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Summary: An Epic MasterPiece!!
Review: Lord of the Rings, the entire series, is totally awesome of course because of the director and cast and crew. Its music is so cool! and all the actors are wonderful...Moreover it has tried not to miss out any imp. details form the book...Lotr deserves many oscars and the cast should get loads and loads of awards...They all have put extreme effort to reproduce a long fantasy into a beautiful, creative film which has captured the hearts of many!
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Harry Potter has way too much witch craft and sorcery!!! .... The Lord of the Rings is 10,000 times better than those dull and boring movies. The Two Towers won three BAFTA Awards and two Oscars. .... The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is phenomenal! It has so much action, adventure and drama in it that it is the BEST movie of 2002! ....
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Summary: Maybe you would rather wait...
Review: The DVD release of "The Fellowship of The Ring" was met with a lot of excitement to fans of Tolkien's who enjoyed the movie. There was the movie (!!!) plus all those cool little featurettes that you could only previously see on the web, plus a little this, a little that... Hidden away within the folds of this release, there was also "a look at the special edition" that would follow a few months later. A great many people jumped and bought this first release not realising that the Special Edition would have all that and so much more. I fell for the gimmick once, but won't do it a second time. If the Special Edition will be anything like TFTR's, we can expect a much better movie which will have all those extra scenes woven into the tale rather than set aside and disconnected. It is a fact that these movies have been pretty long in their theatrical release, almost too long for Hollywood. Who would then want to buy the special (and uncut) release? The answer is the Tolkien purists who can appreciate a well-told tale that doesn't sacrifice part of the narrative to please market constraints.
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Summary: Take It For What It Is
Review: To me, Tolkien's The Two Towers was probably the hardest of the trilogy to make a movie out of. Yes, there were many things left out of Jackson's movie, but for the regular movie goer or someone who is just beginning to enjoy The Lord Of The Rings it is great. The way Jackson mixed the action of Aragorn and company with that of Frodo, Sam, and Gollum made me happy. I think that was one thing that I least enjoyed about the book. Despite inaccuracies in dialogue, setting, and timing I think the movie was excecuted pretty well. I cannot wait to see the extra footage in the extended DVD.
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Review: Well here it is, the moment all LOTR fans have been waiting for: the release of the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien's/Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. And to sum up what I thought about the movie in one sentence: The Two Towers is a magnificent sequel to an equally magnificent film (The Fellowship of the Ring). And, for all those long-time Tolkien fans who thought Peter Jackson went far too astray from the books, this movie stays very faithful to the book, minus some unnecessary dialogue/scenes, that would have bogged the film down. Though, I should mention, some end sequences that were in the original publication (Book) have been moved to the last film; The Return of the King. The first thing I would like to talk about is the mood of the film; the Two Towers has very dark and depressing feeling to it (which I like) that really expresses the dire situations the characters are in. The film really has a very foreboding presence to it. It really makes you feel as though you are there, at Helm's Deep, waiting to fight, waiting to die. And thins rings true to all the scenes, whether your with Frodo and Sam on their impossible journey, or with Merry and Pippen, trying to free them selves from the orc's grasp. Whatever scene it is, it makes you feel as though you are apart of the movie. A feeling I thoroughly enjoyed. The Computer Generated Images (CGI) are amazing. They blend in with the rest of the scenery so well, it almost seem as though they're real images rolling across the screen. All through the film this holds true, even in the battle scenes in Helm's Deep where a huge amount of Animation was used, it still looked real! And, when you talk about CGI in the Two Towers, you have to, of course, mention Gollum. The CGI the filmmakers use to make him is also spectacular, making him have that almost-real look to him. Gollum is one of the most life-like CGI characters I have ever seen on film. The cinematography is, as the first film also was, the best I have every seen; the exuberant colors, the razor sharp tint of the actors eyes, the exciting camera angles that make this movie all the more breathtaking. And the plot of the film is (of course) amazing! The Lord of the Rings book saga is probably the best literature written in the 20th century. And all of that masterful storytelling is carried over on to film. I thought I should also mention the comedy in this film, mainly delivered by Gimli, the dwarf. His comedy really lightens up this very dark film without making it corny. 'So,' you might ask, 'Is the Two Towers, the second film better then the first?' (The Fellowship of the Ring) To state it simply... No, in my opinion, The Fellowship is a tat-bit better the Two Towers. But I certainly couldn't argue with anyone who said other wise...
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Summary: Fairly sad showing
Review: I was very dissapointed in the second installment of The Lord Of The Rings movies. They took the most mediocre book in the series and turned it into a sub-par action film. It has its moments, but the action scenes drag on and on and seem to have no character development what-so-ever. I was extremely pleased with the first film. Even if it wasn't Tolkien's middle earth. It was still a fine rendition of a classic novel. After this poor showing I certainly hope Jackson and friends can deliver in the third installment.
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Summary: AMAZING...and shut up if you read the book
Review: So what if the movie was nothing like the book. It can't be. The book is sevral hundred pages long. That movie would go bankrupt before the cast was even assembled. I understand if you're dissapointed that you can't see what was in the book on the screen, BUT THAT'S WHAT IMAGINATION IS FOR. Why don't you try watching the movie, as a movie. Watch it for what it is. Don't watch it and say "oh, that was different. No, that's not supposed to be there". On it's own terms this movie was great. It had amazing characters, effects, and a not-too-complicated storyline (though the names do get a bit confusing). So if you didn't like it JUST BECAUSE it wasn't like the book, then you're not going to enjoy many movies.
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Summary: From a Tolkien fan
Review: When I first saw the movie, I was a bit disappointed; I was blown away by the wonderful effects, sounds, music, locations, makeup, design, battle sequences etc. yet was somewhat upset about the changes in the plot. Walking back to the car after the movie started a whole thinking process, mainly wondering why Peter Jackson chose to make these changes. I went back to the book in my head, and tried to humbly create my personal version of the Two Towers movie. After a while, I went to see it again, and again, and again. And now I can honestly say that my initial reaction was wrong. This movie serves its purpose - it delivers the story to the movie audience in the most thrilling and moving way. Well done. I suppose that several plotlines were moved to the next film for climactic reasons (Shelob, the confrontation with Saruman, the Palantir etc.) My guess is they will reappear on the Return of the King. Some were cut off for obvious production reasons - otherwise, the film would have been 7 hours long (really - are the Entwives really that important for the flow of the story?) And the rest of the changes were modified to perhaps change the somewhat non-climactic nature of large parts of the books, mainly the parts with Treebeard, Faramir, and Frodo and Sam.
In the book, the Treebeard sequence is slower and, well, feels less dangerous. Jackson added suspense and excitement to that. Frodo and Sam's journey is full of mostly uneventful travel and brilliant dialongs with Gollum. I hoped to have seen more of that dialog in the film, but the essence is there - the internal battle between Smeagol and Gollum and the slow deterioration of Frodo. Faramir's character was more positive in the book: I like the decision to make him darker and his trial by the Ring longer and more perilous to the Hobbits. And even though I resented that choice the most at first, I suppose a dark sequence such as the battle of Helm's Deep needs some comic relief delivered by Gimli.
All in all - I think Jackson and his team did an expert job cinematically speaking. Purists would frown, of course, but simply because the film is not EXACTLY what Tolkien wrote, doesn't mean that it's not a good film. The main plotlines are delivered extremely well, and even modernized to a point where it is appealing to 21st century audience. Lighten up people - Tolkien was not deflied here. The films' release caused a massive surge in the books' sales: people read the story as a result of the films. Tolkien is being promoted even with this action packed somewhat more commercial version of it. Many people are exposed to the beauty and poetry of Tolkien even if they think that they will read that Legolas made a "Back to the Future" orc-shield skateboard trick on the steps of Helm's Deep.
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Summary: ACTION PERFECTION
Review: In a world where the next epic movie determines and actors success in his career "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" has given all of its cast members and opportunity to be great. Every actor whether old or young, small part in a scene or large part in a scene brought their character to life. The effort that the directors and producers put into this movie makes them the basis of life for this movie. They are the roots. Congratulations!
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Summary: Darn Near Perfect
Review: The Two Towers is a fine film- I saw it several times. Visually, it is spectacular. The soundtrack works almost too well. After seeing the first film several times, the same music gets to be a little tired and predictable. They could have used a little more variety, but it does fit what you see. Its' real strength in is its' apparent central theme- resolute faith. Arargorn, Legolas, and Frodo waver a bit from time to time, but persevere in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Only Gandalf, Sam, and Gimli seem unshakable throughout this film. Separated and faced with overwhelming enemies, the various heroes of this film stand tall and give up neither on what they are fighting for nor each other. Though tempted to divide up and run, Men, Elves, Ents, Hobbits, and a Dwarf eventually all stand and fight evil simultaneously. The comic relief provided by Gimli and Gollum give the audience occasional relief from the intense action and moments of despair that run through this film. There are a few little problems with it. The Orcs that get killed early on can smell Aragorn from some distance, but get taken completely by surprise from a mass of horsemen. What happened to their keen senses? Legolas misses some critical shots with his bow as the Orcs blast a hole through the walls of helms deep. What happened to his astounding abilities as an archer? He makes far more difficult shots under pressure, but fails this time. Also, Sam never losses his gut, even though he complains of a lack of food and is constantly on the move. There are a few jokes about his girth, yet they make it seem as if he should be wasting away. Also, Gandalf's remark about looking to him at sunrise gives too much away. It would have been better to leave more doubt in the minds of those who had not already read these books.
These flaws are, however, minor. This is a great story, with great dialogue, scenery, and acting, and spectacular effects. The notion of a few standing against evil and resisting temptation, even against seemingly impossible odds is an old theme, but still works. It works spectacularly when an imaginative author can draw upon classic mythology (largely Norse) to create such a story. Modern technology helps to make this all look and sound 'authentic'. Two Towers is almost as good as 'Fellowship' and that is saying much.
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