2002 Directed by Peter Jackson
Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
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Every story usually consists of three acts; the first is where you introduce your tale & its characters, the second is the middle part where the majority of the plot surfaces & character development takes place, and the third & final act is where you tie up all the loose ends to bring your entire narrative to a satisfying conclusion. Almost every storyteller has a definite idea of how to begin & end their stories but the middle act is always the hardest part. Because no matter how great the other two acts are, if this part isn't handled correctly, then the overall experience will ultimately amount to almost nothing in the end.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is that middle…
Did someone turn off the light?
Because it just got real dark up in here.
In all seriousness, The Two Towers isn't the cheery and delectable piece of adventure that The Fellowship of the Ring was. However, that doesn't mean that it isn't as satisfying. The danger is higher, the scope is wider, and the characters are in one helluva situation.
Basically, this reminds me of the Empire Strikes Back. It's darker, deeper, and full of choices that will reverberate throughout Middle Earth. However, that doesn't mean that it's necessarily better than its predecessor. The first film feels like an adventure, while the second feels like a challenge.
And it all leads up to Helm's Deep. A grand and absolutely…
One of the (many) things that makes LOTR distinct is that the One Ring is not a MacGuffin, or even only a symbol. It's a character.
"and sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy?"
upon rewatch, my favorite of the trilogy. imo Two Towers most successfully develops the vital idea of tolkien's books, about the overwhelming physical toll and consuming nature of evil, and the choice to act courageously in spite of it—the sense of fear and loss that permeate every victory ("the young perish... the old linger"), the thin, grotesque form of gollum, a constant reminder of frodo's path forward into the abyss, a marsh of rotting corpses forgotten by time ("war will make corpses of us all") and fresh ones of friend and foe alike the last thing you see, the vast vistas of natural beauty,…
Somehow the Second LotR movie manages to be as good as the first. With some of the best speeches I have ever heard and the best battle sequence in any movie ever, I cannot praise this movie enough. Honestly I love everything about the LotR movies from the moment I have first them to now. Truly my favourite movies of all time. Highly recommend the extended edition for even more fantastic scenes.
The fact that the weakest movie in the trilogy is still 5 star quality speaks volumes to how amazing this trilogy is. Fellowship of the Ring introduced us to this fantastic world and all the incredible characters that inhabit it; Return of the King is where the story truly reaches it’s dramatic heights; and The Two Towers is just the middle chapter that connects those two. But even then, this is a pretty damn good middle chapter. The stuff with Helm’s Deep has some really good buildup and some really good payoff. Golem is a great character and IMO has the best arc in the whole franchise. The stuff with the Ents.....is decent. Overall, while it doesn’t have as many memorable moments as the other two installments, The Two Towers still has some absolute pinnacle filmmaking and is still an absolute must-see.
Problems with Fellowship feel amplified here, plus the pacing is beyond fucked in this one. Character’s arcs, tasks, progression, etc are just not at all interesting to me. Still can’t deny the immense craft of it all.
But honestly, fuck those talking trees, I legit hated them. Gollum carried this one.
Improves on the first film in pretty much every way, and that one was already close to perfection.
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