A brilliant and inspiring film

Rating: 9/10 (14 June 2003)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a fantastic middle chapter of the LOTR trilogy. Peter Jackson again showed his talent in directing this film. After I saw the Fellowship of the Ring, I didn't know how anything could follow up such a great movie, but the Two Towers managed to do so perfectly.
The Two Towers smoothly changed scenes from Frodo, Sam, and Gollum making their way to Mordor, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf in Rohan and Helm's Deep, and Merry, Pippin, and Treebeard in Fangorn Forest. The elements of the film were excellent.
The actors did wonderful jobs portraying their characters, especially Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam), Andy Serkis as Gollum, Ian Mckellen (Gandalf), and Viggo Mortenen (Aragorn). Elijah Wood had to portray a different attitude for Frodo than in the first, and he did this well. The actors all worked well together as an ensemble.
The music throughout the film fit the scenes perfectly, and the visual effects of the film were also very well done. The battle of Helms Deep was a very breath-taking part, and King Theoden's transformation was also impressive. Another extremely impressive element of the film was Gollum. Gollum was very believable as a CGI and added to the movie's greatness.

Although the Two Towers was a very dramatic movie, it mixed some comic relief in as well. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone who appreciates great films.