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Summary: Failed to pull me away from my memories and outer reality.
Review: This movie failed to allow me to ignore my lost job, girl friend and empty sense of self. I couldn't relate to any of the characters which kept me from projecting myself onto a character leading a magical, meaningful life that I will never lead.P.S. Star trek rules
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Summary: Extended Into a Classic Film
Review: Simply put, this is a wonderful DVD package, continuing the fine job that was started last time for "Fellowship." The extra scenes are worth the price of the set, and on top of that you get commentaries, and two extra discs of supurb "making of" documentaries. The film itself is a wonderful achievement that will be hailed as a classic for years to come, just as the previous film.
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Summary: Where is the 2nd tower?
Review: More digitally processed landscape shots from New Zealand. More trudging across the tundra. More story lines that resemble nothing in the books. One scale model castle. One scale model castle storming battle. The cavalry arrives in the knick of time. Color fades in and out. Aspect ratio is screwy (and this is the widescreen edition). The highlight of this snore fest are the Ents (talking, walking trees). Not worth 3 hours of my time and barely worth the $4.50 I paid to rent from block buster. You want to see a good 3 hour movie, rent the Longest Day. That was an epic movie.
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Summary: Even better than the first
Review: In the tradition of Aliens and Godfather II, many would say that Jackson's "The Two Towers" is the next contender for a sequel that surpasses the original. As great as "Fellowship of the Ring" is, TTT is an even closer adaptation to Tolkien's book, and comes out as abetter film. The battle sequence at Helm's Deep rivals that of Braveheart or Saving Private Ryan, which is amazing considering that most of it is computer-generated. As for the DVD, the Platinum Series Special Extended Edition is the best buy, for all fans. For only an additional $8, this DVD is loaded with extras not contained on the original Widescreen edition. The commentaries alone make the extended version a must-have, and when you add in the 43 extra minutes of footage and all of the other bonuses fatured on this disc, it comes to one of the best DVD buys of any film. It's almost as if the producers had a roadmap for this DVD when crating the film and looked for things to add to it while they were creating Jackson's masterpiece.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: I just realised that didn't write a review, but rather my opinion in a previous "review". Sorry 'bout that. Well, in one word, The Two Towers Extended DVD is: Brilliant - No need for further explanation:).
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Summary: Still can't understand
Review: I can't understand why some people are forever complaining about the changes made in the Lord of the Rings movies. I mean for heaven's sake. You try making a 1000 page book into 3 movies of 3 hours or less! I think Peter Jackson did a fantastic job. I have read the books a thousand times and I am amazed at the brilliancy of Tolkien's writing. But I am a hunderd percent sure that he would still like the movies. I agree that there are some stuff (like the elves at Helm's Deep and Aragorn's tumble down the cliff after the battle with the Wargs) that is not at all in the book. But that could simply be to make it more watcheble and intriguing (not that I'm saying Tolkien's original work is NOT Intriguing) or any other logical reason that I wouldn't know since I didn't ask Peter Jackson himself. I am however sure that very few movies that are adaptations from books are made precisely like the book, down to the last letter. That's just my opinion.
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Summary: lotr
Review: I LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!!!!! BOOKS, MOVIES, GIMME WHATEVER. MMMMMMMMM
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Summary: EXCELLENT!
Review: As in the case of the Fellowiship of the Ring, the Two Towers is equally, if not more, AMAZING! A sure must for all! Well done Peter Jackson!
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Summary: A "Purist" Who Won't Shut Her Mouth...
Review: If loving Tolkien's books makes me a whining "purist" so be it. If disliking the dumbing-down of the books to appeal to a mass audience makes me a "purist" so be it.
If disagreeing with Peter Jackson's vision of the books makes me a "purist" so be it. There are many changes one can make in translating a book to film and some of Jackson's are very appealing and workable. However, many of them radically change the story for the worse. Would you change the story or the ending of Romeo and Juliet? Or The Ten Commandments? I don't think so. The films work, however, in SPITE of all that because enough of Tolkien's original story and characters shine through. And for the millions of us who have read the books, we are grateful at least that these beautiful and timeless stories were brought to life and have encouraged so many others to read them too. So, I am proud to be a "purist" who enjoys both the books and the films but nevertheless would have preferred the films to more accurately reflect Tolkien's vision.
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Summary: Once again a work of art
Review: I always wondered why the extended versions of the movies were never shown in theaters. I'm certain die-hard fans of Lord of the Rings would have been willing to sit through the three plus hours. You're definitely getting your money's worth. But it wouldn't have been logistically possible to do so in time and understandably so. The extras on Disc 3 and 4 has several interviews from cast and crew showing the time-intensive detail put into making the Two Towers. They were literally making changes within a couple of weeks of their due date. Clearly, the Two Towers was much more difficult to finalize than Fellowship of the Ring. Nonetheless, the hard work was well worth the effort, and these DVDs has made me appreciate the challenges of film-making. I applaud Peter Jackson's ingenuity in keeping the focus with these movies and successfully forging them into the most cohesive epic story ever put on film.
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