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Summary: Outstanding film, excellent extension
Review: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING seemed unsurpassable. But it happened! And that's because now we have THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, a moviemaking masterpiece second only to three films: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GODFATHER, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING. The film deals with the Fellowship after their seperation. Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) continue their quest to Mt. Doom; at the same time, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) and Gandalf (Ian McKellen) are fighting a vicious battle against the forces of evil wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee). The effects are astounding, the script 100% absorbing, the direction fantastic and beautiful, and the acting flawless. Not to mention that the score (by Howard Shore) is perfect. This is true moviemaking magic.DVD: The Extended Version of the film is awesome! If such a thing is possible, it's even better than the original version of THE TWO TOWERS! Not to mention it's loaded with two extra discs of in-depth featurettes and other cool special features. This is an essential DVD for anyone and everyone. Even better, Tolkien fans will enjoy it even more! What can I tell you, other than Buy It NOW!!
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Summary: The Two Towers - Extended Edition
Review: The Two Towers Extended Edition is actually better than the theatrical version simply because it adds more depth to every aspect of the film..Settings, Characters, and most importantly, the story. The Two Towers Extended Edition clocks in at 3 hours and 43 minutes, yea, some would say "Ohh thats too long", but true Lord of the Rings fans like myself, love every second of it! The additional 43 minutes covers all new and extended scenes which give the viewer a better understanding of the 2nd chapter in this epic trilogy. Bottom line, If you have the theatrical version of The Two Towers on DVD, go ahead and purchase the Extended Edition. Not to mention, it's a 4 disc set...Discs 1 and 2 contain the movie itself, and Discs 3 and 4 contain hours of awesome special features such as doctumentaries, featurettes, etc. LOTR fans, trust me, you won't be dissapointed!
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Summary: Filling in the Holes...
Review: For those of you who didn't get the whole bit about Aragorn and the blonde girl, you need to watch this film. For those who were so bloody angry about the Elves going to Helm's Deep and not the Trees, well, then this is for you, too. And it's even for those ardent Tom Bobadil fans who just need the writers to throw them a bone. This film is just better and it is the film that Peter Jackson would rather put his name on...it's his film. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll understand a lot more, especially when you get set to watch The Return of the King.
One piece of advice, though...if you haven't seen the Extended Edition of The Fellowship of the Ring, you need to pick that one up first. The two EE's really flow together well.
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Summary: An Extended Edition and they DELIVERED
Review: This is a very good edition for a collector. The extended scenes in the movie are over 32 minutes plus 12 minutes of fan club cridets. The additional scenes are very informative and makes it like watching a whole new movie. It's a must have in every collection
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Summary: Best Movie Ever!!!!!
Review: Definately better than the first one, LOTR 2 is stunningly real, and has an excellent storyline.
Frodo and Sam have separated from the original group of 7. They continue their quest to mount doom to destroy the ring of power. Mean while, the other 5 make their way to Rhohan. Pippin and Mari are seperated and are captured by orcs. After escaping, the 2 go into the woods where they meet Gandolf the White. They make their way to meet up with Aragorn, Legolaus, and the dwarf (I forget his name) They end up in helms Deep battling against overwhelming odds. This battle is one of the greatest in Movie His.!
This movie is definately worth your money, go out and buy it NOW!
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Summary: The Magic Just Keeps Coming
Review: This DVD is great for the hours at home with nothing to do. And it is great to have all those documentaries for people who like to know about the movie, and beleive me there is a lot of it! But seeing it on your TV in surround is really quite amazing. If you have not seen any of them, get both of the extended versions, and just watch. Also, the extended versions give you extra scenes, which more or less adds to the storyline but mostly are just scenes added in and should have been cut in the first place. I think this is really a historical movie. So grab this DVD, an dyou won't regret it. P.S. Don't forget the popcorn!
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Summary: Priceless! Hooray!
Review: I was too young to see any of the Star Wars films and too old to care for the Harry Potter films, but I am completely in awe of this beautiful film. It was the prospect of the dvd with all its extras which formed the entire reason I even bought a dvd player! I absolutely love it! I can die happy having seen it.
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Summary: Excellent movie with entertaining commentary and extras
Review: The movie was great. This special edition has a lot on it. You know what the movie's synopsis is. The cool thing about the extended eddition is that almost every extra scene is put in perfectly. If you were to watch this without ever seeing the theatrical version you would probably not be able to see where they added in the new scenes. The first disc has a lot of extra scenes with orcs. There is also one about Pippin growing. The second disc has the bulk I would say. There are a lot of enjoyable new segments. A great addition is the Boromir scene which was sadly cut from the theatrical release. The commentary is brilliant. Well, the actor's commentary is. I haven't watched the others yet. The actor's all have storys to tell, and there are quite a few good ones. Frodo, Sam, and Gollum tend to argue a lot. Sam always has to tell you how extroadinary or amazing something was using his huge vocabulary. They are sadly boring. The highlight of the commentary is Merry and Pippin. They own disc one. The second disc they don't get to do that much except the few ending scenes where they get some words in. Theodin owns disc 2 with hilarious stories every time he talks. He has a lot of stories that will make you crack up. Also, he uses some curse words but they beep them out. I love the movie. The extras are great though. The one about tolkien is kind of interesting but I think they already did that on the Fellowship special eddition. The additions are highly entertaining though and the reason to buy this dvd.
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Summary: Absolutely Love It
Review: The only thing that I can say about "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is that I am sorry that I do not own the platinum extended version. I absolutely love this film. In addition to the story line presented in this part two of LOTR it displays true courage and friendship among various people which is seldom seen in any film these days. In this version of "The Two Towers" Frodo and Sam are separated from the rest of the Fellowship. They continue their journey to Mordor in the hopes of destroying the ring with the guidance of Gollum a former Hobbit. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli continue their search of Pippin and Merry who were taken by the Orcs. To the surprise of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli Gandalf returns to help them in the preparation of a battle with the people of Rohan against the Orcs at Helms Deep a fortress in the mountains. The battle scene is one of the best ever made. The special effects in creating Gollum are unsurpassed.
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Summary: The Extended Version is the way to go.
Review: The Two Towers was excellent (in my opinion, best movie of 2002). With the quality of movie-making behind this franchise, it's no small surprise the stuff that ended up on the cutting room floor is outstanding. Many people agree that specific cut scenes were absolutely vital to giving certain characters more depth and I applaud Peter Jackson for putting on, what, 43 more minutes? If you haven't read the books, then the extended version is what you need. I guess for pacing and time constraints, they cut what they needed to, but on DVD, neither of these things hamper the original cut. Also, I'm not aware of another movie franchise that puts so much extra/special features onto their DVDs (maybe because so much went into making the movies). They are great fun to watch (well--most of them anyway) because they aren't just thrown together for marketing like so many other movies do. I highly recommend the Extended Edition of the Two Towers.
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