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Lord of the Rings Two Towers
Movie
Lord of the Rings Two Towers
Director
Peter Jackson
Cast
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett



This is the second from Peter Jackson``s epic adaptation of the Tolkien fantasy trilogy. The wizard Gandalf, previously thought dead, has returned, but will he be in time to reunite the fellowship against Sauron? The fellowship has divided, with hobbits Frodo and Sam continuing toward Mount Doom to destroy the one ring of power and the trio of warrior Aragorn, dwarf Gimli, and elf Legolas pursuing of a party of Uruk-hai warriors who have captured the fellowship``s two other hobbits, Merry and Pippin. Meanwhile, Lord Sauron, in collaboration with the corrupt Saruman, continues to build his forces in the land of Mordor for the coming war with the free races of Middle-earth.

Applause, especially on opening weekend, when Tolkien geeks crowd the theaters.

Though the Two Towers deviates from the source, it leaves us awe-inspired. This is a war movie, plain and simple, but it``s a war movie that``s built around etched out characters. Not just SFX, filmgoers can look forward to effects with wargs, oliphaunts, winged Nazgul, and a forest full of Ents, Treebeard among them. Not to mention a climactic battle sequence featuring 10,000 raging orcs, Uruk-hai, and other beasts. This one``s the movie that moviegoers often say ``one helluva movie``. Missing it means missing something in life. No kidding.