10 Worst Changes Peter Jackson Made To The Lord Of The Rings

10. Removing The Warg Attack On The Fellowship

Jackson was never going to be able to include all of Tolkien's original writing in the films. If he had, he'd mostly likely still be shooting. But one of the most captivating scenes from the first book was omitted for apparently no good reason at all.

During the Fellowship's journey through the Pass of Caradhras, they are forced to head for the Gates of Moria. While they find shelter, they hear voices on the wind. In the film the voice was Saruman summoning a storm to bring down the mountain, but in the books this turns out to be the howling of wargs.

The Fellowship have to desperately fight throughout the night to hold back the foul beasts. They kill many but eventually Gandalf is forced to use his magic, lighting the hilltop in a torrent of flame and driving the remaining wargs away. In the morning the Fellowship are unable to find any of the beast they killed.

It's one of the first real challenges the Fellowship face and serves to show the mysterious and ominous power of the servants of evil. It also shows Gandalf's unwillingness to use magic due to its draining effect and the attention it would bring to the Fellowship's movements - something Jackson barely touches on in the trilogy.