The Quest Continues

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2008)

Tolkien's works were adapted into TV with animation by Rankin/Bass (1977 and 1979). In 1978, Ralph Bakshi had animated the first two books of the famous trilogy to the silver screen. And now, with today's technology, an all-star cast, and a fabulous music score, New Line Cinema has brought the trilogy to a new level in a live-action spectacle and one of the best film series of the 21st century. Each scene has heart,a bit of humour, heart-thumpin' action, and excellent effects. And I should like to tell you, that Rings is what got me to love four of the film's stars - Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen and Liv Tyler.
In "The Two Towers" (where we left off), The Fellowship is broken. But the quest to destroy the One Ring continues as Frodo & Sam make their way to Mordor. But the creature Gollum had followed them. The two hobbits captured him, but the pitiful creature peals, and in return he will show the way through Mordor. Now Frodo & Sam must entrust their lives to him. As Sauron's (and his puppet-slave Saruman's) army approaches, the surviving members of The Fellowship, along with people (and creatures) from Middle Earth, prepares for battle. For the War of the Ring has begun. I kind of like how the Princess Eowyn develops a crush for Aragorn. I know she's a princess and her brother Eomer is a prince because the king of Rohan is their uncle. But he has someone else - Arwen, and during the scene when they're heading for Helm's Deep, it kind of shows Aragorn's feelings or Arwen between a dream and a flashback. And you know, I never like Wormtongue anyhow,and how he gawks at our Princess Eowyn...Ewww! he "likes" likes her.
I have a few favorite scenes: like when Gandalf returns as "Gandalf The White" and with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli rode off to Rohan. But the guard greets them and orders them to put down their weapons (except for Gandalf and his staff). On his throne, Theodan was under the control of Saruman (and his slave Grima Wormtongue). But Gandalf drew out Saruman "like poison to a wound;" he did and the spell broken. And I also like it, when on the road to Helms Deep, Gimli was explaining to Eowyn about his kind (dwarves), but then the horse he was on bolted away and he fell off; that was funny. And, I love how Arwen convinced by her father Elrond that the age of Elves is ending, and she leaves for the West, truly a heart-tugging father/daughter moment; I have a thing for father/daughter relationships. But Elrond ponders whether the Elves should still help Men. You know, when I first seen it in the theatre,I was sure she (Arwen) was going to leave until...OOPS! That is all I am telling you, you will have to see the third film for yourself how it all ends.