Star Trek with Hobbits

Rating: Null/10 (30 December 2002)

I found The Two Towers to be a little disappointing. This episode seems to have gotten the Star Trek movie bug. That is, too much of it consists of characters standing in shadow declaiming in pseudo-Shakespearean language about some deep thing or another. I found whole sections of the film to be quite boring and devoid of interest. Quite different from The Fellowship of the Ring, which was a rollercoaster from start to finish.

On the plus side, Gollum was great. Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Michael Jackson? The battle of Helms Deep was very also very cool. I also liked the tinkering with the plot, particularly where Faramir is concerned, because their alteration actually made more sense than the original.
The Ents of course are ridiculous, but then that's Tolkein's fault, not Peter Jackson's. The more accurately Jackson renders them, the more laughable they are. Oh well.
I'm looking forward to THe Return of the King, and hope Jackson et al. have gotten cured of the Patrick Stewart speech flu by the time they finish editing it.