Thread 215804580

>the king is good because....he's good
Face it, this is lazy writing.

>>215804580 (OP)
He's only king allegorically, that's why he tells the hobbits they bow to no one and he bows to them instead

What was his tax policy?

>>215804608
0 taxes, he's an anarchist

>>215804608
Minimal, enough to fund an army and crime and justice departments

>>215804654
Can't he just use the ghost army for free

>>215804667
did you not watch the movie?

>>215804702
Decades ago, I dont remember what happens at the end

He committed a war crime, you're not allowed to kill a messenger

>>215804724
>war
>crime

>>215804724
>nooo you cant kill the driver that works for the mafia nooooo

>>215804580 (OP)
what was his tariff policy?

>>215804712
the ghosts were bound by like a curse because they broke an oath, and by helping the guy they got freed from the curse and could die and go to heaven.

>>215804744
Infinite tariffs on the orc lands, zero tariffs everywhere else

>>215804744
Justified, Rohan's tariffs had been artificially high for decades and hurting Gondor's industry

anglo mindset

>>215804580 (OP)
That's how it works in real life.

>>215804608
100% taxes for gambling and whoring in the king's bedroom

>>215804580 (OP)
aragorn being king proves even middle earth isnt free of nepotism and aristrocratic family rule

>>215806307
>even middle earth isnt free of nepotism and aristrocratic family rule
Nigger, aristocratic rule is what middle earth is all about. Even the hobbits have hereditary offices.

>>215804724
he did that six thousand years before the geneva conventions

>>215806307
He is literally descended from a god, and marries a wife that also is.

>>215806386
The 12 sheriffs are hereditary but the hobbit army is comprised of the bounders or boundary guards of the high hedge. They have a small volenteer force of men like farmer Maggot who patrol the holly hedge they planted to keep fanghorn forest out and occasionally fight its evil

>>215804580 (OP)
>muh fairies and elves
>muh evil sauron and orcs
>midgets living in holes
everything about this sad nerd shit is lazy writing, and it's definitely not literature. fair play to my nigga peter jackson though for dragging this dire shit into the mainstream, made a lot of nerds upset

>>215804746
I hated the ghosts. Never mind the specter ex machina aspect of it, but thematically, it's so stupid to have the big hero(tm) win with the help of necromancy.
If only they'd at least have made the ghosts a shade of greyish white and have them help him enthusiastically and heroically, and not reluctantly and selfishly
>But muh prophecy
The one introduced 5 minutes prior? Have it mentioned in the first movie and it might slightly justify it

On the topic of criticism, the film would have had a much better ending of Frodo would have fallen in the volcano. Even better so if he'd done it willingly, that he might show his complete sacrifice
In the end, the ring was destroyed by chance, certainly not by his will, so I don't see why he should be seen a hero.
>But he willed Gollum to live
Because of his inert goodness or naivite?

>>215808140
The ghost work much better in the book by scaring off the enemies from their boats so they can commandere them and go to help, even though like the movies it's introduced when convenient and is kind of bullshit.
>frodo in the volcano willingly
The whole point was that when it came down to it he could not overcome the ring, and Gollum played the part he was destined to play due to Frodos pity in not slaying him. Far more thematically consistent this way.

>>215808052
I think he meant the office of the thain and master of Buckland
>fanghorn
bro

>>215804580 (OP)
if only they had a jewish democracy like muttland

>>215804580 (OP)
>The king is good... until he just randomly rapes somebody

>>215808530
>tfw the king doesn't randomly rape you
Life of Faramir is hard.

>>215808530
>the rape was promised to us 3000 years ago

>>215804724
the mouth of sauron was making a move

>>215804724
The "just war" was put into ink and enforced by European Catholics.

>>215808140
>>215808221
Yeah they don't sweep through minas tirith in the book. Jackson made them so fucking overpowered