I can smell the Academy Awards already...

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2002)

There is no doubt in my mind that The Two Towers will pick up at least 7 awards this year. The whole film is just so engulfing, it takes you right from the beginning. The Two Towers continues the story of Frodo and Sam as they make their way to Mordor, as well as the journey of Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas, who are in pursuit of the Uruk - Hai that captured Merry and Pippin. The script tries to follow the book as close as possible, but there are some digressions, like the Elves at the battle of Helms Deep, but it doesn't matter because it was one of the best scenes in the whole film. Fans of Legolas will be pleased, he does more high flying, arrow shooting action in this one than in FOTR. By far, Gollum is the most impressive character in the film. Before the film I didn't have high expectations, we all saw Jar Jar Binks, and even though Episode I may have not been the best film, Jar Jar was still impressive, but Gollum totally boggles the mind. It actually looks like Gollum exists, there are no flaws whatsoever, you begin to believe, and that is the magic of Peter Jackson. Serkis deserves the best supporting actor Oscar, he IS Gollum. I thought that The Fellowship of the Ring was God's gift to movies, now I have seen The Two Towers, which is by far superior to FOTR. I can't wait until next year for The Return of the King. Many critics have given this film 5 out of 5 stars, and rightfully so, they don't just go throwing stars away you know.