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So, that would definitely make it appear that Aragorn broke the laws he was bound to, and murdered a messenger
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Although the Mouth of Sauron is certainly a messenger in the books, a great point was brought up in another thread.
Essex offered the fact that, in the movies, MoS never offered any parly or any real message (aside from the opening pleasantries). Since he appeared to be there more to mock than to parly, Aragorn wasn't necessarily bound by the same laws that he was in the books.
That said, I still am not comfortable with the scene. It certainly was out of character for 'book-Aragorn', but whether it was for movie-Aragorn or not is definitly a tougher question. As Boromir brought up, MovieGorn was not able to control his emotions on other occasions--kicking a helmet after assuming Merry & Pippin were dead, throwing himself into combat after Haldir's death, etc--so that makes it difficult to decide whether or not he should've controlled himself here or not. I suppose the best measuring-stick for this one is your feelings, & I know it didn't
feel much like Aragorn to me, regardless of any arguments I brought to myself.