Boring, Slow, Unnecessary

Rating: 2/10 (26 April 2003)

Let me start off by saying that 'The Two Towers' was definitely worth the Oscar for visual effects. The Golum character is a marvel of the arts and technology. All the visual effects in this movie are better than the first one (where you could even see the wires in the Gandalf-Saruman battle).
Now, I believe that they should make only one LOTR, not a trilogy. Take for instance the complete 'Two Towers'. It could be easily omitted in its entirety, as it doesn't really advance the story any further and frankly I believe that the only thing it offers is the great Golum graphics.
Just because there are three books, doesn't mean that there must be three movies. Everyone's treating 'Lord of the Rings' like something sacred, which is not.
It's like Oscar Wilde said- "Anyone can write a three volume novel. All it takes is complete ignorance of both life and literature."
3/10