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Summary: Two Towers- Five Stars
Review: I am one of the so called Tolkien purists, reading "Lord of the Rings on a regular basis. However, I find it hard to understand the low star comments from some of the contributors. Peter Jackson has painted a picture of middle Earth totally in balance with the vision of Tolkien. He has tweaked the story, but has totally kept the essence of it alive. I was in awe of both films as every view described by Tolkien unfolded on the screen exactly as I had always imagined it, Helms Deep, the Golden Hall,and Fangorn Forest for example.The film leads exactly from the ending of the "Fellowship of the Ring" and begins to greatly enhance the characters as they head to the inevitable finale. The Wargs, which really belong in the first film, are stunningly realistic, and the Ents are also totally convincing, although not used exactly as Tolkien described, their portrail on film is perfect. In Criticising Frodo and Samwise's relationship, Samwise is actually the stronger of the characters in the book and the film reflects that, and Frodo's increasing weakness also follows Tolkien's story. Gollum, quite simply, DOES have a personality disorder, he loves the ring, and yet desparately wants to care for both himself and Frodo. The Two Towers delivers on every level, effects are, of course superb, and characterisation is perfect. The climax leaves the viewer desperate for the final installment, Helms Deep's battle is unsurpassed in movie history (until the next film!) and I truly believe J R R Tolkien would have happily shook Peter Jackson's hand had he had the chance to watch Jacksons version of his tale unfold. Johnny
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Summary: Forth Eorlingas!
Review: This movie is spectacular! I thought the special effects, music (score), and cinamatography were wonderful! Gandalf's fight with the balrog, the warg battle, the Battle for Helms Deep, and when the ents storm Isengard are amazingly stunning scenes! This Oscar-winning movie is something I highly recommend you buy for your DVD collection. I do not own the origional version of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". But I will soon own the Special Extended DVD Edition of "The Two Towers" on November 18nth. I can't wait to own it! I am glad to own the Special Extended DVD Edition of "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" movie prequel. It is fascinating!
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Summary: One of The Greatest Films Ever Made!
Review: O.K., I've read the books. I know that J.R.R. Tolkien is in a class by himself as a writer of The Lord of The Rings trilogy. No movie, could ever replicate the intricacies of that epic work. Tolkien spent his entire life writing LOTR and the Simarillion. Peter Jackson has attempted to translate Tolien's literary fantasy to the screen. The first attempt, The Fellowship of the Ring, was good, entertaining and pleasant. The second, the subject of this review, The Two Towers, is a masterpiece. Jackson, did not attempt to translate every detail of the book onto the screen. that would have been artistic suicide. The LOTR was originally meant to be one book. Tolkien's publisher divided into three because it was so long. Jackson took The Two Towers and made it exciting and suspenseful without sacrificing the essence of Tolkien's writing. The characters are exactly as I envisioned them. Aragorn is a bit more fleshed out than in the books, but it works. This movie is beyond enjoyable. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Five Star Movie!
Review: This is the best movie-sequel ever! The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is an exciteing movie to watch. The warg battle is great! And the Battle for Helms Deep is stunning! I am going to buy the Special Extended DVD Edition of this movie when its released in stores. It will be awsome!
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Summary: Get this Tricked out version
Review: This is the real version you should buy, don't be tricked into buying the low down version. I bought the low down version cause my parents wanted it right away. boy did they pay, they were so disappointed with the special features, the thing is... there weren't any. They had like 3 tv show documentaries, and thats about it, photo galleries. I bought my family the extended version last year, and they loved it, i'm going to buy this extended version when it comes out for myself since my parents got the lowdown one. Also this version is actually less money than the shorter version is right now. So this one is basically more bang for the buck.
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Summary: Stop Complaining!!!
Review: You people who are complaining about Lord of the Rings: Two Towers not going by the book well enough speak as if you didn't know a better version of it is coming out on DVD in late November. The Extended Cut of Two Towers will have a lot of extra parts in it that are from the book. The origional version of Two Towers was spectacular! But I am waiting, with great anticipation, to own Lord of the Rings: Two Towers Special Extended DVD Edition in late November. I am glad I own the Extended Cut of Fellowship of the Ring, its prequel. It is a great movie as well!
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Summary: A MASTERPIECE!
Review: Lord of the Rings is one of the best films of all time. The Fellowship was amazing and the Two Towers was just as good. The fanboys that complain about the films not being as good as the books dont realize that its VERY difficult to compress the book version of the story into a movie. Peter Jackson did a very nice job considering alot of the stuff from the books had to be cut from the film. But that is ok, because seeing these on film ingulf you into the story. Tbe actors, scenes, and graphics are amazingly good. That is what's so great about the extended edition! You will get to see many of the scenes that had to be cut in the original movie. Plus you get tons of behind-the-scenes footage and bonus stuff. In one word... FANTASTIC!
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Summary: Mistakes Were Made
Review: The Two Towers probably earned less than four stars, but it receives them, carried by the novel it is adapted from and the film adaptation of Fellowship which proceeded it. Certainly, as Sam Cable points out below, there are egregious errors in this production. Most disappointing was the artificial excorcism of Saruman from Theoden. Still, this film was adapted from a great story and that story wasn't entirely lost in the facile theatrics introduced in number two. I hope to see a more faithful reproduction of Tolkein's work in the upcoming Return of the King
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Summary: Scenery beautiful, but there's not much else going for it...
Review: The scenery is beautiful, but this film really wasn't much better than the first. It's too bad the one interesting character, Bilbo Baggins doesn't appear in this movie, since none of the characters are very interesting or bright. In addition, there is a lot of sexism in this film. The elf king's niece is virtually the only female in the entire film and she really offers nothing to the film. The war scene in the end was silly to the point of being laughable. It's the males who jump into battle while the women are herded into these caves and wait for the men to finish their battle. Even the war itself is over a lot of tripe over power and who will get the so-called important ring, which Frodo is trying to get to Mordor. Frodo is supposed to be the hero of the film, but struck me as rather dull and insipid and it's idiotic the way he and his yes-man Samwise use Gollum to lead them to Mordor, yet they treat Gollum like trash most of the time. I can see why Gollum resented them and the only reason he grudgingly leads the hobbits is because he wants the ring for himself. Gollum is rather funny when he mentally battles himself over the ring. Sam's a bit dull, but at least he has more integrity than Frodo, who wallows in self-pity on how burdensome the ring is and we can see Frodo is getting rather small-minded and selfish over the ring and even attacks Sam over it. People compare Frodo to Harry Potter, but Frodo is nowhere near as intelligent and expressive and deep as Harry; throughout most of the movie, even though they go through all these "adventures," Frodo seems stuck on the bug-eyed, bewildered shock expressions; unlike Harry, Frodo's face doesn't capture much soul or feeling. A recent *Mad* magazine spoof on this movie captured Frodo's look perfectly, making me laugh..."the bug-eyed stunned look"; that look sure stayed plastered on Frodo's face for almost the whole two and a half hours. A few redeeming qualities were the moving trees; that made me laugh and Gollum; he was rather funny as well. Also, the movie is supposed to be fantasy and magic, but I really saw very little true magic or fantasy; to me, it struck me as a hackneyed medieval movie full of cliched lines about battles, "honor" and "destiny" with a few pointed ears and hobbits thrown in; even the elves looked too normal to be truly magical. If you really want to see true magic and supernatural forces in action (as well as original plots and true equality between the sexes), the Harry Potter movies are better for it.
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Summary: If only they had stuck with the book
Review: I have been a dedicated Tolkien-lover since I first read "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" at the age of ten. I believe that the film version of "The Two Towers" would have been greatly strengthened had they merely followed the book. I am most disappointed with the movie's portrayal of Faramir, Captain of Gondor. In the movie, he is presented as a heartless villain with a mind only for power and self-service. This is entirely contrary to the Faramir that Tolkien so carefully created. Faramir, the unloved son of Denethor, is the antithesis of his brother Boromir whose lust for the Ring led to an untimely death in "The Fellowship of the Ring". Faramir's character is noble and wise, an essential facet of the story that is misrepresented in the movie "The Two Towers". However, my various disappointments will not keep me from purchasing the extended edition of "The Two Towers", or awaiting December 17, 2003 with any less fervor.
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