Rating: 
Summary: "THE BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH BEGINS!"
Review: "The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers" is a step-up from "The Fellowship of the Ring." Bigger and better, Peter Jackson has succeded in bringing the first two novels of Tolkien's epic trilogy to life on the screen. The Battle of Helm's Deep is without a doubt the best battle scene ever committed to film as of now (From all reports, The Battle of Minas Tirith in "The Return of the King" will make Helm's Deep look like a skirmish).
The first DVD release of "The Two Towers" is pretty much the same as the first DVD release for "The Fellowship of the Ring." The documentaries, which are short but informative, are from television and lordoftherings.net. The best features are the previews for the Extended DVD Edition of "The Two Towers," and the exciting ten-minute preview for "The Return of the King."
Overall, this is an incredible DVD to buy. I highly recommend it!
Movie/DVD Grade: A+
Rating: 
Summary: Not True Animorphic Widescreen !
Review: I picked up the movie on the day of release. This is NOT a true animorphic transfer. Normally you would expand (or your TV would) a DVD signal horizontally to pop the image into 16:9.HOWEVER, this version of LOTR 2 Towers requires that you, or your TV, expand the image horizontally, and then again vertically. This is basically a cheap way for New Line to fit the whole movie on one DVD. Buyer Beware ! Wait for the 2 DVD version for a true animorphic transfer.
Rating: 
Summary: Taller than the sum of it's towers?
Review: Fantastic 5.1 audio, seamless special FX and superb cinematography (not to mention continued stellar performances from all involved) make this a phenominal production without question. In the ever growing trend of mediocre-at-best sequels, LOTR: The Two Towers stands tall and mighty indeed with standout sequels alongside the likes of The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, and your coice of Indiana Jones follow-ups.
From that standpoint alone I purchased this release, and as such am not dissatisfied. From a content perspective however, I must say that those responsible for the release could be best coined "lords of the marketing". I understand two more DVD box sets are enroute. Extra footage (40+ minutes) which is excellent of course, and 2 (two) DVDs of additional content. Fantastic! However, I think it a bit of a stretch to include so little 'bonus' content on this release. Yes, the teaser 10 minute preview of Return of the King is great, but it feels as if the additional content was intentionally curtailed in order to justify TWO additional DVD box sets... Come on guys. Sound design, a few cheezy prime-time special behind the scenes featurettes, and a completely unrelated 'mini-movie' do not justify an additional content DVD by any stretch of the imagination, and personally, I feel is an borderline shameful addition to such a fantastic film. Hopefully the upcoming box set(s) will include more interresting, in-depth content such as storyboard-to-screen multi-angle comparrisons and 'how we did it' featurettes we've come to expect from 99.9% of all effects-ladden releases since the Matrix... How about the fact that the process of filming three films simultaneously has never been done before? Key scene deconstructions? Actor/actress screen tests? Bloopers/Gag Reels? Look at the bonus DVD for Star Wars: Episode I or the Matrix, or Fight Club. THOSE are bonus DVDs.
A lot of work, yes, but this film DESERVES it, don't you think?
I would rather have it given to us with both barrels (er, towers in this case) in the deluxe 4 disc edition as opposed to a mediocre-at-best initial release. I understand the "need" for a DVD#2 as it is "standard", but I at least feel the standard should be met, don't you?
Fanstastic Scren-to-DVD transfer. The move gets 5+ stars. The Bonus DVD gets 1 star, bringing my rating WAY down to 3 stars.
The sad part is, like me, SO many of you will buy it to have it NOW, and if additional content is of value to you, more than likely purchase on of the upcoming box sets in Oct. Oh well. They have to pay for these epics somehow right?
Rating: 
Summary: The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Review: My name is anonymous because I don't feel like losing my life over an opinion. The Lord of the Rings is a repeat of Star Wars. Why? Because they both use mindless killing and war to solve their problems. This is entertainment? Why do people enjoy watching people (mainly men) get kill? All my life I have been trying to figure this out. So, 20 years ago when I was 29, I shut my trap and let the people enjoy this mindless junk. It was wrong of me to judge others. Yet, in these past 20 years this seems to apply only one way. Whenever a film is made that makes war look like hell and something to avoid it is condemn. Four Television series in the past 4 years were cancel because they cross that line. But to keep this short I will simply point out that "Close Encounters of The Third Kind 1977-1980" seems to be the last popular movie that had no killing or taking revenge. (ET does not apply to this situation.) Sure, Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings are both fantasy but they make war look like entertainment. This is so far from the truth but yet millions seems to enjoy it. Unless you turn the sex around. It's popular to have women carrying weopens and killing the bad guys (which are alway men) but try turning that around and see how the movie would be ban from the theaters. Well, it would not matter to me even if it was only women who were being gun down the violence and the hate would still be there. I do not know why these type of shows our so popular. We claim we want voilence off our streets yet we enjoy watching movies which points out that war is the answer to any problem.
Rating: 
Summary: An Amazing Film and a Mediocre DVD
Review: I remember thinking in the Theater that "Two Towers" might be the best movie I've ever seen- That's how much I liked it, and I was anxiously awaiting this DVD to see it again and again. This time around, it is far more obvious that they are saving all of the good stuff for the extended cut. The special features on this version are minimal- especially considering all the incredible FX shots with Gollum and the Ents. The only good things are a great preview of "Return of the King" and a preview of the extended cut. Personally, I'll be counting the days till the exteneded cut comes out to get the real goods on this fantastic film.
Rating:
Summary: Solid Adaptation
Review: Peter Jackson keeps rolling where he left off in The Two Towers. This is another epic, visually stunning film. As a hardcore fan of the books, I'd say the story stays true enough to be acceptable. I do have a few gripes: -Why make did PJ make Faramir such a jerk? That was a real bummer.
-What was with the cliff scene at the Black Gate? Cheesy.
-Merry tricks the Ents into trashing Isengard? Gimme a break. But only full on LOTR geeks (like myself) will care about this stuff. The rest of you can just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Rating:
Summary: What`s this? The highest rate is only 5 stars?!
Review: There`s just one thing to say: I love it and I can`t wait to see Returm of the king!!!
Rating:
Summary: {THE SUPREME FILM ADVENTURE OF OUR TIME!}
Review: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS! The fellowship has broken, but the quest to destroy the One Ring continues. Frodo and Sam must entrust their lives to Gollum if they are to find their way to Modor. As Saruman's army approaches, the surviving members of the Fellowship, along with people and creatures from Middle-earth, prepare for battle. The war of the Ring has begun. Nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture. Nominated for 2002 best picture, art direction, visual effects, film editing, sound, sound editing. {DISC-1}:
Fullscreen Version, Dolby Digital EX 5.1 surround sound, stereo surround sound, english subtitles and closed captions, spanish subtitles. Animated menues, feature run time approx. 179 minutes {DISC-2}:
(In-Depth Programs): Reve4aling the secrets behind the production of the epic adventure: On the set - The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, return to Middle-earth, a short film directed by sean astin, The Long and Short of it. The making of The Long and Short of it. (Featurettes): Created for lordoftherings.net, Take a closer look at the people and places of Middle-earth: Forces of Darkness, desiging the sounds of Middle-earth, Edoras: The Rohan Capital, creatures of Middle-earth, Gandalf the White, arms and armor, the battle of Helm's Deep and bringing Gollum to life. Exclusive 10-minute behind - the - scenes preview of The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King! Original theatrical trailer and TV spots, "Gollum's Song" music viseo by Emiliana Torrini. Preview of Electronic Arts' video game The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King! An inside look at the special extended (DVD) edition of The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. English and spanish subtitles, (DVD) - Rom content and much more! THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS is a must have for all action/adventure fans!
Rating:
Summary: Beyond its genre and one of the best movies made.
Review: oFF ALL three films that tell of The Lord of the Rings story, this one may be the greatist. Excellent casting, Excellent acting, excellnnt dialog. Peter Jackson has blown us away again, proving he has the best attributes of Spielberg and Lucus combined. Although he didn't write the story, this film adaption was a massive undertaking that could not have been better without sacrificing some of it's on screen perfectiom. So far, the best adaptation to date, and one of the greatist films made.
Rating:
Summary: An Amazing Movie
Review: Having read the entire Lord of the rings tril. including many of Tolkiens other works, I must say this movie is truely awsome. I am on many peoples side in saying "Hey! That never happened in the book!" or "Wow! That was totally messed up!" but I must agree some of the changes made were for the BETTER! When i say better I don't mean take Gimli's axe an hack up Tolkien's work, but I mean it is for the better of the movie. Tolkien didn't get as into the love story as the movie did, granted, but the love story makes it more appealing for a large audiance. Now people can root for Aragorn cleaving off an Uruk Hai head as much as they can root for him to marry Arwen.
Also, I have heard it so many times my head is going to explode. yes we know the elves didn't go to Helm's Deep. And that is perfect for the book, but when you see 10,000 Uruk Hai marching to Helm's Deep and 300 rohan soldiers, which a large portion is old men and children, you gotta wonder how are they ever going to pull this off? Petter Jackson made a good move in my oppion in making the elves go to Helm's Deep for two reasons. I think the non-reader would actually be saying "How did 300 soldiers hold off those Uruk Hai like that?" Rohan needed help, and in order to make the survial look possible, those elves were needed. Also, a overwhelming majority of people love elves, so what better a way that to show them fight at Helm's Deep, looking crisp and ready for action! I believe that Peter Jackson made a smart move there.
i will say this though, Aragorn falling off the cliff? That was....weird. On a more comic note, imagine waking up to his horse? Scary huh? But the whole falling off the cliff made it possible to explore the love a little more. Because in the book, it kind of seemed the love theme was diffently out of it, and sort of appeared out of no where in return of the king.
Overall I rate this movie very highly and recommend it to anyone. It is hard to juggle waiting till Novemeber to get the special edition or buying the one released. So I say go for the special edition and borrow the one released from a friend.
| 
