Quote of the Day

[ealgylden]

From the Fringedwellers' commentary on FotR (thanks again to thenightsfall for the recc):

"Absolutely my favourite moment in the entire film. You can hear it all in Boromir's voice, I said we should make for the gap of Rohan, we could have had reinforcements and been halfway to Mordor. I said this was a bad idea, but no, nobody listens to Boromir, we have to follow the directions of a halfling who doesn't know which way up to hold the map and now we have to fight Orcs and... 'They have a cave troll.'"

Comments

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

'They have a cave troll.'"

Best. Line. Ever.

My favorite line in the movie. His delivery is so perfect. So very much, "I knew this was a bad idea, and it just keeps getting WORSE." But very understated and British. Or Gondorian. Whatever. *g*

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Hee, exactly! It's a great character moment for something so brief, and SB gets the delivery exactly right. Plus, funny. Definitely funny.

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

BWA! I too love the expression on his face - the whole "I KNEW this was going to get even worse" rolling of his eyes. Heh!

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

It's such a great moment. So much personality squeezed into an eyeroll and a single line. Poor, poor Boromir...

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahaaaa! I love it. That is such a brilliant line. The delivery...it says all of those things, it really does. You can *hear* him rolling his eyes.

Must go read that now. Thanks for the rec!

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

You can *hear* him rolling his eyes.

You can, it's fabulous! I just love that moment. And the website is a riot. Smart, snarky and (naturally) in tune with the greatness of my favorite characters. But of course. *g*

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Me too! That line could've really sucked with the wrong delivery, but good old Bean came through. His performance made me fall totally in love with Boromir, something the books had never managed to do.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

His performance made me fall totally in love with Boromir, something the books had never managed to do.

Oh, me too. I didn't hate book!Boromir, but he was far from my favorite character. But SB's performance was so textured and so sensitive that I fell and fell hard for the character. Movie!Boromir is so wonderful that he's even vastly improved my opinion of book!Boromir, which is a nice side effect (though the lack of the visuals and the voice are a shame).

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I'd hazard a guess it was the sword lesson scene with Merry and Pippin that cemented my love for Boromir. So cute, that. And I was sniffling so much when he died.