Dumbing it down

[Essex]

Originally Posted by tar-ancalime

What bothered me was the clunky, ungrammatical, and anachronistic language Theoden used: Why not "No father should have to bury his son." Or "No king." The insertion of gender-equal language in this situation rings a little false to me, not to mention the lack or agreement between "parent" and "their."

No disrespect, Tar-ancalime, but I think if we were to disect the movie to this level, then we will be here till doosmsday!