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Originally Posted by Thinlómien
Or is this all just because teenagers have to include sexual agenda everywhere?
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I think this is the right point. I might be mistaken, however.
Anyway, only one other thing I have to say is, that probably the moments of Aragorn and Legolas staring at each other, or Frodo and Sam, or even Boromir's death scene, are the moments when the deep feelings of the heroes are shown: the purest feelings of friendship, understanding the other one, sharing the burden of the other at least psychically, letting him know that I am his friend and I am here to stand by his side - against the dark things which he has to fight against. In the movie, it is harder to describe these moments rather than in the book - you can just show the characters staring at each other, you cannot describe what they think (unless you use that "resonating voice in my head" trick). And because it seems many people don't understand these feelings, they make their own conclusions about what's going on in that scene.
I don't know if you know older films like Vinnetou, but this is just the same. Vinnetou&Old Shatterhand make themselves brothers, there are these moments like Aragorn&Legolas. I don't think if people speculated about Vinnetou&Old Shatterhand in this way. But it's the same: these are the moments where the audience is shown that they are not just "Hey man we gonna smash these Orcs then you can return home and I'll get hired as mercenary for the Rohirrim militia" meet-on-the-road band of hired killers. There are relationships between them, they support each other, they are even friends to each other. This is what makes Aragorn and even Boromir (who hardly knows him) jump to Gandalf's aid against the terrible demon from the underworld, crying "Elendil!" and "Gondor!" I'm not sure if there is a moment in the movie when Aragorn stares at Merry and Pippin when they realize they are safe after the long pursuit in Rohan, but if it is not, it could be there as well. This is what the scenes show: the characters care for each other, and if someone cannot understand that, it's his problem. So that's about it I think.