What book did they read?

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2002)

I've read every book written by Tolkien concerning the Ring and all its adventures. I made it a point to read the book before seeing the movie and after the first movie was quite expectant about what the Two Towers would entail. My rapture lasted less then 30 minutes and by the time one hour was through I thought I read the wrong book. Everything that happens in the movie loosly resembles what goes on in the book. Lines are said by the wrong people and at the wrong time. Events occur out of order and utterly wrong from the book. If the tickets hadn't cost as much as they did I would have walked out. No lover of the Lord of the Rings should waste their money to see this movie. It was an utter disappointment and I can see Tolkien not just rolling but doing an entire gymnastic routine in his grave. What was Peter Jackson thinking as he shot these scenes which were unlike the book as the night is different from the day? He said that he held the books in respect and he treated this one as garbage. I could have compiled it better by shreading the book and having an ape paste it back together.