the middle of the trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2004)

In this trilogy there is a beginning that sets up the audience for the characters and the plot, then there is a sequel where the characters continue on from where the first leaves off, certain things happen throughout the second one that prepare everyone for the third, and in the third everything comes to an awesome and amazing ending.
The Two Towers picks up from where The Fellowship Of The Ring left off. (Spoilers ahead) In the end of the fellowship: Gandalf fell off a ledge after defeating the balrog, Boromir was shot by orc arrows, Merry and Pippin were captured by orcs, Frodo and Sam left and continued on their quest to Mordor, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli decided to follow the orcs and rescue Merry and Pippin. The two towers basically follows their adventures and shows how Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are all reunited, Merry and Pippin are rescued by the ents after their captors are attacked, and Frodo and Sam encounter the creature Gollum and ask him for help in getting to Mordor.
The Two Towers is a much more complicated story, as there is a subplot involving a falling kingdom and their struggle to survive as orcs are trying to destroy them all. The Two towers is another feast to the eyes and imagination just like The Fellowship of the ring. There is a great battle scene in this at the climax of the story, but the battles in Return Of The King make the battle in this movie seem like a brief sprawl.