Great, but can't quite live up to "Fellowship"

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2002)

The previous installment (Fellowship of the Ring) was simply amazing . . . in fact, it was too good, setting a standard that is impossible for the second installment (Two Towers) to live up to. All things considered, Two Towers is great, but proves that 'Fellowship' was simply too good to be true.
(Small, out of context spoiler follows):
The single most disappointing scene: Legolas "hover-boarding" down the stairs of Helm's Deep on a shield while shooting arrows at the invading Uruk-Hai.
Anyone with half a brain will wince at the childish obsurdity (see the scene and you'll agree--Marty McFly anyone?). What halfwit Hollywood action director blundered onto the LOTR set that day? In that single instant, LOTR was cheapened into "just another movie for guys who like (action) movies". I'm now ashamed to recommend this film to my friends!
Such a scene has no place in a trilogy with such dramatic and touching scenes as Boromir's last stand . . .
Steve Jackson, if you are reading this, please cut the 'hoverboard' scene from all future editions of this film! It's embarrassing!