Visually splendid, but a lot more freedoms taken in the story.

Rating: 9/10 (9 January 2003)

Peter Jackson is doing an absolutely stunning job in creating the visuals and atmosphere of Middle Earth and its peoples. However, compared to the first movie (where many of the differences with the story were parts being left out), The Two Towers is taking on a lot more liberties towards Tolkien's original story.
The Huorn are missing, in stead we get a division of Elves arriving at Helms Deep, in a way which makes me wonder about the Dunedain in the final movie.
Keep up the good work Peter, but where are you going?