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Summary: An Absolute Must Have for LOTR Fans.
Review: I received "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" as a gift, but once I found out there was an extended version, I had to go out and get it. I also got the extended version of "The Fellowship of the Ring". The extended version is definitely the best choice. The extra footage explains some things that were not covered in the original film like the age of Aragorn which will shock you, the reason why Boromir tried to steal the ring from Frodo in the Fellowship and why Faramir is taking up his brother's cause. This version just presents more depth overall story wise and character wise.The general story continues as 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. I think it was great that an extended version was offered. It would have been difficult to sit through a three and a half hours plus movie in the theatre. This way you can get it all at home at your own convenience. In addition, for those interested in film making discs 3 and 4 show you virtually step by step how the movie was made including background music, scales (differentiating the characters various sizes-man/elf v. dwarf v. hobbit), scenery, graphic art, models, special effects, etc.
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Summary: I say 5 stars but..
Review: (let me warn you ahead of time I am a terrible speller x_0 I hope you can even get something out of this) .. I cant really truly rate a film like this, for I apsolutely love the books.. and of course I love the movies as well.. but I've read the books first and I am only used to that story line and I got a lot more out of the books than the movies.. in the movies I can just assume that the parts that werent shown exsist (I know I know its a fiction story but you know what I mean xP) and I would have loved it a whole lot better if they would have included some of my favorite parts.. but ah well:/..well anyways the downside is the parts that they add to make a whole knew story.. that I do not like.. J.R.R. Tolkien KNEW what he was doing when he had a certain person say a certain thing to another certain person. Or that he had something happen or not happen to a certain person. And I know I know.. the can't fit EVERYTHING from the story to the book.. but if they can FIT REPLACING something for a totaly different concept now you'd think they can fit the origanal couldn't you? I am tired of people judging the Lord of the Rings if they have not read the books, DO NOT JUST judge this story from the movies and DO NOT judge the books by just reading 10 or 50 or even 100 pgs and saying oop! I'm done too boring! It took me about 100 pages to get into the book and understand what was going on..(I have since then re-read those 100 pgs +) at first yes sadly I'll admit I thought it was boring only because I hadn't the slightest clue what was going on.. but after I got in to it I loved it! and so here I am today sitting at the computer typing a review and completely frustrated at some of the reviews I've read dissing LotR big time.. okay I was going to write a bunch of stuff but why bother x_0 Alright enough of that.. the movie is really truely and obviously a very hard piece of work. I have a lot of respect for the producers, directers, cast, crew, stunt people, sound directers, composers, artists, and everyone! awww! I feel SO bad for all of them after watching the two extra cds! oh my what Andy Serkis had to go through.. all the actors had to go through.. all the artists and sound and computer people and directers with their duedates!! and everyone! but OH MY! I LOVED seeing the extra CDS!! SO SO interesting! and the commentaries! I love seeing the behind the scene stuff! I love to learn on what and how they did it! It's just so interesting! But that's just me.. well anyways.. that's about it.. DEFENITLY my favorite movie (not saying the TTT is my fav, saying LotR is my fav because in my opinion there all one) I loved the music too! I'm probably boring you by now.. or even bored you from the beggining:P but anyways that's it for me;D.. o.o;;
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Summary: Stunning Epic.
Review: This is the second best movie in the trilogy. The performances are very strong and more realistic than the first. The spotlight of this film came from Elijah Wood, who brought the main charachter, Frodo Baggins, to life. He was at his best whenever the ring would call to him and he'd fall into the trance. Sean Astin was a strong supporter, but he became great in Return of the King. Ian McKellen was something else. As Gandalf, the white wizard, he performed brilliantly. Viggo Mortinsen was also great, and showed human emotions brilliantly. Especially when he was at Helm's Deep. The interaction between him and his enviroment was stunning. Orlando Bloom is good as Legolas, but he could never equal the others in the movie. I was upset about the way they used Gimli... he seemed to be there strictly for comic relief. It was nothing like in the book where he killed hundreds of orcs. Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan were both very good. However, Monaghan seemed stronger in this film where Boyd was better in Return of the King. This is a must see film for anyone, and should have won best picture. The battle of Helm's Deep has great editing and the cinematography of the film is wonderful. All of the battle sequences are strong, and the plot is rich. Go see it as soon as possible.
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Summary: The Two Towers (Extended Edition)
Review: Honestly, say what you want to about the Lord of the Rings movies (I, myself find them really long, strange, and pointless), but how can you say anything at all bad about this complex of a DVD set based on just one movie? Within the confines of the deep crimson, book-like box, you will find four discs packed with an insane amount of movie, an insane amount of supplements. Another thing- you never have to worry about the producers short changing you 5 months from now and coming out with some type of new special edition, because improving on this set is nearly impossible. As for the movie, hate it or love it (probably love it, because there's a lot of rabid Tolkein fans running around and eating opposers to the Lord of the Rings faction of Global Domination), you have literally no choice but to commend the love and care that went into making this box set, and wonder what kind of Lord of the Rings fanatic made it. Peter Jackson, of course, has ensured you that the two whole discs saturated with nearly 4 hours (that's one sixth of a day) of movie, and two whole discs brimming to the top with lucious sweet extras. So, if you totally disregard this movie as entertainment, and consider it blasphemy, at least you can get your fill watching the captivating extras- a lot of neat little bits about how they did everything.
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Summary: Better Than the Book
Review: Evan though I have always loved reading, including fantasy, I had a terrible time reading the Lord Of the Ring series. Never did finish it, but the movie is wonderful, holds your attention. The photography is wonderful. the characters are so believable, and I find everyone one in our family that has seen it loved it. From the grandmother to the 7 year old grandson, and every age group in between. Wish we had more like this.
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Summary: Wow
Review: Quite variated from the books, but that's what makes this whole movie awesome! The battle of helm's deep was excellent and not too short either. It amazed me of such a transition Peter Jackson made from the Fellwoship since that movie didn't exacltly have me on the edge of my seat. I saw this movie 5 times in theaters and call me a loser if you will, but i thought it was worth every penny. This movie makes you wish you were in middle-earth, hacking and cleaving orcs down like Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, etc. 3rd favortie movie...it's good stuff.
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Summary: THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME SORTA BETTER THEN THE FIRST!
Review: THIS MOVIE WAS SWEET KINDA BETTER THEN THE FIRST BUT I JUST WENT TOO SEE PART 3 RETURN OF THE KING AND THAT ONE WAS THE BEST IT WAS LIKE 4 HOURS THOW BUT IT WAS WORTH IT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER!! YOU NEED TO SEE PART 3 SEE 2 TOWERS CAME OUT ON DVD THE 4 BOX SET I WAS GONAN GET IT BUT NAAH I DIDNT WANNA BUT NOW PART 3 WAS SOO FREAKI'N AWESOME IM BUYING THAT THE 4 BOX DVD SET THATS HOW AWESOME PART 3 IS BUT I SHOULD GET THE HOLE COLLECTION BEFORE I GET THAT PART 3 IS SOOO AWESOME SEE ITT NOWW GOO!!!
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Summary: You've got to be kidding me
Review: I like this movie, It was really good for those who could understand it. But I would like to say one thing to the jack#ss Eric T Miller who just wrote that review about everyone who likes this movie being losers. Listen dude, keep your idiot comments to yourself. If you have nothing better than to write a review of a movie you hate, then don't make fun of everyone else. It's a stupid generalization that everyone who likes this movie is a glasses wearing acne faced nerd. By the way, the fact that you go out of the way to say that you have a great dating life kind of makes me think you have none at all. Dumba##.
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Summary: Excellent unless you liked the books
Review: Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is a film adaptation of the second volume of Tolkien's classic fantasy masterpiece by the same name. As in the first film in this series, "The Fellowship of the Ring", it's an excellent swords and sorcery flick, featuring even more combat - everything from one on one fistfights to battle scenes of 10,000, all using the best in live action and realistic computer graphics animation. For those who truly love the books, though, the movie may fall short. As in "Fellowship", not enough time is spent on characterization, leaving many of the characters one or two dimensional; in some cases they bear only a superficial resemblance to their namesakes from the book. In addition, one of Jackson's departures from Tolkien - presentation of Saruman as a mere minion of the evil Sauron, rather than as a would be competitor - grows from a minor annoyance in "Fellowship" to a major failing in "Towers", as it's the suppressed rivalry between Sauron and Saruman that drives much of the plot in this portion of the original novel. As a result of this departure, for example, the orcs' conflict over where to take the captive Merry and Pippin in the original book is reduced to an argument over food, and one is left wondering why the bad guys fail to coordinate their attacks on Gondor and Rohan, rather than understanding that the uncoordinated timing results from differing goals. Unlike the special edition of "Fellowship", the extended version of "Towers" does little to ameliorate these flaws; while the added scenes do tend to focus on characterization, Theoden still comes across as craven and Treebeard as hasty, contrary to the books. Some of the added scenes, particularly the ones with Merry and Pippin, are quite humorous, though. Note that there doesn't seem to be a way to view the shorter theatrical cut from this set of DVDs, so if you're primarily interested in fight scenes and don't care too much about Tolkien, you might want to stick with one of the other editions. If you're interested in more than fighting and patient enough to watch for four hours, this edition may be the one to get; if you're a Tolkien fan, the excellent packaging of this edition will make it look much better on the bookshelf, which is where these DVDs will spend most of their time.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Yes, I'm not rating this film high, or Fellowship. I found out only recently about the extended versions. I only saw them in theaters and thought they were awful films. After watching the extended version of Fellowship, I grew to like that one more, but haven't seen the ext. version of The Two Towers, a film I hated in theaters. Call me crazy for writing a review. I felt cheated. If they're so good and so popular, why didn't the studio release the extended versions for a couple of weeks in a handful of theaters? Shame on them. The Audience IS WATCHING!
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