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Everyhting a sequel leading up to the next movie should be
The Two Towers is a filler, that's all. Thankfully it's a good filler. The idea is to introduce some new characters and set the story up for the third movie.
New characters you meet: Eowyn, played by Miranda Otto, Faramir, who is Boromir's brother, Theoden, King of Rohan, Theodred, Theoden's son, Eomer, played by Karl Urban and Eowyn's sister, The Ents, Grima Wormtongue,(Saruman's bi***) and Gollum!
The movie spends a lot of time showing Merry and Pippin meeting up with the mighty Ents, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas making their way through Fangorn and wherever else to find their friends, Frodo and Sam meet up with Gollum who helps them make their way to the ring and has an agenda of his own. We get Gandalf back, who kicked the crap out of the balrog and was resurrected to help the group on their journey and is now known as Gandalf the White. Theoden is being corrupted by Saruman and doezsn't even acknowledge his son's death, who was poisoned by Grima. Under the influence of evil, Theoden excommunicates Eomer and his band of soldiers, The Rohirrim. My small gripe is that Eowyn is majorly underwritten and not given the credit she deserves as a strong and independent woman. Theoden is very bullheaded and tries to do what he thinks is right but he ends up being majorly wrong.
The biggest moment came at the battle of Helm's Deep. Haldier and his army of elves honor their allegiance with men once more. There are 10,000 orcs and uruk hai against a small band from Rohan. Theoden believes they are safe from harm at the walls of Helm's Deep but Saruman concocts bombs to blow up the wall. The part I didn't like was when Haldier gets killed by a pike from one of the Uruk hai. The battle scene was done very well and quite impressive but you shake your head at Theoden's poor judgment. Just when all hope is lost though, Gandalf the White shows up with Eomer and the Rohirrim, who beat the snot out of the rest of the army and win the battle, while the war is looming ahead.
This movie to me wasn't as great as Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King but it's good though. It has it's exciting moments and strong messages and sets you up for the third installment.

The Two Towers Of Gold is more like it!
What can I say. I LOVE THIS MOVIE! IT IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE(which I liked a lot)IT HAS LOTS OF COOL, SCARY, AND OR FUNNY SCENES, IT IS FULL OF BLOOD, MANY OF THE BEST CHARACTERS(such as Frodo, Samwise, Gandalf, Sauron, Gollum, and the elf Princess)ARE BACK, THERE IS MORE ARROWS, SWORDS, SPEARS, CATAPULTS, AND ORCS TO KILL THAN EVER BEFORE, THERE ARE LOTS MORE GROSS OUT SCENES OF GORE AND SLIME, THE TWO TOWERS ARE REAL COOL LOOKING, AND THERE'S SUCH GOOD ACTING AND GRAPHICS I CAN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT! I'VE SAID TOO MUCH ALREADY! DON'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND! SEE THIS FILM NOW!!!! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! NOT ONE BLOODY LITTLE BIT!!!!!!!!

Raves ... plus
I enjoy watching this great trilogy of my favorite story. It really brings the book to life. I appreciate the care that was taken to do honor to Tolkien's work.

Rave reviews are boring and have nothing creative about them unless they have some suggestions for improvement. There are no perfect movies, and it is not good enough to just sit there and clap if you are a reviewer.

One suggestion I have about this movie in particular, the second of the series, is to work harder at realism in the battle scenes. There was a powerful impression that the "good guys" killed enemies at will and were infinitely more skillful at war than the "bad guys", who were just basically paper dolls to knock down, no matter how ferocious the costume.

Along with that, more than once there were battle scenes that looked very bleak for the heroes (Helm's Deep and the ambush by the wargs), and then all of a sudden the battle was over and the enemies were completely gone. That's nice, but what happened to them all? One moment the enemies are numerous and menacing, and the next moment they are utterly destroyed, whoosh, gone.

I have to commend the movie for one seemingly minor detail that was done excellently. As the enemies approached Helm's Deep, several times we watched the women and children react to the noise that was being made by the attackers. That careful attention to detail made the scene more powerful, because we could picture ourselves affected by the coming menace.

There were a few times when I had to wonder if the film script had deviated from the book. I would have to go back and re-read the book to know for sure, because I haven't read it in a number of years. I'd have to consider any such deviations to be negatives, because I revere the book.

It's like changing the Ten Commandments to suit yourself, like saying to get rid of "Thou shalt not covet" and replace it with "Thou shalt not have an abortion", or changing "Thou shalt not have any idols" to "Thou shalt not commit homosexual acts". I realize that there are a lot of people who would like to add commandments against abortion and homosexuality, but you don't mess with the words of the master. That's how I feel about Tolkien.

Was Theoden really "possessed by" Saruman? Did Gandalf really perform an exorcism on Theoden, as he did in the movie? Were Frodo and Sam really taken all the way to Osgiliath (or wherever that battle was) before being released by Faramir? Notice how I use the word "really" as if Tolkien's book is a history, not a novel. Did Frodo, while a captive of Faramir, really have a face to face confrontation with a flying Nazgul during which he almost put on the ring until Sam stopped him?

I'll have to read the book again to make sure I have all the details right. Don't mess with my Tolkien.

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