a prelude to a mediocre finale

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2013)

The Two Towers is where The Lord of the Rings trilogy reared its head. The excitement about the first movie wore off a bit due to a year's wait until the release of the second installment. It was still romantic and epic, as you would expect as a proper movie based on J.R.R. Tolkin's book.
However, there were elements of a regular Hollywood blockbuster which would eventually get hold of the third movie. The battles are becoming larger, the special effects grander, yet they were still well balances with superior plot in order to capture my attention. The merit for latter goes to Tolkin, though, not to writers who managed not to get carried away.
In The Two Towers we were still in a magical world with some dark changes. The characters are multi-layered and are developing as the dark menace of Mordor is slowly unraveled. There were some twists and surprises, but also we knew that there was one more movie to go until the ending.