It's NOT a sequel

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2003)

When The Two Towers was released last year, I was incensed to read respectable film critics refer to it as a sequel. Now I read that Howard Shore's soundtrack was refused consideration for an Academy Award, because it was "A sequel". I re-iterate, The Two Towers is NOT a sequel. Rocky 2 was, Jaws 2 also. These were films intended for a one off showing but because of their success, sequels quickly followed. This is not the case with LOTR. Tolkien's epic was so big that it required 3 books to tell. Peter Jackson realised too much would be sacrificed if he condensed the 3 books into one film. so he made his story approx 10 hours long, divided into 3 parts, not sequels. And despite what a lot of other contributors have said about TTT, i must add that they must have been watching something else, as it is a staggering achievement in cinema. Roll on The Return of the King