The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers DVD

Advantages: more epic adventure from Jackson
Disadvantages: a slower and dark film than the first

The second film in Peter Jackson's vision of bringing Tolkien's epic story to the screen is the real test for the viewer. After a light beginning and an easy storyline, the saga fractures into three separate interwoven tales, is slower going and the dark shadows of a world shattering war begin to hang over the land. It is the heaviest part of the tale in many ways but is only a reflection of the book. Any good story requires a beginning, middle and ...
...at the three films. Fellowship of the Ring sets up the overall themes and introduces the characters. The Return of The King is the epic finale, heroes are made, dramatic victories are achieved and like all good tales everyone gets their just desserts. The Two Towers is the vehicle between the two. That may be doing it a disservice as it is, in its own right, a masterpiece of grand storytelling and majestic film techniques and contains nothing that ... Read review

Advantages: Action, Story, Effects, Acting.
Disadvantages: The wait for the third part, the skateboard !

...After waiting a year for the second part of JRR Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings trilogy it was clear this film would have to be something special to compare or even come close to the absolutely awesome first film which whetted many a non-fans appetite (including mine). Let me tell you now it not only compares to the first film but surpasses it and heightened my enthusiasm for the third film to an even higher level. If you want excitement, exhilaration, ...
...has to be seen on the big-screen to be fully appreciated. If you've read any other review on the film you will find no-doubt many more folk waxing lyrical and could assume wrongly that I am just jumping on the bandwagon - I only read the first book after watching the first film so I went into this film with no pre-concieved ideas and being a non JRR tolkien fan! The only way to find out is to watch it for yourself but I would advise you to watch ... Read review

Advantages: Many good ones.
Disadvantages: Couldn't find many.

LORD OF THE RINGS; THE TWO TOWERS. On the 18th. of December I made a thirty mile or so journey to see the Two Towers. The second part of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. The venue was the cinema at the Wyeside Arts Centre in Builth Wells. It was a three hour epic and carried a 12A certificate which means children under 12 have to be accompanied by an adult. I paid in advance for the tickets, all seats were sold out at about £5 each. There were quite ...
...attention throughout, as with all the audience who seemed impressed by the film. This film was directed by Peter Jackson, a New Zealander, I am told there was considerable directing input by two others, Fran and Philippa someone or other, though the massive publicity involved handled mainly by Peter Jackson. I've read the book by Tolkien more than once before. My companion had read it again recently and remarked that this section of the story had ... Read review

Advantages: More Awe-inspiring than the first
Disadvantages: Misses out some of the book

...was a certain movie called The Fellowship of the Ring that I’m sure most of you will all remember that it was actually pretty damned good when it came down to it. But as much as your favourite brooding writer loved the movie, back then I honestly didn’t think I had the talent to do the movie any justice. Now over a year later and a lot more wiser The Two Towers has been released - part 2 in what will eventually be a Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based ...
...wish, a big-screen version of the whole Lord of the Rings saga that does the true scale of the books justice - and after seeing plenty people fall before him like an Uruk-Hai impaled on one Legolas’ arrows, I think, by jove someone’s finally got it. So a quick idea of what kind of story you can expect for your £4.20 (if you’re in Grimsby - probably more if you’re elsewhere), well with it being a sequel its always best to have an idea of what the ... Read review

Advantages: More great LOTR with epic fantasy battles :)
Disadvantages: Not true to the book, the score, perhaps not as good as Fellowship

...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 ...
...I hadn't managed to download the trailer from the official site (see end of opinion). Having read the books and seen the first film, I had a good idea what to expect though. Perhaps that doesn't apply to everyone - I heard (and I hope it's just an urban myth) that some people in America protested against this cash in on 9/11! Obviously unaware the book was published in 1954-5 and the film mostly finished before the terrorist attacks on the twin towers ... Read review