Maybe the best of the three

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2004)

I have seen all the three episodes of the "Lord of the Rings" saga, and "The Two Towers" is the one that I prefer. The battles, the courage, the emotion it contains are the greatest. What about the strong Eomer, who protects his beloved Rohan even if exiled? What about his sister Eowyn, so thin, so pale, but also so determined?
I am not saying that "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Return of the King" are less visually and emotionally powerful. I mean, the first lacks many of my favourite characters -- Theoden, Eomer, Faramir, Aldir (!!), whereas the third is mostly about Frodo: my poor Legolas just says three or four lines. I admit that maybe my delusion is due to the great expectations I had about the third episode. However, "The Two Towers" never betrays Tolkien's fans, even if they could look at it endlessly. I love "The Lord of the Rings", and I love the second film more than the others. It is just a personal opinion, but who will forget the battle of Helm's Deep?