Two Towers Review (Good but not great)

Rating: Null/10 (10 January 2003)

I have read the books a few times. I am a very big Tolkien's fan but the movie can't satisfy all viewers, but after I have seen the movie I realized that the movie isn't bad but wasn't great either. Anyway here are my critics about Two Towers
The plot is manipulated to get the audience attention and I know that is very different from viewing a movie and reading a book.
The first thing that is crucial on a movie is time. But in the movie Peter Jackson thought that it was a good idea to change different things, personally I don't have any problem with that, but he remove important things and then it is filled with some unnecessary stuff that doesn't have anything to do with the story. First P.J. extend the story too much, contrary from the first book that he did a excellent job deleting some unnecessary material that in the movie is impossible to show. But in this movie for no reason he change his storytelling style. (he ended FOTR on the first chapter of Two Tower and on Two Tower he did not end the book).
The exorcism from Gandalf to Theoden was a bad idea because Grima Wormtonge poison his mind but he didn't necessary put a spell on him why, because if it is true that Saruman have Theoden possessed there is no use for Grima on Rohan.
The elves on Helm's Deep. First of all if you are aware about the details the character Haldir says `I am send by Master Elrond from Rivendale to honor the old alliance' Haldir on the books and in the first movie was from Lothlorien not from Rivendale, second the elves were blaming the humans that the ring still exist. The elves didn't help the humans for many reasons. In the movie I feel very uncomfortable when Elrond appear, the character magic from the book and from the first movie really disappeared.
The credibility from the ents were on the floor. They were very wise in the books but in the movie they were dumb. The young hobbits manipulate a very old character (threebeard) and they do with him whatever they want.
The strange incident that happened with Aragon and the cheesy scene with Arwen last an eternity and it was a little excuse to extend the story (remember time is very limited on a movie and there is no need for that waste of time).
The movie announce the arrival of Gandalf that take away all the feeling and the aspect surprise of the scene.
After all I think that Two Towers is a good movie after all and we have to wait to see him finish his work because on Return of the King he have to do a miracle to fix those mistakes that has been made on Two Towers (remember he still had a lot of material for only 3 hours).