"A shadow and a thought" interpretation?

[Zigûr]

Originally Posted by Odysseus

However, I must ask, if the comparison to her brother is so crucial to understanding aragorn's response, why did they not include it in the film?

Who can say why they made the decisions they did? But the filmmakers regularly cherry-picked bits and pieces of the original dialogue and repurposed them without maintaining their context or meaning. Whether that is because they didn't understand or just wanted some pithy-sounding phrases is really something we can only speculate upon, isn't it?

[Odysseus]

Originally Posted by Zigûr

Who can say why they made the decisions they did? But the filmmakers regularly cherry-picked bits and pieces of the original dialogue and repurposed them without maintaining their context or meaning. Whether that is because they didn't understand or just wanted some pithy-sounding phrases is really something we can only speculate upon, isn't it?

True enough I suppose. I think there's a lot to squeeze into a film which even now runs far longer than most. Not to mention, and I don't mean to sound conceited or snobbish, but the trilogy has to be made available to an extremely wide audience, not all of whom are going to be that willing to delve deeper into the films more complex parts. A shame nonetheless.