Why is it that in the movie version of LotR Aragorn is the only ruler that isn't worthless, psychotic, or posessed by aliens? Did Denethor kill Peter Jackson's dog or something? ::reads on::

In other news, at the TORn Oscar Party, Phillipa revealed that during the scriptwriting process, she kept writing Aragorn's shirt off, and Peter kept writing it back on. I am so entertained.