Incredible Movie Even With Changes From the Book

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2003)

Once again, Peter Jackson, with his cast and crew, completely baffled me and many other audiences with The Two Towers. Yes, its true that it's not 100% true to the book, but lets face it: As Stephen King says, "Movies and books are like apples and oranges. They're both delicious, but taste completely different." Personally, I'm a huge Tolkien fan, and I would love to see them adapt every single line of the books to the screen. However, it would be impractical and would probably only please big Tolkien fans like myself.
Even with changes in effect, it seems to me that the movie's most powerful themes (good vs. evil, Love between Frodo and Sam, corruption of the ring, etc)are 100% true to the books. In the end, thats what, I believe, the audience will value most.
Overall, the movie was amazing. For action-lovers, the Two Towers is much more action-packed than the Fellowship, and portrayal of the battle at Helm's Deep is downright incredible. Other pluses include: excellent adaptation of Gollum and the Ents, and excellent acting. Excellent work, Peter Jackson and the entire cast and crew - Keep it up! Waiting a year for the third will be torture but based on the first two films, absolutely worth it!