10 Movie Deaths That Completely Ruined You

5. Boromir - Lord Of The Rings

The Green Mile
New Line Cinema

The most heroic death scene of all time, Boromir’s fate is one that's wholly human, coming shortly after succumbing to the corruption of the ring and wanting to take it for his own. Realising the error of his ways and throwing himself wholeheartedly into an ill-timed attacked from the Uruk-hai, Boromir’s valiant attempt to protect his friends is his redemption story: as well as the last one he ever tells.

You will never feel hatred as potently as looking into the chieftain Uruk-hai’s eyes as he lines up his last shot into Boromir’s fate, and never feel hope as hotly as when Aragorn leaps into action to take him out. Unfortunately, there really isn’t a lot you can do about three arrows to the chest. At the very least, they’re an apt metaphor for how it feels to lose the Gondor golden child.

You deserved so much better, sweet prince.

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