<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>As for Aragorn, no he's not like that in the book. It's a change.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Yes, & for the better. In the books, Aragorn is more like a person from the old Icelandic sagas. A one-dimensional hero. In the movies, he's closer to a real person, with doubts & fears, & IMO, more interesting. I think he would have been unbearable as the book character through 3 movies...<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Otherwise it looks like Aragorn is super, super, super human if ya know what I mean.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>No it don't! Cos as I stated above, Aragorn is portrayed <I>as a human</I> in the movies. It makes perfect sense to have him come to terms with his fate in the beginning of the next movie, as he, Legolas & Gimli walks this dark path. And, putting it bluntly, the Dunedain are not necessary in the narrative perspective of the movies. The strenght in men is already being shown by both the people of Rohan & the people of Gondor - still fighting the dark lord, despite the bad odds.
|