A thoroughly enjoyable film!

Rating: Null/10 (3 March 2003)

**SPOILERS**
Wow. If you thought 'The Fellowship of the Ring' was the best movie you'd ever seen, you're about to change your mind!
As the second installment of both the books and the movies, 'Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' is an incredible cinematic achievement. It follows the journey of the Ring-bearer, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), and his companion, Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee (Sean Astin). They are on their way to Mordor, the only place where the one Ring can be destroyed. The ring has proceeded to take over Frodo's mind, and he is always feeling it getting heavier and wanting to slip it on.
As Aragorn/Strider, a ranger, Viggo Mortensen gives an amazing performance definitely deserving of an Academy Award. He, Legolas Greenleef (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli son of Gloin (John Rhys-Davies) are on a path to find two young hobbits, Peregrin 'Pippin' Took (Billy Boyd) and Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck (Dominic Monaghan), who have been captured by orcs.
For those of you who have wanted to see a girl have at least a marginal amount of combat skills in a Lord of the Rings movie, your wish has come true. Éowyn (Miranda Otto) has a role of which shows girls can be fighters, too.
Overall, the best movie I've seen as yet. I highly recommend it to all of you, whether you are LOTR fans or not.