The dividing line between the first two films

[Rivendell_librarian]

Tolkien starts The Two Towers with the death of Boromir, ending The Fellowship of the Ring with Frodo and Sam crossing the Anduin. Peter Jackson includes the death of Boromir in the first film. I think this was the right decision given the time between the release of the first two films. The three parts of the trilogy were published a few months apart but I believe Tolkien intended there to be a single volume edition (?).

One of the better images from the films is that of Frodo and Sam making their way to Mordor at the end of TFOTR.

 

[Þráinn Þórhallsson]

I know Tolkien always hated the fact that he had to split the story into three books instead of publishing it as one. However as somebody who dislikes how these days every movie in a series has to be compared to the previous on, I like how Jacksson made the Amon Hen battle into a big final climax for the first film giving it a type of closure that Tolkien might have hated, but I appreciate as Frodo and Sam standing in front of Mordor after a big final battle gives the first film a clear beginning, middle and end despite having follow ups.

 

[Vardarianna]

Tolkien starts The Two Towers with the death of Boromir, ending The Fellowship of the Ring with Frodo and Sam crossing the Anduin. Peter Jackson includes the death of Boromir in the first film. I think this was the right decision given the time between the release of the first two films. The three parts of the trilogy were published a few months apart but I believe Tolkien intended there to be a single volume edition (?).

One of the better images from the films is that of Frodo and Sam making their way to Mordor at the end of TFOTR.

I did like that ending scene of Sam and Frodo. I was seven the first time I saw the movie, and I admit to still sniffling when I first saw that scene. I was pretty much crying from the time Boromir was slain and his farewell in the boat. I still get teary-eyed thinking about it. I thought Peter Jackson drew the line between movies quite well.

I had a crush on Aragorn, but I also had one on Boromir... 😭