The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Real Pink in the Inside · Tue Dec 24, 2002 3:48 am

I just got back from watching LOTR: The Two Towers for the first time. It was definitely worth the $7.50. The story was quite good, and the special effects are probably the best I have ever seen (Yes, even better than Episode II). I found The Fellowship of the Ring to be quite lacking except in the special effects department and I never really understood what the hype was all about. I think The Two Towers is twice as good as FOTR in every respect, though, and it definitely deserves all of the praise it is garnering.

Have you seen it? If so, what do you think of it?

Post by **mosespa** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 4:35 am

To be honest, I have never had any interest whatsoever in any of the Tolkien stuff.

However, having said that, so many people have been telling me that I would enjoy these movies that I am thinking of waiting until all three are available on DVD and getting them all and watching them one after the other.

It will probably take that long for me to decide to watch even one of these movies.

Prkl · Post by **Prkl** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 11:00 am

Haven't seen The Two Towers yet, and it seems that most Tolkien fanatics HATE it. Apparently Peter Jackson hase made a lot of changes and short cuts in this movie...

Oh well, since I'm not that big of a fanatic (read the books once over 10 years ago), I'll probably like as much as the first one.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 6:54 pm

Ok, i didn't like LOTR1 or LOTR2 much. Two towers was the better of the two, but i feel them to be lacking in story and there's to many special effects. Ok, i know it was one of the best books ever written, but as individual episodes the films ahve little impact and go by looks rather than anything else.

Furious · Post by **Furious** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 1:37 pm

Never read the books, and i got landed last year with some free tickets, and loved the first movie.

Got free tickets again this year and saw the second one.

ive got FOTR on DVD and my gf has the 4 disk box set

i got the books for christmas and have read half through the first one.

imho the reason the story was taken out was more along the lines of character based building, and the fact that the movie already goes for 3 hours, adn they have to take stuff out.

I'll get the 4 disk set in October when it coms out (or my gf will) and that will be more closer to the book probably.

the stuff they took out of the Movie of FOTR, which you can see in the special edition (4 disk set) makes it a helluva lot closer to the book.

but then again, i prefer it when a movie maker takes a slightly different spin on how a book's story goes.
why watch the exact same story on the screen when ive read the book?

tolkien fanatics are all geeks who live in their parents basemesnt anyway, and go to Dungeons and Dragons carnivals or gatherings or whatever. :p

everyones got something to say. most people are just nerdy morons

"oh hoh hoo they pronounced Gandalf's name incorrectly!"

ffs get a life

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 2:28 am

i liked it much better than the first one

Ailbhe · Post by **Ailbhe** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:20 pm

I'm reading The Two Towers now.The only things I have against the movie are:
Frodo does not look like Frodo.
Aragorn does not look like Aragorn.
Gandalf does not look like Gandalf.
Legolas does not look like Legolas.
Sam does not look like Sam.
Merry and Pippin do not look like Merry and Pippin.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 12:08 am

Ailbhe wrote:I'm reading The Two Towers now.The only things I have against the movie are:
Frodo does not look like Frodo.
Aragorn does not look like Aragorn.
Gandalf does not look like Gandalf.
Legolas does not look like Legolas.
Sam does not look like Sam.
Merry and Pippin do not look like Merry and Pippin.

are you basing this off how you picture the characters in your mind?

Ailbhe · Post by **Ailbhe** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:02 am

Yeah ...... I mean, nowhere is it said that Frodo had big cute eyes.

Powderfinger · Post by **Powderfinger** » Tue May 20, 2003 10:54 am

To me, FOTR is better then the second movie. In the second movie there is far too much fighting. Fast camera-shots. I agree that the special effects are better, but in FOTR there is a better story. I like that in a movie.

Spirit Catcher · Post by **Spirit Catcher** » Tue May 20, 2003 11:25 am

I thought it was one movie cut into three parts.