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I must confess that it has been a long while since I have read the books, so my memory of Aragorn's book character has been blured a bit, but I do seem to remember that to others, especially the Hobbits at first, Aragorn truly did seem to be little more than a regular Ranger with nothing "special" about him. His true heiritage and kingliness only showed itself, at least in the first book, on occasion, where Frodo would notice how suddenly he had "changed," as is demonstrated in this quote when Aragorn beholds the Argonath on Anduin:
"...Frodo turned and saw Strider, and yet not Strider, for the weatherworn Ranger was no longer there. In the stern sat Aragorn son of Arathorn, prould and erect...his hood was cast back...a light was in his eyes: a king returning from exile to his own land."
Perhaps for the movie, they decided to bring out more of the "weatherworn Ranger" into Aragorn's character. I just wish they would have had a few moments like the one above in the movies. I think it would have added so much. Although modern audiences tend to relate more to struggle than perfection, I think that to have glimpsed a few moments of "perfection" in Aragorn's movie character would not have been unwelcome to a non-book audience.
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