By far the best film of 2002!

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2002)

Going into the theater I was concerned that The Two Towers wouldn't live up to The Fellowship of the Ring, but it did, in a HUGE way! You have to see this film to get the full affect, and it is definetley worth it!
The only word suitable for The Two Towers is, perfect! It is so adventurous, exciting, and enchanting. The story is excellent, and it is impressive how closely it follows the book. This is the second movie ever that I didn't want to end (the first being The Fellowship of the Ring), and that really says something because it has a run time of nearly three hours!
It's true that The Two Towers is darker than The Fellowship of the Ring, but it also has a bigger sense of importance. And the creepiness is balanced out very nicely by the humor of Gimli, Merry, and Pippin! They are simply adorable! :-D
Gollum is BY FAR the best CGI character EVER! And the actors did a excellent job working with this. Seriously, if you don't know he's a CGI ahead of time, then you won't know it when you see him. And Treebeard and the Ents are exsquisite as well. I must say, I found the Ents very quite and amusing.
Peter Jackson and his crew could not have picked a better cast! Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Sean Astin, Viggo Morensen, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Miranda Otto, Brad Dourif, Bernard Hill and everyone else are PERFECT at their respected parts.
Frodo has the most amazing eyes, Sam is so warm, Legolas has some seriously cool kick-ass moves, Gimli is hilarious, Arwen is perfect, Aragorn is terrific, Theoden is exactly as I pictured him in the book, and so is Wormtongue, Saruman has the perfect voice, Eowyn is quite charming, and I just love Pippin and Merry.
This is by far the best movie since The Fellowship of the Ring (I'm not sure which is better), and I encourage everyone, especially Lord of the Rings fans, to go see it. You will not be disappointed!!
10 very enthusiastic stars out of 10!