: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Director: Peter Jackson
One word: Awesome. This is not just a good adaptation of the book, it’s a great film. There’s action, drama, suspense, with a surprising amount of characterization and depth. We really get to feel Frodo’s internal conflict over the Ring, sense the peril of Middle-Earth as Sauruman prepares his forces for battle, and through unbelievable CGI, Gollum comes to life in a performance that ought to win an acting Oscar: he’s fantastic. There are minor quibbles about the story and Aragorn’s romances, but they’re such a small part of a beautifully crafted epic tale they’re hardly worth mentioning. The big battle scenes are impressive, but I’d heard so much amount them before the film that I found them a bit less impactful than I expected. Partly that was because Jackson chose to intercut the long battle with scenes from other stories, which diluted the battle a bit. But overall this is a five star movie, much better than the first one. Oddly, the first book is my favorite, and the second my least favorite, but so far the movies have that reversed.
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