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Summary: Truely Awesome and explosive ride through the Middle Earth
Review: This is the best movie of all fantasy titles! The story is not very true to the book of t he movie. But it does has very cool scenes, good acrting and spectacular battles. The ents were superior, Helms deep was awesome. A must watch.The tiny problem was that it didn't follow the book. But it makes up this flaw from the visual effects and quality of this movie. Watch it.
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Summary: WONDERFUL!!!
Review: I'm a big fan of the books (and when i say books i mean The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion) and the movies only made me love them more. I loved the The Two Towers especially Helm's Deep. I do admit it strayed a bit at parts, but i loved it no less. In fact i liked the added in stuff. Some of it helped me understand parts a little better. I loved every bit of this movie and i can't wait till the extended version, which will make it even better.
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Summary: Better than the first!
Review: The movie The lord of the rings the two towers was really good.
My dad is a big tolkien fan! Maybe too big, so of course I saw it. In my oppinion it is much better than The lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring. Plus Golem is in it. Golem is a little creature that once was a hobbit. If youve read any of the books or saw any of the movies, you would know what i am talking about. The lord of the rings 2 is definetly a must see!
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Summary: Part II holds true.
Review: I have been a huge fan of the book since I was 12. Two Towers differs from the book more than Fellowship and probably more than Return of the King will. Some of the changes at first glance make you do a double take. However as one examines them closer the reasons and motives are apparent and make sense when making a movie. Some deal with portraying something that happened in the book in a different way. The Elves fighting for one. In the book they fight on their own front. However since this is not seen in the movie it would be good to show the elves involed. The other huge change was Faramir. However his change was inevitably set up int he first movie where all men, even Aragorn are tempted by the ring of power. Therefore to stay consistant one must also show Faramir as such.This is a great great movie. It is different from the first as it is more spread out following different people and places. It is an excellent continuation of the Greatest story of our time. One can sit there and pick at it or sit back get lost and let the emotion, terror, and shear magnitude take you. It truely is a slendid sight. I cannot wait to see the Return of the King.
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Review: I have to say, "The Lord of the Rings" series is absolutely incredible! But...they confuse things throughout the films. Boromir (Sean Bean) does not die in the book until the Two Towers, but in the movie, he dies at the end of the Fellowship? Frodo (Elijah Wood) gets kidnapped and Samwise (Sean Astin) becomes ringbearer at the end of the Two Towers book, but in the movie, that does not happen...Yes, I am a fanatic of this series, but it is all wrong! The director does a good job, but I have read alot of the reviews and I agree...go by the book! Like I said before, I love Lord of the Rings, that will never change, but in the movies, that is not really what happens......
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Summary: Beautiful!
Review: I have had the pleasure of having and watching The Two Towers screener dvd for months now and I cannot wait for the official release! Even though what I already have is perfect in every category, the preview for Return Of the King will make it all worth it!
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Summary: Doesn't follow the book, but so what...
Review: As a major fan of the book (note I say book, not books, as Tolkien never intended it to be split), I am disappointed in how much the movie veered away from the original. However, the purpose here is to review the movie, which plain and simply is 100% entertaining. Never has 3 hours passed so quickly, and I absolutely cannot wait for the extended edition!
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Summary: It's worth fighting for
Review: Peter Jackson has done what could not be done. Deemed unfilmable for decades (with the terrible cartoons as an example of why), "The Lord of the Rings" took the audiences by storm when "Fellowship of the Ring" premiered in 2001. In 2002, anticipation was even higher, dread was lower -- and "Two Towers" is an outstanding continuation of the epic fantasy tale. The movie picks up where "Fellowship" left off: Merry and Pippin have been captured by Uruk-hai, and Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are pursuing them. But they are sidetracked by an old friend: Gandalf, returned in a new form and with new powers, as Gandalf the White. He takes them to the kingdom of Rohan, whose king is bewitched by the evil Saruman. They barricade the people of Rohan in the fortress of Helm's Deep, for a final defiant stand against an army of Uruk-hai. Sam and Frodo have left, to venture into Mordor alone so that Frodo can destroy the Ring in Mordor's Mount Doom. When the two hobbits become lost in Emyn Muil, Frodo realizes that someone is following them: Gollum, the tormented, twisted former owner of the Ring. They capture Gollum, who swears to serve "the master of the Precious." But even Gollum's shaky allegiance isn't enough for them to succeed, because the Ring has started to bend Frodo to its will. While the first movie revolved around Frodo, the Ring and the Fellowship, here the focus widens. We get a better sense of the epic quality of the story and how it affects the whole world, not just our heroes. Gondor is crumbling, Rohan is beaten down by orcs, and even the forces of nature -- the tree-like ents -- are being attacked by Sauron and Saruman. It's nature versus the destructive machines, and the wild wrecking of Saruman's forges by these ancient tree shepherds is something to cheer for. Elijah Wood blossoms in this film as Frodo Baggins, the little hobbit who could. In the first movie Wood played Frodo as an innocent who loses his innocence; here he takes it a step further, showing the darkness and violence that are swallowing Frodo up. Because we saw what a bright, sweet person Frodo was before, it's all the more horrible to see him starting to slide down (even attacking his best friend -- the look on Frodo's face as he comes to his senses is stunning). Sean Astin perfectly embodies Sam Gamgee -- increasingly desperate, trying to keep Frodo from going under. He serves as a reminder of what Frodo is fighting for, and Astin has perhaps the most powerful lines of the film, near the end: "But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer." These simply-worded lines will bring tears to your eyes. But if Frodo is just starting to be addicted, Gollum is a junkie. Even if Andy Serkis doesn't appear in one frame in the entire movie, his motions and voice are heard and seen behind an exquisitely detailed CGI puppet. This is no Jar Jar or Dobby -- Gollum is detailed down to the last hair and wrinkle, believable in his appearance (I actually forgot he was animated for most of the movie), and has a multifaceted personality that reflects his own inner struggle -- Smeagol and Gollum, good and evil. The scene where Gollum's two halves argue is too amazing for words. The other supporting actors shine almost as brightly. Viggo Mortensen turns his reluctant hero Aragorn into a leader and a warrior. Ian McKellen manages to make Gandalf more stately and majestic, yet keeps that little grandfatherly twinkle. John Rhys-Davies provides a bit of comedy as Gimli, mostly related to Gimli's stature, but never loses his dignity; Orlando Bloom is outstanding as ethereal elf archer Legolas once again. Liv Tyler captures Arwen's fear of mortality and loneliness. Billy Boyd's Pippin and Dominic Monaghan's Merry, the well-meaning goofballs of "Fellowship," are now forced to make their own decisions. And new cast members Miranda Otto and Bernard Hill also shine as the strong-willed Eowyn and tough old king Theoden, in roles that will bloom further in the third film. Peter Jackson (who makes a few cameos) once again outdoes himself with camerawork and direction. His cameras as like living things: they swoop, dive, pull back for outstanding combat shots and then zoom in for exquisite close-ups. The battle scenes are dark, bloody, explosive, and full of chaos; only near the finale does any hint of glory shine through. He adds little human touches (the family split up by the war) that give a glimpse of what the non-heroic, ordinary people are suffering. Of course "Two Towers" isn't as good as the book. Few movies are. But taken purely as a cinematic experience, and an adaptation, "Two Towers" is virtually without peer. Epic, majestic, action-packed and brimming with pathos, this is a treasure. And they say "Return of the King" will be the best of all...
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Summary: Pretty Good, But...
Review: I thought the movie was pretty good. I thought the Helms Deep part was to long. It was an hour and a half long!!! I thought the part where Gandalf came back was cool. And Gollum was really cool! Andy Serkis was really great.I think this movie is really great, although a little dragging, but i think you should get it!!!!!!
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Summary: i love fellowship of the ring......
Review: To me, Fellowship of the Ring gave a start of the best trilogy movie series ever. And TTT came in with the most excited war scene I have ever seen (Apologize to lucas, but I still love star wars). Yet, from a viewer perspective not as a reader of LOTR books (never read them anyway), TTT makes me a little bit bored from the start until the battle scene. Plus, everything is falling apart, so the whole firs part of the movie just feels dark, no hope. That makes me down too.
Compare to Fellowship, TTT can only be a second rated action movie (the music not that great as Fellowship either!! big disappointment on that). I don't really care about how well the movie fits into Tolkien work since I didn't read the book. As a movie, TTT is just too much and too long with some unnecessary, kind of boring stuff. But the battle scene certainly makes me give it 5 stars (which means fellowship has 7 stars heehee). And I will wait for the special extended edition of TTT as i did for Fellowship, which come on Nov 18th. That one has 43 minutes of new scenes for crying out loud... Should make it two movies for each episode, so 6 movies total. Hell that way each one is still longer than many other movies...... :)
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