A worthy successor

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2003)

When the Fellowship came out, I did not think it would be possible to top that film, and I was right. But the Two Towers is a mighty film in its own right, although you definitely need the first installment to understand what is going on. But then, Peter Jackson has always said that it is one huge film divided into three parts. I have seen this one twice and was very impressed by the way they were able to seriously move away from Tolkien´s TEXT, and at the same time seriously honor Tolkien´s SPIRIT. Sure, the Warg battle was not in that same spot in the book, but it was in the book AND in The Hobbit. Sure, Faramir was very unlike his brother in the book, but admit it, he was a rather talky, boring character in The Two Towers book. This has been amended in the film, for it to work as a FILM. Great work there, and it never bothered me - and I have read the books about 35 times, in several languages. Gollum is just so breathtaking. I could not believe it was all CGI, but apparently it is. Incredible, simply incredible. Let us put to rest the old Yoda - he´s using a cane anyway. Except when fighting, of course. Great movie, cannot wait to see The Return of the King.