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Morthoron · 01-07-2009, 01:15 PM

Hi Lommie,

I think Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn is perhaps his weakest portrayal in his last 5 or 6 films (a few, like Eastern Promises, have been outstanding). His voice in no way carries any command like the formidable voices of McKellan or Lee (his speech at the Black Gate is thin and reedy), he aint tall (so it struck me as funny when folk were calling him 'Strider'), and as you mentioned previously, Jackson did him no favors with a muddled script, making Aragorn appear often friendless, whiny and indecisive (and Elrond was another whiny character in the films).

I will watch FotR or RotK occassionally, but I just can't bring myself to watch the Two Towers ever again. I'm hoping Del Toro presents a better scripted version of The Hobbit, or at least is able to flex his creative muscles and pimp-slap Jackson and Boyens when their plot-making gets ludicrous.

01-07-2009, 01:15 PM	#35
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Hi Lommie, I think Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn is perhaps his weakest portrayal in his last 5 or 6 films (a few, like Eastern Promises, have been outstanding). His voice in no way carries any command like the formidable voices of McKellan or Lee (his speech at the Black Gate is thin and reedy), he aint tall (so it struck me as funny when folk were calling him 'Strider'), and as you mentioned previously, Jackson did him no favors with a muddled script, making Aragorn appear often friendless, whiny and indecisive (and Elrond was another whiny character in the films). I will watch FotR or RotK occassionally, but I just can't bring myself to watch the Two Towers ever again. I'm hoping Del Toro presents a better scripted version of The Hobbit, or at least is able to flex his creative muscles and pimp-slap Jackson and Boyens when their plot-making gets ludicrous. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.