[Sam Cree]

"The Two Towers is too short for a film"

I really love Jackson's work in FOTR (that's an understatement, really), but this quote really has me scratching my head. It strikes me as ridiculous.

[HairOfTheDog]

I agree with PJ, actually... Much of TTT takes longer to describe in words than on film. Pages of description of the scene and the movement of players takes seconds on screen to show. I myself have thought there is not enough that really happens in TTT to make a stand-alone film.

We have the Ents and Isengard, Theoden's epiphany, Helm's Deep, and Frodo and Sam making about an inch of progress on the map.

With the exception of Isengard, there is little closure on anything. Nothing that has a direct impact on the outcome of the story really happens in TTT. TTT is the white filling between the cookies.

[Illbay]

Well, one thing that's funny about it: FOTR encroached onto TTT turf at the end!