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Summary: LOTR: TTT Special Extended DVD Edition ROCKS!!!
Review: I got an early copy of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' Special Extended DVD Edition. Let me tell you this: IT IS WAY BETTER THAN THE ORIGIONAL VERSION! Most of the extra scenes in the movie are wonderful parts from the book which I will not tell you about because it would literally spoil the surprise for those of you who await this "Extended DVD Edition" to be released on November 18nth. 'The Two Towers' Special Extended DVD Edition is a product I highly recommend you buy!
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Summary: Whats The problem idiots
Review: Now i will admit to one thing I haven't yet seen the Special Edition DVD for Two Towers........so what anyone who has seen the film without the added 40 minutes will agree it is a superb film and a must see and must have among the most accomplished collections. One thing I have noticed however amongst all the reviews I have read is that people have said the film isn't as good as the books.......good having read all four of Tolkiens Masterpieces I must say that converting the greatest and biggest sellings books (other than the bible) onto the big screen would be a thankless task from the beginning. please do not under estimate the amount of time Tolkien put into the books (Lord Of the Rings / The Hobbit) and the world he created within. If you take the films for what they are intended to be you will see these aren't intended to be the films of the books but adaptations of the books. So what if in FOTR we don't have Tom Bombadil but let's be honest, I ave read all four books twice as year as a rule since I was 11 including the appendixes the silmarillion and Lost Tales but what did Tom Bombadil have to do with the story of the ring? what we people who have never read the book before gain from seeing Tom Bombadil? the way the journey is told in the films doesn't mean they didn't go to the Old Forest it merely skips out the whole bit from the brandywine to the Hobbits appearing from behind some bushes (possibly and intently from the Barrow Downs) to the door at Bree. As for Two Towers it is obvious that to make the film appeal to non books fans they had to beef up the battle of Helms Deep and it is one of the best cinema war's I have seen. it also makes the 3rd film a must see with the battles at the end even bigger than Helms Deep. now I agree that things shouldn't have necesarily been made up for the sake of the film e.g Aragorn and the cliff but so what. My only concern is that if they cut the following parts from the third film I will be severaly disapponted and the final film will let me down massively. The Shire at the end / The Paths Of The Dead (though this plays too big a part int he whole story to be cut) / Saruman and Grima on the Road as begars / Grima killing Saruman / Shelob (this again is too big a part to miss but why wasn't it in the Two Towers where it belonged.All in all two superb films made even better with the addition of 3 extra disks which give hours of viewing in LOTR folkore pls it gives Jackson a chance to give his reasons for the dmissions of certain scenes. I can't wait for the Return of The King and the Return of The Films
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Summary: WOW!!!!
Review: This is one of the greatest movies of all time. The only thing I disliked about it was the fact that it didn't stay with the book as much as the first movie. But other than than that the effects were great the casting was magnificant and it held you til the end. The bad guys terrified you and the good guys seemed to always have there situation under control. It is a movie you can't watch just once. It is just as I personally imagined it and I don't think many people can truthfully say they thought it was a bad movie.
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Summary: Simply A Masterpiece
Review: I'm a student in high school and I think this film is marvelous! Yeah, there are cute guys in it, but if it sucked do you really think anybody would sit through three hours (and more on the extended) of agony? If it's so "boring", how come it has made almost a billion dollars at the box office? Not only is the storyline of the film fantastic (due to Mr. Tolkien) but Peter Jackson is an awesome director and everything on the film is top rate. The cinematics, the score, everything! Before seeing the movie, I would never think of reading the book but now I have come to love both and this movie is by far true art!
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Summary: Well where do I begin???
Review: Hello readers. First off i would like to say that I saw The Two Towers in the theaters before i read the book. And having completed the LOTR trilogy before the third movie came out TTT does no justice to the book- to an extent. The acting in my opinion is top notch. They cast most of the roles perfectly in my opinion. The scenery is beautiful as it was in FOTR. Exceptional CGI in some areas of the film. And this is the point where I start to complain about several aspects of this film. First off the additional scenes with Arwen/ Aragorn are utter CRAP. There was no need for them in this movie whatsoever. The scene where Merry/Pippin convince Treebeard to take them past Isengard and then he discovers what Saruman has done is ridiculous as well. Treebeard knew well before what Saruman was up to. And finally(and most most MOST disappointing) in this movie was the character Faramir. Peter Jackson being such a "lover of Tolkien" should smack himself and his writers for bringing Faramir to the screen the way they did. OK Im done. Alright movie overall... if Peter Jackson would have just stuck more to the book which he could have done instead of adding cheesy love scenes, the flashback scenes with Elrond and Galadriel and complete story changes it could have been amazing.
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Summary: Nominated for best picture?
Review: I understand that mnay people love this series because they fell in love with the book as a kid. I am not one of those people. I never read the book because I like film better. Should I be punished for it? No. But I was. Like the first, Two Towers is inconsistent and jumbled. Go ahead, tell me that it's the middle of a trilogy and it will all become clear in the third one, but then this film by itself is not a good movie. It is an installment that lacks story and conherent character development. I wasn't lost while watching Empire or Doom or Godfather II and I shouldn't have had to read the book to know what was going on in this film.
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Summary: Frustrating but in the end Fulfilling
Review: This certainly isn't the movie J.R.R. Tolkien would have made, had he the opportunity to do so. It also isn't the movie his family would have made - indeed, they are reportedly unhappy with Peter Jackson's rendering of their patriarch's work. But it is a DARN GOOD MOVIE. As a dedicated Tolkien fan, I left the theater angry (just as I had The Fellowship of the Ring). In this movie, two extremely important scenes were left out, and one scene was changed so much I found it perverted. The two scenes left out were: the breaking of Saruman's staff by Gandalf; and Shelob. Gandalf breaking Saruman's staff, and the dialogue that transpired between the two, is some of the best writing in the book. It's also of tremendous significance. Gandalf *should* have been Saruman - meaning that Galadriel had wanted Gandalf to be the leader of the Istari, but Gandalf declined, not wanting any allegiances, nor did he wish to be beholden to anyone. Coming back from the dead, after his epic struggle with the Balrog of Moria (and Balrogs, for those unfamiliar with some of the intricacies of Tolkien lore, are of the same race as Gandalf, Saruman, and Sauron -- the Maiar), he returned as Gandalf the White. The completion of his return was symbolically dependent upon breaking Saruman's staff, and that didn't make the cut. Many people complained (that is, many people who never read the books) that at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring really wasn't much of an end at all. There was no cliffhanger, no real reason to come back to see the second movie. Well, the scene with Shelob would certainly have fixed that problem in this film. My mention of "perverted" referred to the treatment of Faramir. I was considerably outraged that the entire nature of his character had been changed. Instead of treating Frodo and Sam as equals, the Faramir of the film treated them like prisoners. However, when all is said and done, I'm not a film maker. This book was not an easy one to bring to the screen. You can't just implant the images and words from the book onto the screen without considerable refinement. In the books those images and words are astonishing, but on the silver screen who knows? They may not have worked well at all. Seeing the extended version of The Two Towers made me feel much better about the movie as a piece of the Lord of the Rings than the version released to the theater (I felt the same for Fellowship). I can't wait...quite literally...for the extended version of The Return of the King. It's been suggested that Gandalf's dealings with Saruman occur in there. I hope so. If that was left out entirely, I will be gravely disappointed.
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Summary: oh Lord this was boRING
Review: I can't believe that they would waste so much money on making this awful movie. All that money could have been used for diabetes research. I just was beyond bored. I think I'll go microwave a peanut butter sandwich, is that odd?
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Summary: Very, very good new version, but...
Review: First things first: This extended version of The Two Towers is a superior stand-alone film and a superior adaptation of Tolkien than it's theatrical cousin. Unfortunately, TTT SEE still does not reach the bar set by Fellowship of the Ring in either of these categories. Fellowship of the Ring (both Theatrical and Extended) was a truly fantastic accomplishment because it worked brilliantly as a stand-alone film and it worked brilliantly as an adaptation of Tolkien's masterwork. Peter Jackson did something amazing. He met my huge expectations in both of these categories. After FOTR, my expectations for The Two Towers were even loftier. Sadly, even with the superior extended edition, TTT fails to meet my expectations. In my opinion, the filmmakers got a little cocky, a little too creative and began to tinker with the story in places that did not need tinkering. The end result: Two Towers, even in this extended version, does not reflect the brilliance of the book in the way that FOTR did. That being said, this new version of the film is still very good. The added scenes do much to flesh out the newly introduced characters (Treebeard, Eowyn and Faramir especially). The new scenes add Tolkien dialogue (always appreciated). They make the story feel more epic, giving a greater sense of depth and history to Middle Earth (Numenor, entwives, Dunedein are all mentioned). However, several of the new scenes contain (what I would consider to be) misplaced humor. If you had significant problems with the theatrical cut (non-Tolkien characterization of Theoden, time wasted with Arwen/Aragorn, Merry/Pippin tricking the ents into launching their assault on Isengard, Elves at Helm's Deep, Frodo taken to Osgiliath, etc.) then the extended cut of the film will not do much to satisfy you. However, there are several additions that should make purists markedly happier: Here are a few: -The Return of Gandalf is amped up with additional dialogue, including some classic, spine-tingling Tolkien prose: "Something is about to happen that hasn't happened for an age. The ents are going to wake up... and find that they are strong." -Treebeard is given more dignified lines and scenes. -Faramir's motivations are at last understood. He wants to please his demanding father (great performance here by John Noble as Denethor), but in the end understands that the Ring would enslave the Steward of Gondor. Thus he releases Frodo to complete his errand. -An explanation by Gandalf of the "One Advantage" of the West: that Sauron would never expect that the Ringbearer's quest will be to destroy the Ring. There are several more great additions that I will leave a surprise. In summation, for those that loved the book and loved the 1st film, but were disappointed with the Theatrical TTT, this new, LONG, version of TTT is richer and more enjoyable than the theatrical cut, but is not "nearly perfect" - as I thought the extended version of FOTR was. I still give it 4 out of 5 stars, as it is a far better film than most of the junk that is being made these days (Fellowship would get 6 out of 5 stars, in my opinion).
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Summary: One Star for the FULL SCREEN DVD Only
Review: Great Movie, but I feel bad for the unsuspecting consumers who are buying all their DVD's in the FULL SCREEN version instead of Widescreen. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has MANDATED that by 2006 all televisions be manufactured in HDTV Format (Widescreen). In accordance, all broadcasting stations will have to be broadcast in HDTV as well. DVD retailers used to give you both formats on one Disc. Now they are selling them separately because they know YOU WILL HAVE TO REPURCHASE THE SAME TITLE IN WIDESCREEN after the conversion takes place. Consumers that are choosing to buy FULL SCREEN DVDs over Widescreen DVDS will either have to repurchase the Widescreen version to fill their screens completely, or deal with the blank bars that will now be on the sides of their screens when they are forced to purchase a new HDTV, because the FULL SCREEN format will not fill the television screen. Of course DVD companies could release these films with BOTH versions on the same disc like they used to (or a 2nd disc in the same set like the Finding Nemo DVD), but I think they are counting on these duplicate sales. It's really kind of a sick joke that these companies are playing on the consumer right now.
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