😂

OMG I literally died....

LMFAO good one

🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂

Not so many meetings with fathers-in-law go quite this well.

This is when he becomes King though he may not know it

The king of Elves and the king of Men.

Alucard BloodyVampire yeah with a hint of “you wanna marry my daughter?? Be a man, be the King and kill the Dark Lord or shove the sword up your ass.”

Daniel Cannata I don’t think Elrond was king.

KILL THE BOY

Same here!!!. I love it ❤. It's such a powerful line.

The line put aside the ranger. Become who you were born to be is my favourite part as well?💖💖🥳🥳💯💯

Multiclass into fighter for Action Surge

​@@irishsaturday7577 The DnD version lol

Who’s the king of Gondolf?

And then the music swells as he reveals Anduril, my heart fills everytime I watch this scene

It could also be pride, to see the boy, I know Aragon isn't Elrod son, you raised to become a Man.

I thought it was funny with jazz hands lol

"You know it's you, get over your fears, get over your doubts, prove you're worthy of my daughter, prove you're worthy of the crown that's rightfully yours - save them all"

+Dina Issakova And that the very condition Elrond establishes for Arwen and Aragorn's relationship is that he must become King of both Gondor and Arnor first... He doesn't like the idea from the very beginning, and now that Arwen's dying... It's a heartbreaking scene

Dina Issakova what I like about this scene is watching it when your older it's like when your parents tell u it's time to stand on your own two feet so it's like a symbolic father and son moment of now your man so go take responsibility make your mark on the world, I love those scenes that just make u tear little bit

Full Comic Alchemist Urgh same although my parents never gave me a really cool sword when I started college XD

Dina Issakova Wish we had some prequel scenes of his childhood in Rivendell.

1misanthropist Uh, no. The books never said that. Trust me, I've read the books over 10 times.

best comment ever

imagine risking your life fighting for rohan then the king tells you to wake up the homeless ranger guy then he points a blade at you and youre just trying to help

But he got to brag about it later, assuming he survived Pellenor...ah, fuck it, nobody back in Rohan would believe him. Mumakil, Witch Kings, Gates of Mordor....

Lol! I would NOT want to be that guard!

This comment is underrated!

I agree. the Star wars saga for example, 1-6 made history, 7-9 is a failure and the only person who won in that trilogy was John Williams music score.

@@paulsteinhauser434 the only good thing about the prequels is the music. But the music in star wars still doesnt compare to LOTRs music

I honestly think there’s other movies that are just as awesome as LotR. However, in the case of the fantasy genre, I’d LOVE to see movies that are just as amazing as LotR.

When the government isnt doing anything, businesses are closed, restaurants are laying people off, the economy is going downhill, Americans turning against each other, and the rest of 2020 going to shit: Elrond: Our list of allies grows thin

@@Daniel-gp6sd the prequels are better then the originals. Revenge of the Sith was a masterpiece

Unrivaled

@@eazyuchiha.5979 elvish insults

Me too!

Reminiscent of (during the good years) 'Kill the boy, Jon Snow...winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy...and let the man be born.

Multiclass: ranger/warrior

@James Kessler Ever since I saw the movie in theaters I've wondered that very thing! What was the conversation that had King Theoden looking the way he did and taking his leave? I think Elrond told him who Aragorn really was, the High King of Gondor.

theoden "so aragorn comes in, i leave and you sit there menacingly with your hood covering your face right?" Elrond "Yup"

Theoden already knew who Aragorn is.

It’s a conversation between the King of Men and the King of the Elves. Theoden just knew his place

@@mgreco712 Theoden is also a king - though he is a "Middle Men" defined by Númenóreans, "High Men"

Aron Johansson and infinity ammo !!!! 😂

Don't forget about its active ability which summons forth an army of dead.

Reach 2. 1d12+8 damage/1 handed. 1d20+10/2 handed. +9000000. Keen. Hatred. Fire damage: 1d100. On strike, 2% chance of greater ruin. Master strike. +28 holy avenger. Weapon pro: elf and king of man epic gear. Requirements: king of man 98. Weapon master prestige class 3. Greater cleave. epic cleave, overwhelming criticals. Battle command 21/18. Min THACO: -9. Dex 16+. +3 to will save. +6 charisma. Charges: epic grand supreme speech 1/1; once per day, win any battle without resolution. King of man 1/1; be half as awesome during epic grand supreme speech as Theoden. Half elf noble only. Legendary. Binds on pick-up. Elf runes: vorpal, 14+. Mandatory vow: marry an elf.

lmao

Also summons a hot elf wife.

He’s still got his sons, the Twin brothers who joined Aragorn on any hunt he made against the orcs as vengeance for their mother.

@@jackdaone6469 Though since they stayed behind in Middle Earth, it's possible they chose the fate of Men as well.

Don’t forget Aragorn is his adoptive son, at this point he might be losing him too.

He was so good at healing others but needed to heal himself

His choice to belong to the Eldar and not the Edain entails the suffers of an immortal life. He had the choice and took it, through him, the lines of the Halfelves were reconnected

His respect for his ancestors is incredible. Aragorn is a real king...

Well it makes it easier when you were literally born to become king of the whole darn place.

So... a story of the chosen one?? Yeah, very few movies like that .... right.

Not really. Almost 90% of the Fantasy genre for books, TV shows, and movies follow the "born to be" trope, including Game of Thrones and Harry Potter. Movies like Army of Darkness could be used as an example of genre counter-point though.

I think it's more of a "there are several paths, which one will you take?"

and they're all copying this. Tolkien is the founding father of fantasy. fight me if you disagree xD

*TOOK

TOOL OF A TOOK!

Ethan Cha "Ive come for the man i love." "I am deeply flattered, man, but my first and only love is the sea" "meaning Will"

TOOK OF A TOOL

Someone please put this in an Abridged somewhere. XD

And what a long pointy sword!

​@marjoriecoey3418 Eh, it actually has quite realistic proportions. This is fairly normal. The swords you usually see in Hollywood are the unrealistic ones. Often they look like a nerf gun does compared to a real gun.

@@TheShowdown16nah aargon is also slightly super human.

Its a Twohander. Hence the length.@@TheShowdown16

​@@user-rx3uq9fs2mtechnically thats a hand-and-a-half sword aka bastard sword. But to get my original point across look, for example, at the swords in netflixes the witcher.

It always seemed kinda dumb to me that he would wander around wearing a broken sword. The movie version makes more sense.

Don't know, I like Aragorn's character in the books better exactly because of this difference. In the books he has accepted his fate as a future king by the time the journey starts - he leaves Imladris already with reforged Narsil. He knows it is his destiny and he is ready for it, even though it's not what he desires. In the movies for some reason it takes Arwen almost dead for him to accept his fate. Almost like he accepts it only because he wants so save her - which is romantic, but ruins the whole "Aragorn is the True King" plot. I like it better when Aragorn knows his fate and carries it with responsibility and wisdom, if not some pride, than when he takes it almost unwillingly and being forced. Maybe the movie version is more human, but the book version makes more sense in the legendarium. I've also heard that Faramir's character was changed in the movies sort of in a bad way (he falls under the temptation of the Ring, which never happened in the books, and he just doesn't treat Frodo and Sam really well) because of the fact that the writers thought people wouldn't accept Aragorn as the King if Faramir were too nice (because, you know, Aragorn as the King is kind of a rival to Faramir who is the Steward of Gondor). And you know - with Aragorn like he is in the movies, it makes sense! In the books you never doubt Aragorn is *the King*. In the movies... Well, I have already written about that. I don't say I don't like the movie version at all, it is interesting and adds some tension and is more cinematographic (duh), but the book version is just more logical in Tolkien's world (again, duh - Tolkien wrote it, so, obviously). The True King is not supposed to meet his destiny just because there was no other choice to save his love, he should meet it with pride.

He never went near Dale in the books and he met the hobbits in Bree. And he was carrying the broken shards of the sword. Try reading the books yourself

Dale?

The blade is broken when Aragorn meets the hobbits in Bree. Have you even read the source material??

you should be alive

TREY MCCLURE He actually survived through animation up until three years before Star Wars IV.

Brigham Bentley he and his brother fought many Jedi together after he was given a second shot at legs. Lmao

Don't forget the books. I agree star wars just doesn't have as powerful a story

No one is at the level of lotr trilogy

+Wang Yao LOL! Nice

Wang Yao imagining this in Elronds voice LOL

"Do it for daddy"

I love this comment!! That just what I was thinking!

elrond look like agent smith from the matrix

@@Kurgan0822 Elendil the Tall.

The sword is 130 cm long!

Viggo Mortenson wanted all the weapon props he used to weigh as much as real swords. That wasn't acting.

@@teamvlcn6820 Its not referring to the physical weight, but the weight of responsibility of kingship and his family line.

​​@@YorgarAn easy way to illustrate that is with the physical weight of it though. 😊 They pulled a similar trick with the ring. Illustrating the great burden of it when Bilbo takes it off it falls straight to the ground with almost no bounce at all, giving it the appearance of something very heavy and burdensome.

That is a completely beautiful concept.

Well... shit. I never even thought of that.

One does not simply make this much sense

Damn. That's beautiful.

I never knew Narsil was forged by dwarves until recently. I thought Elendil brought it with him from Numenor when he sailed to middle earth.

Howard Shore won three Oscars for LOTR, two of them for "Return of the King."

this is the shit

I came here for this kind of comment this is exactly what I think and feel when I think of this moment.

You can hear the glory of Númenor in the Elder Days

Fucking epic.

+Baxter Rhodes Lord Elrond somehow refuses to talk to him, regardless he is a king.

+Derrick Liu I always imagined Elrond told Theoden that Aragorn had to take the Dimhold road for them to have a chance in the upcoming battle. Later when asked why Aragorn leaves Theoden states "He leave because he must".

+Hjalmar Lind I'd rather say they did not talk much at all. Theoden was 71, too young and immature to understand Lord Elrond wants to say.

+Derrick Liu If Elrond was such a douchebag to men he wouldn't have invited Boromir and other men to his council

+ChaosCollection Gondor was part of the original alliance, he had to. It is most likely first time he met Boromir anyway.

There are so many words

And then again when Aragorn is crowned king

jackson is a genius

+Joey Fredrickson Didn't know this detail, but it sure sounds like Viggo.

+Joey Fredrickson I hear the man went fishing between shoots, now that's a man I would love to have a beer with.

+Joey Fredrickson well the sword he uses in LOTR 1,2 is also real as he almost got arrested for walking around with it, as he was asked to walk with it to sort of be in character, he dined with the sword and the police came in, but left as they found out he was from the LOTR set.

+Joey Fredrickson Thank goodness he didn't cut himself or slice Elrond's head off lol

+Joey Fredrickson And later both Viggo and Bernard Hill complain, the 'jewel sword' is heavy as...

ok this is the best

Aragon is a ranger. He spent many years of his life wandering the wild alone. It's probably still a habit from those days

They used to be adventurers like us, but them they took Aragorn's knife to the knee.

@TheLatiosnlatias02 I was TRYING to be creative, damnit!!!

Wouldn't it be immensely funny if he accidentically stabbed Elrond as he drew out Anduril from the sheath? :D

Hah

i c what you did there.

Nah.... The scene would cut as soon as Lord Elrond showed his face.

but that's what Aragorn says in the movies: "I do not want that power. I have never wanted it." Aragorn in the books knew since he became a man that he was the only one who could unite the kingdoms of Men against Mordor. It was a destiny he had been preparing a lifetime for, fighting the enemy in the service of Gondor and Rohan. Narsil was reforged and given to him when he left for the quest with the Fellowship, instead of Elrond randomly appearing and presenting it to him at the last moment.

@@vaahtobileet Exactly. The movies are excellent entertainment but many liberties were taken to make them flow on screen. One should read the books first, before seeing the movies. Form one's own mental picture of what things looked like and then compare that with Peter Jackson's realization. There's some excellent casting in these films, Ian McKellen as Gandalf in particular, and John Rnys-Davies as Gimli.

This is one comment that is untouchable. Respect for your knowledge.

Well.. you read the silmarillion

This is Sindarin, not Quenya, but you're right about everything else.

NERD!!!

You have “Colbert” levels of Tolkien knowledge apparently.

Wat

Gray Fullbuster Maybe not a disaster but it definitely would not be the same. Cage is best when he's allowed to be a goofball, he can't pull off anything really regal. Which is probably why he's never been picked to play Superman either.

Darth Venar Nicholas Cage was the first choice for Aragorn.

Darth Venar Sean Connery was the first choice for Gandalf, too.

Gray Fullbuster Oh God. He's an absolutely terrible actor in my opinion

Yes. It’s been a long time coming.

Peter Jackson confirmed that he is working on a new extended cut for the 25th anniversary.

You got your wish. They're showing it again in theaters.

I just fear that if they did that they'd remove, add, or change things that aren't true to Tolkien's vision, or at the very least true to what these movies have done. Too many times have remastered versions of movies modified the original matter too much to where it becomes relatively damaging.

@@joevaghn457Exactly. You know that they would change the appearances of the characters or the story to make it more “inclusive”. There is nothing I want more in life than a remake of this but the characters cannot be replaced. The perfect casting is by far the best part of the trilogy.

From his perspective, makes a lot of sense - even the greatest of men, those who could surpass the elves, fell in Númenor. Their blood was now diluted, barely a shadow of their glorious past. Yet, right in front of him, he sees a human king who shines as bright as during the days of old.

Considering that Elrond's brother, Elros, was the first King of Númenor, he would remember the "days of old" a lot differently.

That movie is 20 years old

Literally no one else would fit these roles. Hugo and Viggo were perfect!

just watched RoTK again last night and it still leaves me in awe. these movies were truly something else!

timeless movies!

peachlily22 some of the best movies in history and I don’t think anybody can argue that.

ask Randall

To be fair every scene is epic. Amazing trilogy.

+FurryAminal Ret main spec

He started as a Hunter eventually changed to Paladin :P

LOL, best comment

Become who you were born to be. Mr. Anderson...lol

Lmao

"Holy shit. Look at these stats. +5 to hit and damage, Holy Avenger?"

+Andrew Wang Yes, he did... but why was it necessary?

caderly123 because Anduril (or Narsil, rather, which was reforged into Anduril) was an heirloom from the old kings of Gondor. Aragorn's doubt wasn't really a big thing in the first movie (or book); it's only as he approaches his rightful city that it starts surfacing. In the book Anduril is treated like just another random powerup for Aragorn "oh hey, check out this wicked awesome sword, go kill some orcs". We understand it's symbolic, the king going back to his kingdom should have the king's sword, but I feel it has more impact here in the third movie, at the peak of Aragorn's doubt.

+Andrew Wang well especially in the 1st movie, Aragorn mentions a lot of doubt about his fellow "men of Gondor", it's the bromance with Boromir that warms him up

You may be right about the sword, the king of Gondor theme obviously connects much more with the last movie. And it was always obvious that the sword is highly symbolic. In the first movie it is a symbol of the near-defeat of the high kings of men, "no more than a broken heirloom" - as the Anduril, it's a symbol of hope and a sign that the old prophecy (?) is now becoming true since the sword has been reforged. Also in this scene the father-in-law giving Aragorn the sword can be seen as a little kick in the ass, but also as a very groundbreaking moment for Aragorn as he is most probably thinking, "you actually did reforge the sword, and for ME?" - the movie Elrond seems like the foster father who never saw Aragorn live up to his expectations, and never gave him serious encouragament (also we find an analogue to the story of Beren - Luthien - Thingol, if you know that story). It is only through Arwen's insistence and out of desperation that Elrond finally does the move (of reforging) and recognizes that there is more to this ranger than what he usually gives credit for. Then again, at this point Aragorn has survived and led the party through Moria, and lead men to victory at Helm's Deep against overwhelming odds.

Idk I liked how he fought with the shards of narsil until it got reforged.

lol xD

Is that a sword between your legs or are you just happy to see me?

that could be interpreted in either sexual ways, or in murderous way

Willem Verheij A long and strong, powerful gift.

Fighter with a bow

Aragorn "Thats impossible" Elrond "No. Inevitable."

Eowyn: What's he doing? Elron: He is beginning to believe.

Elrond: “Put aside the Ranger. Become who you were born to be.” Aragorn: “Huh” Elrond: “A two-hand melee character!"

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And those were Aragorns mother's last words to Aragorn.

​@@curly6722true. That too

That music, the fanfare for Anduril.

Goosebumps every time!

Straight up chills and verge of tears every fricking time

Five Neumann M-150 picked up that music from the orchestra and the wav files burned this scene into our brains. The horn players can now sleep easier.

Such a moment for the return of Anduril!!!

You’d never hear words like this from women these days with the rampancy of Feminism.

It’s true tho, women inspired men to fight on, it’s what Keeps is men motivated to keep pushing until the soy arrives...

You missed capitalizing the first Hope as Aragorns birth name means Hope. She gave Hope(Aragorn) to the the duradain in order to give hope to mankind. That last part is such a deep dialog. Its on a whole other level. Also Aragorn lived with Elrond for his first 20 years or so until he moved out on rivendell

@@thevegastan That is unnecessary.

@@thevegastan stfu incel

Ya nice crib for a king on the road!

Lmao I thought so

renkar820 Yeah, that poem was made by Bilbo Baggins. He rocks too.

That first line always bothers me. It should obviously be "Not all that is gold glitters" but that wouldn't fit the form of the poem.

@Jeremy Brookes actually Bilbo is the one who originally wrote it. In the "Council of Elrond" chapter, Bilbo gets a little miffed at people doubting Aragorn and recites it. He then sits down and asides to Frodo that he wrote that about the "Dunadan" as he knows him when Aragorn first told Bilbo about himself. Gandalf only included it in the letter so they would know he's really him.

@@jangtheconqueror It shouldn't. It means the opposite, that Aragorn is an epic bastard even if he looks like a simple ranger

@@jangtheconqueror "All that is gold does not glitter" doesn't mean "gold doesn't glitter." It means "some things that are made of gold do not glitter." Aragorn is "made of gold", but he "doesn't glitter". Tolkien reverted the older, more pessimistic saying "All that glitters is not gold". The modern saying was popularized by Shakespeare, but Tolkien surely dug deeper into the history of the phrase en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_that_glitters_is_not_gold edit: I'm not implying that the phrasing COULDN'T be as you said it should be, I'm just saying that the meaning is really the same.

@G E T R E K T 905 😆

You can't really blame him. We all were.

@@duckpwnd Lol Yeah

He's channeling thousands of years of hype waiting for the person that would end Sauron.

@@BREAKocean Couldn't agree more

Damn never knew that

yep that's true in the book that's why when the witch king flies at him in the the book he just draws in one breath and is content when his horse is thrown

Well, If i would have to bet all my money i would say Elrond and Theoden never met, in the books Elrond doesnt leave Rivendel, not even to deliver Anduril because Aragorn already carried it since the fellowship left Rivendel. Galadriel through Gandalf told Aragorn to take the path of the dead of Dunharrow and Elladan and Elrohir told Aragorn, in the name of Elrond, to remember Malbeth the seer prophecy. In the books Theoden has nothing to do with Eowyn and Faramir either, they just met in the house of healing right after Pelennor Battle, and thats it. So, friend, sorry, but your commentary is fake.

@@ryan1000011 Again, this does not happen, in the book Snowmane is killed by a black arrow and it just falls upon Theoden crushing him.

@@TheLuisaco see it's been 15 years since i read and the black arrow sounds like something I remember so maybe i'm thinking about something else i'll have to re-read em

Those words were said by Gilraen, Aragorns mother, before passing away

ESTEL

What was the elfish line Elrond sad before these lines?

@James Kessler Add the double-meaning and know that when Elrond's father, Earendil, first appeared in the sky as a star with the Silmaril, the elves named the new star Gil-Estel, "Star of Hope".

Exactly my thoughts :)

Not to mention that FINALLY revealing the reforging of the sword of Elendil and presenting the newly reforged Anduril to Aragorn releases ALL that buildup to what the 3rd title represents for Aragorn's story - the Return of the King.

It wouldn't had too much sense in the books, where he is determined to become a King of Gondor (and Arnor) from the very start (among many other reasons, only then he could marry Arwen) and doesn't have all those forced dillemas presented in the movies. So why the fuck would he receive the blade in the third book, he didn't deserved it when he left the Rivendell? O_o

Bear in mind that Tolkien wrote LOTR as one very large book, which was later divided into three parts by publisher. The "return of the King" takes place through all the story, but in subtler way then in the movies.

Godunow100 I actually think it's one improvement made having Aragon have about becoming king to me was more interested than in the book him already deciding that

Talha K What’s even harder to believe is that Lee Pace who played Thranduil in the Hobbit is 2 years younger than Orlando Bloom who plays his son; Legolas

Well thats the thing about elves and men who have elf blood... They can hire an actor of any middle aged and call it good to be whoever ;)

Talha K maybe Viggo has good genes?😁

that s because aragorn is dunedine

Talha K what?? You fucking kiddi g me?? Well... Viggo is a dunedain

Austin Franks we watch it every year. Until we die, apparently.

Well Gondor have more Muslims nw

Even a horse gets one as well, that's how good it is.

David Fernández chills.

THEY WILL ANSWER TO THE KING OF HODOR!

@@a.j.s.1310 in that very moment Aragorn has decapitated Elrond:D it was close

Hugo was so great as Elrond! I know some ppl thought that he was a weird choice, but I thought he was perfect

Yep.

Daxing Li actually dude, Thranduil is older than Elrond, having been born in Doriath before its destruction, Elrond was born when they went to the havens of Sirion in the year 532 of the first age, Doriath was destroyed in the year 503 of the first age

madmeddik Well played.

I think everyone (or at least most of the people) have a thing for elves. :D

Because their cool?

Because they're beautiful, wise, loyal and fearless in another words. :)

Same.

It wasn’t in the book!? Man! Peter Jackson really outdid himself in this movie!!!

@@ethanschmid4104 No it's not. In the books, Aragorn already carried Andúril when the fellowship left Rivendell. I really like how they changed it in the movies tho. Aragorn slowly changing from Strider to Isildurs heir throughout the story.

@@bufflucario same here.It gives Aragorn a character arc to fill and receiving Anduril this late in the war, especially in a time when Gondor needed their king the most.

@@ethanschmid4104 The "reluctant hero" storytelling trope was not something that existed in medieval literature. It's a modern storytelling convention. Tolkien sought to make Aragorn a mythic and medieval hero, and using modern storytelling tropes would have absolutely killed that intention completely.

@@brooksboy78 Almost every main character in the bible/tora is a reluctant hero. It‘s really not that modern :)

AGREED

my thoughts too.

It's because of this new trend of "subverting expectations". They want shock value so much they lose sight of the plot.

@@sanayakhan2042 "Subverting expectations" is often stupid because the reason there are expectations in the first place is because you've spent time laying groundwork for something to happen, only to decide at the last minute that none of it mattered and those narrative setups no longer have any narrative payoff. It's amateur-hour storytelling, so it's no wonder Dave and Dan went for it.

This guy thinks LOTR has more complex plot and characters than GOT lmao.

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Is this a reference to something? Lol

Aragorn through the bushes: Excuse me, can someone hand me some wipes. Elrond hands him the sword. Aragorn: So do I wipe with the sword, or summon those who dwell in the mountains to come wipe me?

Imagine if Pippin said that hahaha

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As if a human could spear Lord Elrond to death...

He does have a ring of power

Actually, Nazgul is the Wyvern that the WRAITHS ride.

"The Nazgûl also called Ringwraiths, Ring-wraiths, Black Riders, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine... They were nine men who succumbed to Sauron's power and attained near-immortality as wraiths..." - Taken from wiki, but Aragon also say in the first movie when in Bree, way before the introduction of the Wyvern, that they are called Nazgul, a.k.a Ring-wraiths. Quote is, "They're the Nazgul. Ring-wraiths. Neither living nor dead."

I like him better in the books. In the books the sword was reforged in fellowship of the ring, and Aragorn only intended to follow the fellowship till they reached Gondor.

I will give you that. Its been a long time since I read the books so I wouldnt know but Ill agree with you there.

I like the novels and the movies equally

@@lolwut112 In the books, Aragorn is a one-dimensional Mary Sue. He is so rude and he flashes his sword to the Guards of Edoras and insults them for doing their jobs. And we're supposed to think that guy is so kingly. Tolkien wrote him as such.

@@tiaaaron3278 Gary Stue, You obviously haven't read the books.

Hard disagree. It was a terrible idea that robs Aragorn of his character growth. The entire point of re-forging Narsil, and Aragorn's acceptance of it after the Council of Elrond, is his acceptance of his destiny. But, he doesn't actually accept that destiny until after Gandalf falls in Moria and he must choose between continuing the journey to Mordor with Frodo or saving Pippin and Merry. It takes two books to see that growth in Aragorn but PJ and his fellow writers decided to tie this moment to Arwen's impending death in order to make her (not Aragorn) a more relevant character. When he chooses to walk the Paths of the Dead, it is a choice that Aragorn makes but others consider unwise. That, again, shows him coming into his own as the King of the West. Again, this scene undercuts that choice because Aragorn's decision to walk that path directly springs from Elrond's advice in this scene as opposed to Aragorn looking into the palantir. Little things like this really ruined ROTK for me as the movie departed more and more from the dominant themes of the books.

@@TalisUmbras In fairness, in the books Galadriel first reminds Aragorn of the Paths of the Dead through Gandalf after his return ("but dark is the path appointed for thee/the dead watch the road that leads to the sea") and is then also counselled to take the path by Elladan and Elrohir, Elrond's sons. ('Elrohir said to him: "I bring word to you from my father: The days are short. If thou art in haste, remember the Paths of the Dead."'') So it wasn't wholly Aragorn's idea; and the sons of Elrond also brought the standard that Arwen made for him. Given the sons of Elrond were erased from the movies, I suppose Elrond himself became their substitute, but I would have preferred that Elrond was bringing him the standard, rather than the sword.

Jackson made many good changes to the story. In many ways the movies are superior to the books even though I love the books.

@@walover165 Yet Aragorn states quite clearly that he would have to be very desperate indeed before he would consider taking that path. It wasn't until he struggled with Sauron by way of the Palantir does he make that decision.

@@TalisUmbras ?

Nope I too thought the sword looked too big for him! XD But to be fair; the High King Elendil, it's original owner, was said to be about 7'11.

just two bros hanging out in a tent showing off their swords

Same lol!

Can't be bigger than Cloud's Sword! That show off! :P

Imagine he just cut down the tent by mistake xD

Cause it’s all about agendas and identity politics nowadays

The soundtrack is just next level perfect

@@Jjw338 2016 called, they want their reactionary internet-poisoned whinging and seething back

A buddy of mine has one of the actual props from the movie. It's actually incredibly uncomfortable in the hand. Those ridges dig into your palm like you wouldn't believe.

I wish they would have kept it like the book because the sword was re-forged halfway through the fellowship of the rings and Aragorn carries it after the group was first formed. The book The Two Towers shows him using it at night and its lite up like a flame while he is killing those goblin-orcs abominations.

@@michaelmichaelagnew8503 Nah, the fact that Aragorn got the sword in the darkest hour was the best decision. Book Aragorn is sorta onedimensional: he gets the sword and goes yelling about his kingdom over and over. Movie Aragorn is reluctant to reclaim the crown until he finally understands it's the only way they can actually save Middle Earth.

It's the correct film. Elrond literally hands him the code to unlock the virus that dwell in the mountains.