Good follow-up, though it strays

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2003)

The Two Towers was an excellent follow-up to Fellowship. It was probably more exciting, and Helm's Deep may have been the best part of the series thus far. Also, Gollum was a delightful surprise, both CGI and otherwise. I didn't think they could make his character so real, as well as two-faced, just like he was in the book. I think it strayed from the book a bit too much though. The whole Aragorn-over-the-cliff thing wasn't necessary, nor was the Frodo-to-Osgiliath. This movie was long, but they actually cut off a large part of the ending, (Saruman-Pippin with the palantir, and Frodo w/ Shelob and Cirith Ungol), so I cant see how they will make the third movie anything under 4 hours, without cutting off large chunks.