What? You mean to say that you liked the snooty Elves? :)
About Aragorn. I wasn't really thrilled with Viggo either at first...but then he kind of grew on me. I think the grubbiness was a way of doing the "look foul"/"feel fair" part and I'd have liked to see that scene at the Prancing Pony. The way PJ did that was shorter and had the zip needed in a movie. I think they overdid the self-doubt stuff just a bit. There is some self doubt on Aragorn's part in the book but there was never any doubt (on Aragorn's or Elrond's part) that Aragorn meant to claim the kingship.
About Arwen the scene-stealing Elf. I think that she had to be given a bigger role in the movie or else Aragorn would look like a total jerk when he spurns Eowyn.
28. Aragorn never fought orcs during the attack. He went to the seats of hearing and seeing alone and then returned at the sound of Boromir's horn.
29. No one saw Frodo and Sam leaving. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli drew their conclusion from the evidence at the campsite after the attack.
The biggest problem I have with the movie is that too many see Frodo leaving and they just let him go! I liked it better when Frodo sneaked away to protect his friends. But then I realize that Aragorn had to pass his ring test at some point and since they changed the part at the Prancing Pony, they put it there. I don't really have a problem with the final orc battle scene...it's a movie after all. :)
It is a movie after all. Things need to be compressed, number of characters kept to a minimum, and add enough action and other "movie stuff" (like talking rings) to appeal to average movie goers (or else they wouldn't recoup production costs.) After I saw it the first time I spent a while thinking about the changes that had been made, more or less got over them (except for the snooty Elves!), and enjoyed the movie more on the second viewing.
Obviously, I disagree with everyone about most other aspects of the movie. It's not a big issue. I'll just avoid the rest of them.