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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The continuation of the tale begun in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers follows Frodo and Sam as they continue the journey to Mordor on a quest to destroy The One Ring and save Middle Earth. Meanwhile, Merry and Pippin have been kidnapped by Uruk Hai, and Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are trying to rescue them. Blah, blah, blah, Gandalf's alive and has a cool horse, they meet other people with horses, there's an exorcism, bad guys come, good guys win, etc. Meanwhile, on the road to Hell, Frodo and Sam are joined by the fairly gross and multiple personality laden creature, Gollum, who is forced to act as a guide to Mordor at sword point in one of the Hottest Scenes of the Film. Like the first movie, there are changes from the book to this vision of the story. However, books are not movies and movies are not books. Thus, I have very few complaints about what director and co-adaptor Peter Jackson has done here.

Like the first in the series, The Two Towers is a wonderful film. While there is added drama and somewhat less lovely imagery than in the first one, the coming darkness is depicted in a way that will make even the bravest man weep. Again, the acting, the script, the effects are all wonderful. A great movie from beginning to end, even if the scenes with Arwen seem a tad forced in this episode. Luckily for us, she's not in it all that much and there are lots of beautiful men for us to ogle. A fantastic movie.