has no knowledge or concept of how to process it
The reaction of Ash is really disgusting for many reasons. 1/ She is the kind of nasty people who never forgives and doesn't believe in redemption 2/ She thinks that she would resist the influence of the ring so easily forgetting that even Frodo at the end tried to keep the ring 3/ She doesn't understand the reasons behind his demeanor and his weaknesses (protect a kingdom and his men that he loved, etc.).
Aragorn upon Boromir's death: "Be at peace, Son of Gondor." Regarding the shield that pinions Aragorn to the tree: there was a notch at the bottom of the shield, wide enough to span Aragorn's neck. What reactor VKunia calls an Orc is actually an Uruk-Hai, one of the manufactured soldiers in Saruman's army.
“I would have followed you my brother, my Captain, my King.” Right in the feels every time.
28:10 - Wow, cold.
A litmus test for poor character.
These ladies held their tears better then I do
How have so many people not seen this
The most random detail that makes this scene hit harder for me:
You hear the weight, the force of the arrows hitting him. Legolas has been firing shots all movie and they feel and sound light and effortless. When the arrows hit Boromir, you HEAR the impact. Its a thud. You can feel the force. Like each arrow is just driving the point (no pun intended) home, that Boromir is going to die. He has failed. Gondor will fall.
And as the Uruk-Hai draws that final arrow, this will be symbolic of Boromir's final failure....
Freaking chills..
Great compilation!
Every man dreams of glorious death like Boromir.
What makes this so powerful to me is this:
Boromir was flawed, like all of us. And yet, unlike so many he was aware of his weaknesses and fought against them with courage, valour and right action. When the Ring corrupted his heart, but for a moment only, he had the strength again to fight against it and realise his error. The Ring had a will of its own and it knew Boromir was the strongest of the fellowship and betrayed him unto death. And when it came, like everything in his path before, Boromir met it with courage and valour. He fought on, mortally wounded. And as Pippin observed in the days to come, "The mightiest man may be slain by one arrow,' he said; 'and Boromir was pierced by many.".
Even as his strength gave out, he defied still the Uruk Hai and fought on. When at last his companions reached him, they were met by a field of battle, Slain Uruk Hai lay strewn around Boromir. He fought as ten men, and though he could not see it, had redeemed his honour.
The ring... had been successful in breaking the fellowship. Boromir's death is truly tragic.
27:30 She didn't understand the assignment
Cinema at its finest
This by far was the hardest death in lotr everyone cryied for boromir he truly sought out forgiveness before his end and he wantted to follow aragorn to the ends of the earth...
This scene makes me cry every time.
Dude how did that one chick not forgive Boromir…. What is she heartless? The ring corrupts ALL in time and he had a lot place on his shoulders… Boromir was just the unluckiest in the group at the time the ring was around them all. Even Frodo ultimately fails to destroy the ring in the end
Colette Cherry 🍒 SHE not here😢
Lol at Spartan and Pudgey "oh nawwwwwwo'
Boromir had honour in every fiber but what an impossible position he was in, dutiful son, captain of the guard, true son of Gondor and protector of his people, heir aparant without Aragorn, yet tasked with saving his people, being in the fellowship and helping to destroy the one hope of his deranged father. Yet even against impossible odds, he fought for something simpler with his last breath. Life and Hope!
Your face to the Starbucks hair compliment was😂 funny
That is why the Peter Jackson movies will always tower above others. True redemption, character growth, true humanity and the potential of the best of humanity will always resonate with people.
Fun fact: when he said my king, he gave a hint to what happens further on, Aragorn is the rightful king of gondor
And plus Aragon is the heir of isildur
Sean Bean IS the king of epic deaths.
Quote of the century!
Lurtz pulling the sword into himself was a declaration "you can kill me but you can't HURT me".
His death in The Two Towers is even more badass. He is found sitting against a tree and his chest is riddled with a lot more arrows than the movie depicts, but around twenty or so Uruks dead around him. Boromir is actually barely breathing when Aragorn finds him, unlike the movie where he still has some strength left.
Either way, Boromir died with hope on his face and like an outright boss.
I started crying at the first arrow
Boromir was man as it would be without aragorns return. But He fought like a true son of Gondor and was redeemed in life!
Pudgey cracks me up with her "Arr, narrr..." (Oh no) 🤣
Sean Bean killed off again 😢 What a performance 🥰
Two unscripted parts - the orc licking the blade and Aragorn hitting the knife away. The knife was supposed to go wide but the actor misjudged the throw. The very metal knife was headed for Viggo. He used his agility and sword skills to knock it away. It was kept in the movie.
The lurtz actor wasn't supposed to through a real knife at aragon but surprisingly aragon actor deflected a real knife that could hurt him
Apparently Ashleigh has no concept of redemption or character arc. Boromir is one of the best written characters in the entire trilogy who redeems himself by giving the 'last full measure of devotion' in the end. He comes to understand his mistake, and acknowledges Aragorn as the 'one true king' of Gondor.
Sad she doesn't see it.
I saw the thumbnail and thought "oh, the death lf need Stark" ... Then i realized my mistake... Then i remembered he died in everything he filmed... Then i thought okay, same same.
Top "Psychopaths trying to fake emotions"
The girl on the right, I did the same thing as he said, “my king.”
You can tell the red head towards the end struggles with forgiveness.. she was happy Boromir died
the man is dying and the first thing is say is in aid of merry and pippin......legend
There’s a surprising amount of symbolism/parallelism with Boromir’s death.
Both Boromir and Isildur were tempted by the ring. Isildur succumbs to it completely and dies with 3 arrows on his back. A sign of cowardice and his failure.
Boromir is tempted as well, but absolves himself through his valor/courage. He dies with 3 arrows on his front. And he keeps fighting till the end. It fits Tolkien’s description of him. He is described as having the strength, wisdom and the sadness of the kings of old. In the end he fulfills his destiny.
'My King!'
Cancel Ashleigh Burton.
No
"Guys look a new fantasy type show/movie...starring Sean Bean...oh no 😥😢"
Very reflective of Tolkiens beliefs and a very beautiful illustration for us all to see.
The thing about this scene which is great cinema, but they couldn't hold to the books here. Boromir is shot twenty or thirty times and it took that many hits because of the armor he wore. Tolkien was representing a death by a thousand cuts, and how Boromir still fought through while bleeding out. The scene captures the heart of it but I wish for Boromir they would have shown him wearing his armor in this fight.
Here’s the issue with that, when I read the books, I never was given the idea that Tolkien actually liked Boromir and his death was just bad, because he was killed off panel at the beginning of Two Towers.
So I do disagree with the notion that the books did it better
@@JamailvanWestering I think you misunderstood my point. I didn't say the books were better in this case. I was pointing out that Boromir's armor and outfit and the battle he had if done the way it is given to us in the books they either couldn't or didn't want to do it. I disagree though that his death is bad, it is just an unfortunate piece of writing where you have to cover so many characters in such a short period of time and keep the story moving. Instead of trying to describe this epic fight for us to walk through Tolkien understood that your imagination was going to be far better at creating this scene and how Boromir fought to his last breath. I can picture it to this day with archers standing in a circle around him firing arrow after arrow with Boromir deflecting arrows with the shield that he carried with random orcs running up drawn by the noise of the fight and it would not have been a bunch of orcs all at once because everyone both the orcs and the fellowship were spread out all over the place. And last if not least is Aragorn taking Boromirs gauntlets that he wore with the special crest on them. They could have easily created this scene without Aragorn being involved and Boromir knowing this was his last stand and being all alone to defend Pippin and Merry. And making the stand anyway. His death is Heroic without having to spend almost an entire chapter describing it. Later on when Pippin tells Denethor of his death he tells him that he was pierced by many arrows. So not only did Boromir kill many orcs that day his defense, courage and ferocity of battle made it impossible for the orcs to get to the hobbits throughout the fight and Pippin and Merry were there right up until he collapsed under the onslaught. The fight even if not described was epic and one that should have been shown on screen in cinema. That is my point.
Couple of noticable things. Before this scene when the group noticed Frodo disappeared, they glanced at Boromir's stuff, and he had left his shield to go after Frodo. If he had it it may have helped against arrows, but leaving it indirectly led to his demise. Also the third arrow split his horn, which is what Denethor was holding in ROTK in his first meeting with Gandalf.
...And did you know the Urikhai actor actually threw his dagger! 😂😂
Boromir's death was sad, but he went out like a gangsta. Even with arrows piercing his body. he didn't stop fighting. In the book. he went ham. He cut down 100 orcs by himself.