One of the few sequels that is considered better than the prequel...but they are both awesome.

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2012)

The lord of the rings: Two Towers(2002) continues the story epic story following three individual tales of the main characters. First is Frodo and Sam meet with Gollum to find a way into Mordor, Pippin and Merry who meet with Treebeard to destroy Saurman and finally Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf have to save Rohan from Isengard. What can I really say: it's awesome and better than its predecessor, but you really can't say either is better because the lotrs as a whole is what makes this film franchise popular and loved by millions. The difference between the first and second is that the second increases the scale of the film to a whole new level (by only increasing the budget to one million more?) this is the reason why Jackson is just a genius as a whole. Jackson knows the core material of the book and mixing his own ideas into this project gives it the extra touch of creativity thrown in along with cool visuals, good character development and touching emotional storyline. You do in fact notice major character development with this movie and it is what I think Jackson had in mind when creating the second. First for build up, second for character development and third for massive impact and climax. that's what I think but may not be true but its how I see these movies. The acting is great as usual with more characters included such as the vile grima wormtounge, faramir captain of gondor and the noble and strong eywon(maiden of rohan) plus they are allowed more action to enhance more physical and mental personality expressed which in turn shows that legolas is swift whilst Gandalf is defiant. The music by Howard shore is always the thing that lets you know you have entered into middle earth with its iconic, powerful and medieval themed that always makes you just want to stand up and say "fuck yeah that's awesome". One thing that was improved from the last movie was saruman's character who conjures up a massive army of ura Kai to destroy rohan as his voice echoes with defiance and power to emphasise his evil and dominance as the main antagonist of the second movie. The Two Towers is a great follow to the fellowship of the ring and is filled with so much a lord of the rings fan could want; massive battles, spectacular landscapes and cool characters to cheer and fear. 5/5