One Problem

Rating: 9/10 (5 January 2003)

I just saw LOTR The Two Towers last night and I was very happy with it except for one thing: Faramir. I pretty much agree with the last couple of postings about this flick and I know that an exact reproduction of the book in movie form would be impossible as well as boring. I know that the movie will never be what the book was. I know that people will have a hard time remembering who characters are so some are eliminated while others expand to fill the gaps (like the way the reduced 6 rocket boys to 4 in the movie October sky). But the change in Farmir's character from a man who is almost Aragorn like in his duty and understanding of the dangers of the ring to a man who is a carbon copy of Boromir baffled me. Everything else was good to great. Gollum was fantastic, the addition of the elves to the battle of helms deep was ok, the dwarve jokes were cute. The Ents were suprisingly effective (I was worried about them looking dumb in the movie). I give it an 8.5 out of 10.