Not better than the first

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2002)

Contains Spoiler While definitely taking the story on from the reins of its predecessor, the Two Towers is a movie where the good of the original is twisted. Helms Deep is awesome, as is the added character development of Gollum. The Two Towers book is cut down the middle, the first part being the Rohan part, and the other about Sam Frodo and Gollum. The way the movie is shot is expected, however, cutting up a battle scene takes away its intensity. And it was never over. They never finished. They never finsihed a lot of things in this movie. The entire film, in my opinion, was never finished. The film would have been utterly spectacular if it were recut, reedited, to be more fluid, then have the battle of Helms Deep be the climax, the victory and Frodo's release from Faramir to go to Mordor would do well to be the aftermath. Even that would have sufficed as an ending. Still, if it were an excellant film, Saruman would have been disarmed by Gandalf, and Merry and Pippin would have been reunited at the end. Yeah. On the other hand, Frodo would start his trek into Mordor. I will wait for a reedited film. The director really didn't understand the Two Towers, how the middle is SO important to the LOTR as a whole. Tampering with a plot line and a plot structure after 40 years of utterly enchanting millions of readers is no way to immortalize these films. Just as an aside, I heard that the spider scene was saved for the Return of the King. I have also heard that there will be no scouring of the Shire in the Return of the King.