The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Some things I liked some I did not.

not horrible nor great

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

This movie is epic.so much love from this movie,so much lessons towards life.loved each character of the trilogy.best place where movie has made.so much vibes,i just can't express in my words.their good acts,their love,their sincerity,theri honesty i am just huge fan of LOTR.one of the best thing is this film's soundtracks......OMG i just can't stop myself to listen all these themes of LOTR .i forget al my sorrow and all my pain whenever i listen these themes of LOTR.one of the best holywood film ever made.so much adventure .i saw it i thing in 2013 or in 2014's middle. then i became the best fan of this trilogy.i love it so much .i just want to live with hobbits.they have no any sorrow,they are happy all the time.honest with each other,being happy,havin fun.i just love it.this movie is my life.whenever i feel tired or bored from my life i just see some scene from LOTR or listen it's theme iand i again gain hope from it.it just motivates me .long live LOrd ot the rings.this trilogy is my life.i'm listening also the theme of LOTR and type this review.though,i just love it so much.each and every character.imagination is bigh thing.whenever i listenthe theme i just imagine myself towards hobbit's place's,being with theme.good thoughts come in my mind whenever i see this film.lots of love.

My granny and I sat down to watch this film thinking more bish bash bosh was about to occur. By god we were right. The first scene with Frodo and Sam in it was fine. All the decent stuff about using a rope to get down a mountain and comedy about how to undo the knot it was fine. But after that things got creepy as Gollum got more involved in the story and how he wasn't actually Gollum to beging with and was actually Smeagle. I have to say it was quite gory in the war scenes and when everyone thinks Aragorn has died but he comes back with scratches on his shoulders. Also if the Elf king dies how come the elves are immortal?

RELEASED IN 2002 and directed by Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" adapts the second part of JRR Tolkien's popular fantasy trilogy about adventures on Middle-Earth. The surviving 'Fellowship' of the first film has been divided into three small groups for this one: The Hobbits Frodo and Sam (Elijah Wood and Sean Astin) team-up with the mad Gollum (Andy Serkis) to make their way to Mordor, but are captured by Faramir (David Wenham), the brother of the deceased Boromir. Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas the Elf (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli the Dwarf (John Rhys-Davies) encounter the once-great King Theoden (Bernard Hill), who has fallen under the spell of Saruman (Christopher Lee) via his devious minion Grima Wormtongue (Brad Dourif). Meanwhile the Hobbits Pippin and Merry (Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan) try to enlist the help of huge tree creatures. Gandalf is also on hand (Ian McKellen). These story threads culminate in the great Battle at Helms Deep in the third hour. This three-hour fantasy/adventure starts out more engaging than the first film, which was laden by its overlong, convoluted and (for the most part) unnecessary prologue. Like that movie, the characters are colorful, the tale is imaginative, there's a lot of brutal action rounded out by quieter moments and everything LOOKS and SOUNDS great. Unfortunately, after the first act, Jackson opts for CGI porn (excessive use of CGI with the corresponding dizzying visual effects). The first film did this too, but this one ups the ante and so there's not as much spectacular New Zealand cinematography (i.e. real forests, mountains, rivers, etc.). If cartoony CGI is your thang then you'll likely appreciate this installment more than me. There are other problems: While the characters are imaginative, they're also shallow and rather dull, at least for mature people who require more depth to maintain their interest. Also, the wide-spanning (meandering) story with numerous characters and hard-to-remember names tends to be disengaging. I was never much captivated by the characters and their causes, although uber-fans of Tolkien might be. Another problem is the lack of prominent female protagonists. We have Miranda Otto as Éowyn, Théoden's niece, who falls in love with the noble Aragorn and that's about it, except for cameos by Liv Tyler as Arwen and Cate Blanchett as Galadriel. "Mythica: A Quest for Heroes" (2014) cost LESS THAN $100,000 to make, which is a mere fraction of the $94 million it cost to make this blockbuster and the filmmakers knew enough to include a couple of prominent babes as key protagonists in the story. Despite these negatives, "The Two Towers" was an ultra-ambitious undertaking and is a must for fantasy/adventure aficionados who liked the first movie. THE MOVIE RUNS 2 hours 59 minutes and was shot in New Zealand. GRADE: B-/C+

Peter Jackson is genius. Love the intensity of Helms deep.