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Aragorn is obviously far weaker in the movies than in the books. In the books he has quiet confidence (to be distinguished from arrogance). His desire at every point is to go to Gondor (reference his passionate song in Book III Chapter II), but he must put other things above that desire. Ultimately, of course, his road leads him to Minas Tirith.
In the movies, on the other hand, Aragorn is unsure of himself. "You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself." This quote is significant. In the book it is spoken by Aragorn himself at the Council of Elrond when he is questioned by Boromir. In the movie Arwen says it as Aragorn looks at the shards of Narsil. The book Aragorn is in the end untarnished by the deeds of his ancestor, while the movie Aragorn feels that he is doomed to repeat them.
As a sidenote, Aragorn is only one of the many characters who are weakened in the movies. Frodo, Gandalf, Theoden, Denethor, Faramir, etc. are all weaker in the films than in the books.
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THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING
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