StW, while I agree with the view that Aragorn is one of the most righteous, just, and ethical characters of the story, I disagree that he was absolutely pure, moral, good...however you want to put it. There is a little Aragorn quote regarding the capture of Gollum and moving him to Mirkwood, where Aragorn wasn't all that gentle with him. Also, I find his arrival in Rohan, where he demands his will should trump the will of Theoden, in Theoden's own hall to sound rather power-hungry and over the top. Why else would Gandalf restrain Aragorn from asserting his "power?"
As a side note to the "Let's hunt some orc" bit in the movies,
Bethberry, you might find this interesting:
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"I am called Strider," answered Aragorn. "I came out of the North. I am hunting orcs."~The Riders of Rohan
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