Not as good as I hoped for

Rating: 7/10 (7 March 2003)

It was always going to be difficult to equal the fellowship, and the two towers doesn't.
I have now seen it three times and I really do enjoy it. However, some of the scenes and the dialogue are so awful that should never have seen the light of day.
The ongoing Antipodean joke about Dwarf tossing is simply unnecessary, and why does John Rhys Davies do the voice of Treebeard. Indeed it is the Ents that were the most disappointing part for me. They were always going to be difficult, but I found their deevelopment as characters superficial and the storyline fluctuated between being true to Tolkein and expediency.
I will see this film again and again because I really do like it, but I suspect many attracted to the story by the fellowship will be put off by this attempt at developing the story.
And as for Legolas skateboarding down the stairs on shield - it just isn't needed.