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In Reply to: The Two Towers posted by darkstar on December 21, 2002 at 06:30:18:
Agree, it could have been better. I do remember the book being overly laden with battle stuff. The movie, IMO, is a reflection of the emphasis. Still, it was very well paced (fast action) and wasn't boring, even to my wife who usually sleeps through fantasy battles.Would have been nice to have seen more character development re Frodo and Sam. Still the emphasis on Gollum seemed ok to me. He was, after all, once a Hobbit. And there is the suspense created of whether or not he will be redeemed or slip back into his evil ways. This adds believability to Frodo's struggle with the power of the ring over him.
I agree that the scenes you mentioned are special. My biggest disappointment was Sam's sappy dialog at the end. Still, and all very worthwhile flic which I will see again. How does it measure up to the first one? First one is better. I blame the material, not the film as I enjoyed reading the first book more.
Follow Ups:
...word for word from ROTK.
I'll look at it when i get a chance. In the movie, it seemed a bit overdone. Thank you.
Overall, a good flick, BUT...For the details and quality work done, the movie was surprisingly disappointing (...which comes from setting hopes too high).
Gollum was OK, but given his scale, and his overall look, I almost wonder if he could have been done by someone in make up with secondary camera tricks.
Faramir's changes were not really welcome to me.
The Ents, including their battle, seemed a mere after thought. I never connected. I kept waiting for something special.
The elves showing up at Helm's deep didn't work for me.
Some of the Arwen 'intrusions' worked, others fell flat for me.
I guess I'm not as attuned to the written story, it's been awhile. What was your objection to Faramir exactly?Yes, maybe Gollum was a bit too monstrous. He should have looked a more Hobbitlike.
Gosh, don't get me started picking nits.
I thought the Gollum got way too much air time.
How many times do we need close ups & dialogue of his monsterous
face. More should have been done with Frodo & Sam's journey.
I enjoyed the first movie more.
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