The Change That Made The Lord of the Rings Better

This might be one of the most emotional endings in film history…but it wasn’t supposed to happen this way.

There's no doubt, The Lord of the Rings is by far one of the most faithful, yet entertaining book adaptations ever put to film. And in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir’s death serves as a devastating and unforgettable finale.

But in The Lord of the Rings novels? It doesn’t happen there at all.

So why did Peter Jackson change it, and why does it work so much better on screen?