Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"?
Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn.
Aragorn: I like "Strider."
Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Eddie Lizard was in it.
Eddie Izzard?
because of the humanity and indecision he shows.
And the sheer reluctance. I think what makes movie!Aragorn for me is in TTT, first where he and Legolas are arguing in the arms room about the fate of the Rohirrim, and second where he picks up where Theoden loses hope and demands that they not give up, even in the face of insurmountable odds. To me, that is kingly. That is Aragorn accepting a fate he did not want. And I can see the echoes of book!Aragorn in movie!Aragorn, only with more hotness.
Aragorn in the novel was a cypher, and ceased to be actually interesting round about the middle of The Two Towers.
I think this is why I was so desperately in love with book-Eomer when I first read TTT. Aragorn had gotten boring, but we're introduced to this ferocious fighter who's funny, develops a great relationship with Gimli, and is very protective of his sister. I'm so looking forward to more Eomer scenes in RotKEE.
The odd thing is, I totally support the changes PJ made to Faramir, but the same changes made to Aragorn just bugged me, especially in RotK. After Helm's Deep, I thought he'd moved past the whole "No, I cannot be King, for I am so weak!" phase, and then it turned out he hadn't. RotK felt like a huge step backwards in character development without any reason for it.
RotK felt like a huge step backwards in character development without any reason for it.
The only time it bugged me was when he actually received the crown, where he looks kind of miserable and befuddled and anxious. By then at least, he should be ready to be King.
Aww, the scene with the crown I really liked. No matter how ready he is to be king, actually being crowned is going to be a freaky moment.
Plus, the robes looked really uncomfortable. I'm sure he would have looked much more kingly if he'd been able to move his arms.
And that crown had to weigh a ton!
"Heavy is the head that wears the crown" indeed. "Heavy is that fucking crown."
All I'm sayin' is Aragorn is gonna need him a good chiropractor.
All I'm sayin' is Aragorn is gonna need him a good chiropractor.
I think the trick would be to glue his hair into a support network of flying-buttress dreadlocks.
