The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | | Cast : | Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen | | Director : | Peter Jackson | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 18, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | August 26, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Impressive Centerpiece | Content
 | Being neither the beginning nor the end, The Two Towers runs the risk of appearing to be anticlimatic filler. Peter Jackson and company have done a wonderful job avoiding that pitfall. Characters are deepened and subplots fleshed out. The ents are very very cool and the battle at Helm's Deep is impressive. Gollum is a fascinating character and a masterful use of cgi. Jackson and co. have done an extremely laudable job with The Lord of the Rings. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | Outstanding | Content
| Very good edition, the figure its great. Audio Compression its great for any home theater with DTS Capable System.... |
| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | Lord of the Rings -Two Towers (Platimum Series Extended Edition | Content
| I found the movie both very well made and it kept my attotion. It did not quite follow the book, the changes made to the movie did not change the story or the full impact of the story ,in fact I belive they made it make more sence then if they had not been made.
Over all it was the best I am very glad I have it now.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 07, 2005 | | Summary | A spectacle that builds off the first movie | Content
| Contains spoilers.
Having seen the Toronto premier, I must say that I was very pleased with the Two Towers. It is not only spectacular in it's SFX and set design, it provides us characters, both CGI and human, that are interesting. However, it may upset (not me though) LOTR junkies because it is not completely faithful to the book.
The first scenes of the movie had me hooked, where they go back to the battle between Gandalf and the Demonic Balrog under the mines of Moria. As in the first book, Gandalf seems to be lost, but they extend the battle as the two mighty characters seem to fall to the center of the earth. It is an amazing scene that will have your mouth gaping. However, that is shown as a dream sequence to Frodo/Sam's quest to get to Mount Doom to destroy the ring of power.
The other plotline has Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli tracking a party of Uruk-hai who have kidnapped Merry and Pippen (the other two Hobbits). However, by the time they reach them, all the orcs are killed by the Riders of the Rohiddim, soldiers of a Kingdom called Rohan. The party discover that the hobbits were not killed but hid in the mysterious Fangorn forest, a mystic place that mortals dare not enter. They meet up with Gandalf in the forest and head to Rohan, since he has found the hobbits and left them in the protection of the Ents, a tree race that protects Fangorn.
In the capital of Rohan, they find out about Saruman and Isengards march of 10000 orcs to destroy their land. The King is under the spell of an evil sage named Grim Wormtongue and Gandalf breaks the spell. Wormtongue is banished and heads to his true master, Saruman. The Rohan's abanddon their city and head towards Helm's Deep, their siege fort, where they will make their last stand. Saruman, knowing this, sends his troops there, hoping to block them off and destroy Rohan. Meanwhile, Gandalf goes to find the King's nephew Eomer, who was banished by the King while he was under the spell of Wormtongue.
Meanwhile Merry and Pippen meet Treebeard, one of the oldest Ents. They try to convince him that Saruman has become evil but the Ents have no interest in joining the war, until they find out that Saruman is destroying the forests to run his great underground steel mill. They have a change of heart and prepare for the siege on Isengard.
Finally, Frodo meets and captures Gollum, the adversary of Bilbo Baggins in the book "The Hobbit". As they prepare to finish him off, Gollum tells them that they cannot enter Mordor because Sauron has built a giant gate and offers an alternative way in. During this way, they fall in between a conflict between the Harzad (servants of Sauron) and the fighters of Gondor. They are captured by Faramir, the brother of Boromir and will be taken to Miras Tinir to have the ring given to his father to fight the war.
As you can see, the plot is dense but Director/Writer Peter Jackson fills in much of the holes. He also adds parts that are not in the novel, such as the love triangle between Aragorn, Eowyn and Arwen. Also, in the second part, I don't remember the Elves escaping from Rivendell to their ancient homeland of Valoria across the sea, nor do I remember a legion of Elves under Haldir going to assist the Rohan's defenses, but for me, these were not negatives, but helped with the plot. As well, in the book, the first half is devoted to Helm's Deep and Isengard, while the second half is the quest. It is broken up here, but IMO, that was a good thing since JRR's way would have bored people cinematically.
Other differences from the book is that Aragorn and his party do not meet up with the Ents and the Hobbits in Isengard and the movie ends about 50 pages before the novel does and you do not get to meet "her" (LOTR fans will know what I'm talking about).
For those who have not read the novels, there maybe some confusion where characters or people appear out of nowhere, but were discussed in the book (like the Ents), or Faramir happening to be the brother of Boromir. I also suggest that those who have not seen the original LOTR: FOTR or watched in a while, rent it againt to be refreshed.
Of the the new characters, Smeagol-Gollum is the best. Jackson makes Smeagol pathetic enough to be sympathetic to the audience (especially with his big eyes and naive childish attitude), but makes Gollum evil enough to make him seem like a real threat. Smeagol also is the best CGI character I've seen to date. After a few minutes, you would think that he existed in real life. Andy Serkis does an amazing job with the voice. John Rhys-Davis does the best here, injecting humor into his Gimli character (the reference to Dwarf tossing is timeless) and with the towering voice of Treebeard. Other new characters that support the movie well are Karl Urban who plays Eomer, David Wenham who plays Faramir and Brad Dourif who plays the slimy Grima Wormtongue.
I was not impressed with Miranda Otto as Eowyn, mostly because she is supposed to have major chemistry with Aragorn (Viggo Mortesen) but doesn't and I was also unhappy with Frodo, because in the novel, he goes from fresh faced no-nothing to a wiser person, but Jackson instead played up his "turmoil" with the ring. He is also supposed to have a fatherly role with Smeagol-Gollum, but it does not come through on screen.
Finally, the battle scenes....Yes they are amazing and tremendous to take in, but it was sensory overload at times. It just keeps going and going and becomes wearisome after a while. But don't get me wrong, this was a minor complaint. I know this movie is supposed to be darker than the first movie, but let me tell you, it made Gimli's jokes all that funnier.
Overall, this is probably the "Don't miss" movie of the Christmas season. I give Peter Jackson and the whole crew kudos for making a movie that will both entertain and memorable....Rating: B
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| Rating | | | Date | June 22, 2005 | | Summary | Just As Good As The First | Content
| Orcs are everywhere. Frodo Baggins continues his quest to destroy the ring. That's all that's going on. It's cool. Cooler than I thought it would be. It is a follow-up from "Fellowship of The Ring." THAT was awesome to begin with. You have to see that first to know whaaaatttt'ssss happenin'. MMM-KAY?
Sure, there are problems. There always are problems in this trilogy. I just love fantasy movies. I cannot think of more than 2 people who don't like films like this. Some who like it still occasionally fall asleep. You know it's NOT THAT boring. Classic series. |
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