Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002) – Movie Review

Director: Peter Jackson

Screenwriter/s: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair
Based on the Book by: J.R.R. Tolkien

Producers: Barrie M. Osborne 

Studio: New Line Cinema 

Production Companies: WingNut

Top Billed Cast: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Cristopher Lee, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, Brad Dourif, Jed Brophy, Karl Urban, David Wenham.

LOGLINE: Frodo and Sam continue the perilous journey to Mount Doom to destroy their evil ring along with an unexpected Allie - Gollum. Aragorn and co set out to rescue the kidnapped hobbits before joining forces with the Rohirrim in their war against the Uruk hai.

VIEWING CIRCUMSTANCES: Opening Day, Boxing Day 2002, with a sold out cinema. Many times on DVD since.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: I made no bones about the fact that the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) films are my favourite. 

STORY: This was no doubt the most difficult of the LOTR films to convert into a compelling, cinematic story.

PRODUCTION: As with the first the production is excellent and pushes the boundries of what is possible. The CGI Gollum really comes into his own here and is a breakthrough for cinema. The miniatures and props/costumes etc continue to excell.

PERFORMANCE: Again all round great performances. Some new cast members join and carry-on the high quality.

OVERALL: In my humble opinion, this is one of the best three films ever made.

MEETSLINE: FOTR meets ROTK

FAVOURITE QUOTES:
"A red sun rises, blood has been spilled this night."


"What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?"/"Po-tay-toes!* Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew..."


"Boorum horummm, little orcs"


"And then... a tunnel."

RECOMMENDED ACCOMPANIMENT: Ale by the pewter stein and bread.

LINKS:



Check out my review of LOTR FOTR here:
http://reviewflix.blogspot.com/2011/09/lord-of-rings-fellowship-of-ring.html


Check out my review of LOTR ROTK here:
http://reviewflix.blogspot.com/2011/09/lord-of-rings-return-of-king.html


Check out my deconstruction of LOTR FOTR here:
http://filmdeconstructions.blogspot.com/2011/09/lord-of-rings-fellowship-of-ring.html



RATING:

5 out of 5 reels of film.

Movie Review by A.B. McBlogsmith the Backwards Cap Film Reviewer

(C) Review Flix 2011