The Two Towers: The Darkest of The Trilogy

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2006)

The Two Towers. (2002) Welcome to the second part of the trilogy. Although not as good as the first, The Two Towers is definitely worth your time. The story is great. The FX are stunning as usual. The acting is quite awesome. What can I say? This movie also has a much darker quality to it.
The evil nazgûls are quite the terrifying sight. The sight of the 10,000 strong Uruk-Hai at Helm's Deep is indeed something else. The battle at Helm's Deep is quite awesome. Although this movie is not as action based as it's predecessor, it's still delivers.
The acting here has more depth. Everyone delivers a good performance. Elijah Wood delivers a clinic. We also get to know Gollum. A very disturbed being that has been torn apart by the evil ring. His personality is shaken. Gollum is quite entertaining. His allegiance remains a mystery. At one point, Gollum gets into a argument with himself that is a very entertaining sequence of scenes here.
Some problems are here though. The evil forces are not as menacing here as in the Fellowship. Don't get me wrong, they were still evil. Something was missing. Some Uruk-Hai's would get trounced without as even inflicting any pain to Aragorn and his fellow warriors. As much as Gimli is fun, the comedy gets a little bit old. Gimli in The Fellowship was more serious, here he is more comedy. Sometimes, comedy needs time off.
The Last Word: Excellent. The Two Towers delivers well. If you liked The Fellowship of The Ring(Chapter 1 in the Trilogy), you will enjoy Chapter 2: The Two Towers. Recommended.