The Two Towers is Three Hours of FUN!

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2002)

Let me just say this movie was good. How good? Well it made three hours seem to go by as if they were only 2 hours. The only time I was dissapointed was when it was over. I was like, "No, it can't be over. Please, I want some more!" It ends much in the same fashion as the first film ended and if you are just a poor slob like me it will have you wanting more. I wouldn't say it was any better than the Fellowship movie but it is definately as good.
As well the first film actually I think is a little darker in tone and this new film is more action oriented and has less to do with a foreboding mood. In this film the characters are just thrusted into the events that are happening and in the midst of it there are pockets of humor which lightens the film up a bit.
Things to look forward to is the battle of Helm's Deep. It was just as I imagined while I was reading the books for the first time last year and so was the case with the Ents storming Sarauman's tower. Absolutely breathtaking. I know there were some changes such as the elves showing up to fight along with men but these sorts of changes were to serve the film. Lets face it the books are wonderfully written but in order to make them work on film you have to do a bit of adapting and summarizing. All and all the film is faithful to Tolkiens world and the ideals behind it.

The new characters were good additions to the film and were played with talented actors. Especially the man who played the king of Rohan. They along with the bantering between Legolas and Gimli and Aaragon and the struggles of Frodo and Sam keep you interested for the first two hours before you get to the epic battle scenes. The more fantastical creatures like the ents and Gollum are enjoyable to watch but I really don't think they take center stage nor should they.
In the end I walk away with the same feeling as I did with the Fellowship film. Peter Jackson has done one of the most brilliant jobs in film making and LORD OF THE RINGS IS GREAT.