The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition, DVD)

The second installment of Jackson's Lord of the Ring's trilogy found a better prepared audience. While it was only in the last few months and even weeks before Fellowship of the Ring opened that people thought this adaptation which was once to have starred Sean Connery as Gandalf might actually turn out to be quite good, The Two Towers had a year of expectation on its shoulders. Not a good time to stumble, but thankfully hardly anyone noticed the slight lack of swagger in elements of this middle chapter. Cut from the same cloth, the performances and production values are as magnificent as before, with the new addition of Bernard Hill as a magnificently ...  Read the complete review

Okay, I was asked if I would review this movie, I initially intended to write a short review that I`d just email to the person in question but as I rewatched the movie and put fingers to keys, the review grew and grew and grew as I realised the depth of my feelings about this movie, anyways here for your reading pleasure is my review.. (Please Note this Review is not only Long but it also contains spoilers..) <---Review Starts Now---> And so, the task is two thirds complete. Peter Jackson's mammoth cinematic adaptation of Tolkien's epic fantasy has placed its second installment before an eager public, and (as usual) broken box office records along ...  Read the complete review

All year long I whetted my appetite, eagerly anticipating The Two Towers with a hunger usually reserved for dreams of Thanksgiving dinner. With mental fork and knife, I took my seat ready and willing to devour the lavish feast I had envisioned for 360 some odd days. Impatiently muttering, "This film isn't 3 and a half hours long, it's only two. The advertising and previews take up the other hour and a half!" I tried not to squirm. Finally, the film began with a stunning battle scene. Yes! Vivid, thrilling, a duel between two beings of immense power. I began to drink in the film through all my senses, my soul dancing with glee and impertinently ...  Read the complete review

Introduction Anyone who read my opinion on the first instalment of the LOTR trilogy will know I’d been eagerly awaiting these films since first reading the books around 10 years ago. The Fellowship of the Ring movie last year had only further whetted my appetite for the sequels (why, oh why do we have to wait a year?) All bar one of my friends from home had thoroughly enjoyed the first movie, so with release of the second set for December 18th and a new Odeon cinema to try out in Colchester, the Two Towers seemed the obvious occasion for a Christmas reunion. Unfortunately I hadn’t managed to download the trailer from the official site (see ...  Read the complete review

As I am sure most of you are aware, Lord of the Rings is a trilogy, so it is about time I moved on to review the second of the movies - The Two Towers. It is the second installation of both the books and the movies, and follows on from Fellowship. Although this is the second movie, it does not follow the same pattern as the first. In the Fellowship of the Ring, there was one main storyline that the viewer followed, whereas in the Two Towers there are now three main storyline's running alongside each other. Also, the Two Towers is based more in the world of Men, rather than the more magical worlds of the Elves & Dwarves. The film begins ...  Read the complete review