[Wordsmith]

How about an Aragorn bash?

"Aragorn fares no better. Instead of a man gentle and strong because he knows himself, he is a conflicted and tortured victim of self-doubt... Jackson has transformed the story of a king ready to claim his crown into an adolescent "coming of age" story in which a "strong" woman keeps him from falling under the strain of the conflict within his soul."

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I'll agree that the movie didn't convey Aragorn's age very well, IMHO. According to the Tale of Years, he's 87 at the time FOTR begins... just a year younger than Denethor and 17 years older than Theoden! Old enough to have long ago settled any "coming of age" issues!

[Overtaxed]

Yeah, I thought Aragorn was too self-doubting....but I don't have a neat Aragorn bash icon ready!

[Sam Cree]

I agree with most of that stuff, still adore the movie

[RosieCotton]

Instead of a man gentle and strong because he knows himself, he is a conflicted and tortured victim of self-doubt...

I've complained about this before with regards to the movie Aragorn. I don't see him doubting himself or his duty in the books. He DOES (in the books) become more kingly as the story moves along, and maybe Jackson is purposely making him a bit weak at the start in order to better show that transition, but I like Aragorn a lot better in the book.