An amazing achievement!

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2003)

Two towers weaves 4 separate tales, all of which come together at the end of the book. The difficulty of bringing this to the screen, and in only 3 hours time, had to be daunting, but Jackson managed it splendidly! The creation of Edoras and Hornburg were amazing, and the action carried me along so completely that the 3 hours seemed like a much shorter time. I admit that I was put off a bit by some of the changes made to the story. I can understand giving some of the key characters more exposure, but I don't understand such decisions as changing the outcome of the Ent Moot or Frodo's encounter with Faramir, who was a wiser and more noble character in the book. Still, it was a fantastic film. I have seen it twice and may see it again before it leaves town.