A masterpiece of its time!

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2002)

Truly this is one of the great movies ever written. "The Two Towers" is a wonderful film, filled with dazzling special effects and awesome battle scenes.
The story starts off with Gandalf falling with the creature that dragged him down when they were passing through Moria. It shows him battling the creature in the air and later shows how the battle turns out. The story then switches to Frodo and his loyal apprentice, Samwise Gamgee. As Frodo becomes more controlled by the ring, Sam is getting more worried of his master.
When Gollum sees them sleeping, he attempts to take the ring, but fails. The special effects on Gollum are astounding and the creature steals the show. He agrees to help Frodo and Sam find the Gates of Mordor.Meanwhile, Aragon, Legolas, and Gimli are searching for their two friends that were taken captive, Merry and Pippen.
This is just as good (possibly better) than the first one. Warning: If you haven't seen the first one you will be completely lost so before you see this see the first one. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Ian McKellen, and Sean Astin all give superb performances and the new characters are a treat (especially Gollum and the Empts) The empts are fun to watch, they are basically talking and walking trees that don't like to be pushed around. This story has a lot more humor in it, especially when Gimli (Rhys-Davies) is around.
This movie is a masterpiece of its time and its got my vote for Best Picture of the Year. This story is good vs. evil is very well written by the brilliant writer J.R.R Tolkien and Peter Jackson has done a magnificent job in translating this wonderful book into a wonderful movie.
**** out of ****