Looking for the Special Edition in 8 months time

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2002)

This Lord of the Rings movie is certainly as good as the first. This movie is epic in its scale which is both a plus and a minus. On the plus side the Battle of Helms Deep and the attach of the Ents are truly some of the most exciting mass battle scenes on screen. This is very impressive when you consider movies such as Spartacus or Braveheart. The stunts in the Two Towers are just amazing with seemless mix of special effects and real actors.
The problem with the epic scale is a lot of the character development and charm of the books is lost. However in the first movie they made up for this in the Special Edition release DVD which includes a number of extra scenes. I am looking forward to the Special Edition for this movie. I hope they show more of the sceens with Treebeard, Merry and Pippin as well as the Gollum, Sam and Frodo triangle.
I will definitely see this again. I have a tough time deciding between a 9 or a 10. In the end I give it a 9 but I am sure the Special Edition DVD will bump this number up.