I don't agree that the miscast Aragorn is minor. I hated him from the first. I have responded on a thread in the Books forum with several of my issues about Movie-gorn. See <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=003402&p=4" TARGET=_blank>Book vs. Movie characters</A>.<P>I am no casting specialist, so previously, I could only imagine Mel Gibson in that role.<P>However, it suddenly clicked for me this weekend when I saw FotR-EE for the first time. It was in a theatre, actually. I said, They should have cast Sean Bean in the role. (Just like someone mentioned here on this thread.) He can really act. Broad shoulders on Aragorn, anyone?<P>Sean Bean--and Mel--both have good voices, too. <I>Viggo's pinched little kazoo-like voice</I> gives me nausea. We were watching TTT-EE at home the other night, and my 12-1/2 year old son pinched his nose and mocked Aragorn in one scene--it was hilarious...but so sad.<P>Well, on second thought, maybe the casting <I>is appropriate after all</I> for the movie effect they wanted to achieve. Which is, in my opinion, <B>a wimpy, indecisive Aragorn</B> who:<P>A. doesn't know if he really loves Arwen enough to ask her to become mortal on his account--<I>'Yes, dear, if you insist...'</I><P>B. and doesn't want or think himself capable of leading a people, let alone being a glorious king of the West--<I>'Ooh, don't give me those shards of that old heirloom sword, I am not worthy...and swords with names just frighten me!'</I><P>(Sorry if I just stepped on your favorite actor or portrayal. )
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For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying. -Gandalf, The Two Towers
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