Overall disappointing conclusion.

Rating: 6/10 (1 January 2004)

I loved FOTR, for me it was one of the greatest action fantasy films ever made. It had fantastic characters, beautiful locations, amazing special effects and a brilliant story.
Two Towers was a slight disappointment, no longer did we see the beautiful locations of Fellowship, no Elf kingdoms or Dwarf cities, instead we got a small town on a hill. And while Bernard Hills King Theodon was fantastic, it was nothing like anything in FOTR. TT lacked Fellowships beauty, the digital grading seemed to be lacking, resulting in a more raw picture that didnt fit with the first. Also the special effects (in particular the Warg Sequence) seemed slightly rushed, and the music proved be to somewhat intrusive.
All these points came to light even more in ROTK, the special effects were very rushed, the music was especially intrusive, the emotion was lacking (i didnt cry once, even though everyone said i would). The ending of the battle scenes suffered from extreme deus ex machina (and utilising the exact same occurance that ended Helms Deep). The fantasy locations were gone again, and a geographical problem (is Minis Tirith and Osgiliath the only cities in the area? Why are there no towns shown, is seems unrealistic) stopped me from enjoying it.
I have a feeling that Two Towers and ROTK would have been amazing films, if they had each taken 2 years between films rather than one.