A Towering Part Two

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2002)

I was very impressed by "The Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring" last year. And I was also amazed by "The Two Towers," Peter Jackson's second installment in his powerhouse trilogy. Once again, the imagery is awesome. I was intrigued by the new digitally-animated creatures, particularly Treebeard and the Ents. Gollum was very well done, especially in his schizophrenic monologues, in which his dark side debates against his good side, the remaining part of his personality that was once the Hobbit Smeagol. Once again, Peter Jackson shows that he is a force to be reckoned with in cinema, and leaves us waiting eagerly his third installment, "The Return of the King."