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A lot had to be explained with a few lines of dialogue. Tons. Just to play one of the scenarios... How are you going to show Aragorn's faith about what the dawn will bring? A confident stare? Why couldn't that hope come from Gandalf? I don't see it changing anything.

Aragorn will the the King. He needs to show us confidence and faith, not Gandalf. There would be time for his words at Helm's Deep if Jackson hadn't pitched him over a cliff instead.

Jeepers Brady! I just don't see a deal breaker here... All of us who know the characters can give them whatever thoughts they must have had. The book forced us to use our imagination to see all these events. The movie gives us some of the pictures, but that doesn't mean you have to turn off your imagination and accept only what is on screen.

Use your imagination. Give your characters the thoughts and virtues and struggles you know they had to make your story work. In Aragorn I see everything I need to see to make the story work for me. Much of it told to me well by Jackson, and the rest filled in by my own experience.