Great entertainment.

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2002)

Alright, the movie was very good. I voted 9 for it.
Two towers was a very different movie than FOTR, it had much more changes compared to the book and it had lots of humour (sometimes too much: for example the legolas skating scene, but other than that the humour was ok). I've struggled in my mind for long time about the changes.. most screwed up was the Faramir-fiasco, but I've found in my mind the good things about it, with help of IMDB user comments and threads.
First I though that Faramir was made weaker, but actually I think it made him stronger. The ring's power is great and Faramir had other troubles, Gondor in trouble and his brother just died. But in the end he decided to let Frodo & Sam go so that made him strong. And it was a pleasure to see the ruined city Osgiliath which was in the book only hinted at.
There were many other changes that irritated me too: Aragorns fake-falling, the fake allience between elves and men and lots of other things. But none of the changes changed the overall-plot of the movie. For example the osgiliath-scene made Sauron believe that the Ring is in Gondor so he will launch his great attack there.
It was a much worse translation from the book than FOTR was, but I still enjoyed it a lot. I loved Gollum, he deserves an oscar :)

The battle scenes were great, I can't wait to see the Mordor's army surrounding Minas Tirith. Saruman's army looked so great that the army of Sauron must be something worth waiting :)
I'm sure that mostly the ones who haven't read the book enjoyed TT more, but it was well made, though it could've been edited better.
I think FOTR was better than TT, but not much. FOTR was 10, TT 9. I hope that Return of the King will be as good as the first movie. We'll see.