Each Member Of The Fellowship Of The Ring Ranked Worst To Best

Story-telling has seen a large assortment of well-written team-ups, an ensemble of impressive individuals coming together to create a team that challenges evil, and fantasy is one of the genres that have the best examples of this.

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings needs no introduction; it's the leader of the fantasy genre in book and film form. Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy will go down as one of the best to ever be put to film, and one of the most excellent parts of this trilogy was the interpretation of the fellowship of the ring.

To create this list implies that any member of the fellowship can be considered weak; this, of course, is far from accurate. The truth is that individual members of the fellowship are superior to others. The judgement on them comes from two approaches, one being an examination on how they contribute and help the cause, the second being their character both in depiction and reception.

Although each of these iconic creations has their own merits and drawbacks, they harmonise perfectly, forming one of the most significant groups ever to be seen in story-telling, judging them as a whole proves that they are flawless. It is in assessing them as individuals that we can see their merits and flaws.

Sean Bean has become an icon in the fantasy world, playing two of the most compelling and divisive characters that we have seen in the genre. Although Ned Stark was a brilliant role, it can never beat Boromir.

As a soldier, a character and a performance Boromir deserves better than being at the lowest position; unfortunately, his contribution to the fellowship of the ring was to be a source of conflict for the characters to overcome. The pressure he feels to honour his father and maintain the safety of Gondor, coupled with his weak mental fortitude led to the collapse of the fellowship, and due to this, he has to rank last.

This is not to discredit all of the excellent work that Boromir did. He always acted as the voice of reason when it came to the Halflings, evidently caring on numerous occasions where others saw no time for patience. Heroically, Boromir dies defending Merry and Pippin. This minor redemption seeks to help Boromir; however, his attempting to steal the ring from Frodo proves that his place in the trilogy was as the conflict of the first film and not a consistent character.