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Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: Samwise on December 11, 2002, 09:20:53 AM

Phew, where to begin. Well it certainly was very good - TTT is in many ways darker than the first movie in the trilogy; yet it\'s also somehow more epic. It takes off pretty quickly as it doesn\'t need to explain as much as in FOTR, although it means there isn\'t much of a \'beginning\' for those new to the series (but they shouldn\'t be watching TTT before FOTR anyway :D).

The score is as good as in the first movie and we get to hear some new themes - mostly in regard to Rohan (or was that Gondor, can\'t remember :)).

Gollum is a disgusting and pathetic creature and WETA did a splendid job on the CG. I would at times forget it was just a CG animated creature and not a real \'person\'. And other CG effects were done close to perfection too - the ents / Treebeard especially look pretty cool. And of course the MASSIVE armies are just that... massive. Very impressive, although I can\'t wait to see the fighting going on in Return of the King. The fights are mindboggling and do not fail to impress, even though I was lead to believe it was 45 mins of straight action - that\'s not quite the case as it cuts to less action-filled moments inbetween, but still impressive nontheless. Excellent work by everyone involved.

Don\'t miss this one. It\'s grand, magnificant, epic. I\'m sorry that I can\'t really do it justice with my words.

5 stars out of 5

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: mjps21983 on December 11, 2002, 09:56:21 AM

Thanks Samwise for giving a review, without revealing too much, I\'ll be sure as hell to be going to see this one over Xmas break!!!

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: GigaShadow on December 11, 2002, 10:17:41 AM

Nice thanks for the review even though I am jealous as hell!!!

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: kopking on December 11, 2002, 12:12:06 PM

cool, yeah i heard the golum was real coool, cant wait to hear a bit more, but with no spoilers.... cool that its darker

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: fastson on December 11, 2002, 12:17:13 PM

Im glad its darker. Sounds very good!

Cant wait!

Thx Sam.

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: alienmagic on December 11, 2002, 01:41:50 PM

One week to go. I can\'t wait :D

:alien:

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: square_marker on December 11, 2002, 02:15:28 PM

thanks for the review Gamgee

You little furry hobbit :D

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: MPTheory on December 11, 2002, 02:30:18 PM

I kind of hoped that they would remake "The Hobbit"  I always loved that book, and the cartoon.

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: Samwise on December 12, 2002, 04:19:06 AM

Trust me peeps, you don\'t want to miss this movie. I just love what PJ & crew did to the whole Middle Earth universe. Brillant.

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: Green Meanie on December 12, 2002, 04:51:55 AM

Superb, cheers for the review.

Only 6 days to go.

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: CHIZZY on December 12, 2002, 09:34:04 AM

I am SO very anxious to see this movie!

/me unsheathes his sword and fights imaginary Uruk-hai.....

"ELENDIL!!!"

Actually, in honor of the movie, I was going to buy this:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianfletcher.com%2FCatalog%2FSwords%2FExclusives%2FRanger%2FRanger.JPG&hash=60d8c4e5a8baf1cacadeb424bb871eaa04113f6c)

$525 + $250 for the scabbard.

*drool*

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on December 12, 2002, 11:09:41 AM

Can\'t wait to see TTT... only 6 days more.

EDIT: Sam, I think the music you referred to is THE RIDERS OF ROHAN, a nice melody in which a violin plays a great part of it. GREAT, indeed. (I\'ve the OST)

Title: My review of The Two Towers [no spoilers]
Post by: Kurt Angle on December 12, 2002, 11:24:11 AM

I haven\'t seen FOTR yet, may get the DVD special edition for christmas.