The Weaknesses of Men...and Hobbits - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

ReededGoat · 12-21-2002, 07:42 AM

Aragorn's been weak from the get-go...at least when compared with his 'book' counterpart - There's nothing in the book about Aragorn doubting the strength of men or himself "The same blood runs in my veins - the same weakness" That's one of my least favorite lines of the two films so far. In the book, he's solid and proud of his bloodline - he's ready to take up the sword and the mantle of leader and king when he needs to. In the commentary on the extended FOTR, PJ says they made Aragorn 'more psychologically complex' I think it's this tinge of arrogance that led to so many unecessary changes in TTT - changes must be made, but they went nuts.

12-21-2002, 07:42 AM	#6
ReededGoat Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 32	Aragorn's been weak from the get-go...at least when compared with his 'book' counterpart - There's nothing in the book about Aragorn doubting the strength of men or himself "The same blood runs in my veins - the same weakness" That's one of my least favorite lines of the two films so far. In the book, he's solid and proud of his bloodline - he's ready to take up the sword and the mantle of leader and king when he needs to. In the commentary on the extended FOTR, PJ says they made Aragorn 'more psychologically complex' I think it's this tinge of arrogance that led to so many unecessary changes in TTT - changes must be made, but they went nuts.