I'd like to add my two cents...
Personally, I was more surprised not by Aragorn's appearance, but by his fighting style. When, at the end of the first part, he drops his weapon in a canonical, Hollywood-style manner and starts exchanging blows with an Orc, reminiscent of glorious American brawls in some bar, that's when I felt disappointed and realized what kind of film they were making and for whom... It seems that "Hollywood" (by which I mean an entire market segment of the film industry, without specifying anything in particular) is too obsessed with the idea of equality...:smile30: That is, whether you're Aragorn or not, you'll get hit just like any ordinary foot soldier. However, in the book, he is a great hero, and I don't think I need to explain the meaning of the concept of "Hero" here, do I? :confused: Let's just say he's a hero of level 27-28... and therefore, he should be cutting through any Saruman's scum into neat little pieces with a single swing of his mighty hand. That's the essence of the myth, the legend, that the main characters are people with extraordinary abilities, and any connection to reality (that even the heir to a great kingdom can get punched in the face in hand-to-hand combat) is absolutely inappropriate here. Let's remember the bogatyrs from Russian fairy tales, or warriors like Ruslan from "Ruslan and Ludmila" - can you imagine an ordinary "barbarian" throwing him around the meadow, mercilessly breaking the green bushes? :smile38:
Well, that's how it is... because they wanted to sell the film not only to Tolkien fans but also to those who couldn't care less about the Professor, the philosophy of the book, and generally about the beauty and grandeur of the epic...