Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) by Badr M — 02 Jan 2013

This is the movie that made me fall deeply in love with "The Lord of the Rings", this is the movie that made me realize how cool the work of a director is. "The Two Towers" changed me, it made me see the world with different eyes, took me on a mind-blowing trip that I'm still travelling on. This is one of those movies I'll never get tired of, no matter how many times I've seen it already.

The best part about it is that it maintained all those good elements that made me like and appreciate "The Fellowship of the Ring", but got rid of all those slow, complicated things that made the first movie so 'heavy' and long. The details are still there though, and there's some character developement and some beautiul words are spoken. Toward the end of the movie, the battle at Helm's Deep and the words spoken by Samwise the Brave -- and the visual effect of having Gandalf with Eomer and his army following him -- that scene gets more and more astonishing the more you watch it. It's just stunning.

As a matter of fact, the extended version of "The Two Towers" flows by like really soon, like a very light, entertaining, action packed movie. I love every scene. And the storyline is just so much more interesting if compared to the first movie; well, the way I see it "The Fellowship" was just an introducion to Tolkien's universe. Then it come the battle of Helm, followed by the greates battle for Middle Earth. --.

When I first saw "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" I hostestly thought it was the best movie I've ever seen. That was before I saw "The Return of the King". That's the crazy thing: it just keeps on getting better and better!