Timeless: As relevent today as when it was written.

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2002)

I have read the books several times and remember their messages. Peter Jackson and his team have not lost those messages or what the peoples of Middle Earth represented in Tolkien's time.
In the first movie the messages where:
"Not how much time you have but what you do with the time that you have."
"Even the smallest person can make a difference."
And there is, of course, temptation and corruption. Sarumon fell to corruption. Borimir fell to temptation.
The Two Towers main message is about isolationism. Treebeard will not help. "It is not our problem. This is a war of men." Much like the times Tolkien lived through in World Wars I and II when the United Sates did not want to fight a European War. When the hand of evil can stretch across the globe it affects all the world and thus all the world must stand up against evil as the United States eventually did. Genghis Kahn. Napolean. Adolf Hitler. Mussolini. Stalin. Khadafi. Saddam Hussien. Osama Bin Laden. The times change. The names change. The evil remains the same.
Of course there is the burden people must bare throughout history. Frodo bares this burden by carrying the Ring of Power to see to its destruction.
There are many more messages in this film and in the books. I challenge all to find them.
The movie itself is breathtakingly filmed and very well acted. I would like to put in a word for best supporting actor for Andy Serkis as Gollum and the animation team. They would rightly deserve the honor.
This film will definitely take home an acadamy award for special affects for the Battle of Helm's Deep.
I cannot say more. No words can really describe the granduer of this movie. It is a must see and one of the best movies I have ever seen.