A breath taking display of everything cinema stands for

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2004)

There are many ways to go wrong when making a film that starts in the middle of a story, losing your target audience, having people forget the original film and so on. However Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barry M. Osborne and so on tackled these problems with tremendous dedication and overcame them without even making it look hard.
The Two Towers is an exciting, exhilarating, fast-paced and emotional rollercoaster of ups and downs that can leave your heart in your stomach or your stomach on the living room floor. It's staggering characterisation that is carried on superbly from the first film, the moving and heart felt performances from each and every cast member- right down to the extras with less 2 seconds screen time, is unfalteringly profound, and only overshadowed by the sheer magnificence of the Helm's Deep Battle scene, which i really do believe to be, at least one of, the greatest battle scenes in cinematic history.
Not only is this film heart-wrenchingly powerful, in the most blood-pumping-around-your-body-at-100-miles-an-our way but it's mixture of vigorous strength and endearing weakness, must truly make this one of the greatest films of all time.