Wow, He Really Screwed Up With Those Films Didnt He (LOTR inaccuracies)

Originally posted by el-pirate
Big changes: In the books, Aragorn spends his life in steadfast preparation to reclaim his heritage. In the film, he's a waffler who isn't sure he wants to be king
Who he is: Corrupted wizard who abandons the side of good to align with the evil lord Sauron.

Big changes: Saruman's role was inflated in "The Two Towers," making it appear as though he's the trilogy's chief foe. But he disappears entirely in "Return of the King," dismissed with the tying-up-loose-ends comment that Saruman is nothing to worry about anymore.

Long story, good summary -

Short criticism on my side.
I cannot really remember Aragorn spending his life in preparation to be king 😖 no, definitely not. Sure, he wants to be king - mostly maybe because of Elrond's word that his daughter should only marry the King of Gondor and Arnor -, but he doesnt spend his life with that, he prefers the less selfish way of supporting the free peoples of Middle-earth, he lives as a ranger in the woods, hunting orcs, fighting battles in alliance with Gondor and Rohan (cf his history as Thorongil) and so on - the same as he does in the film. He isn't really the super-ambitious king's-heir in the book, no. Not as undecisive as in the films, but I don't think the difference is really so big.

Secondly - Saruman doesn't disappear utterly, he will be on the EE where his end is explained. It's still VERY different from the books and I'm not happy with it, but he isn't totally gone.

well, haven't seen EE yet, shall do that. but about aragorn, in the movie he doesn't even want to be king, and is even scared of becomming one (if i remember this correcly, saw the movie long time ago) he only went to gondor because otherwise Arwen would die. don't like pj version!

- EE isn't published yet 😛
But there are already pictures and screenies available of the scene, and it was already confirmed several times that the scenes will be on the EE.

Scared of becoming one? hmm, I don't think so... he's a little more reluctant than in the books and often tries to avoid the subject, but overall I don't have the impression that he really didn't want to become king - he just wants to hide that he does want to 😛 I think that's quite clear at the Council of Elrond and also in some later scenes like their arrival in Rohan.

aragorn-still not king

i dont think there will ever be a book adaption film that will ever be totally precise w/ the book. I dont think there ever has been.

probably not, that would be very hard. and then they'd have to make a lot more movies!

Jurassic Park wasnt accurate, but still a great film adaption, Troy was just horrible it destroyed the story of "The Illiad" god, the Lotr trillogy was still great it had some changes here and there but as i said there hasnt been one book adaption that hasnt.