The Two Towers: A FReeper Review

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[neutrino]

Thank you for a great review!

[egarvue]

That's a good question - who HAS been messing with the keywords? Admin abuse? Here's the text of the comment I sent reporting abuse:

Admin - who has been changing the keywords to this review? That's not fair - I wrote the review, and placed it in the proper non-breaking news categories. I did NOT include any of those insulting keywords. Whoever changed the keywords may think they're being funny, but they're not. There is quite a large legitimate group of FReepers here who happen to enjoy discussing Tolkien. Please fix the keywords back to the original ones I had. Thank you.

[SaveTheChief]

Get the extended version. It is well worth the extra money, and contains some good material in the form of extended and previously deleted scenes.

Unlike other "special editions" in which the disc might contain separate tracks for deleted scenes, this is another complete version of the film. All cut scenes are integrated back into the feature.

In my opinion, this is a better version than the original release.

[My2Cents]

Wormtongue looks like a prototypical politician

He reminds me of James Carville. Separated at birth...

[tomakaze]

RE:Who's been playing with your keywords?
 
hahahahahaaha...I didn't even notice those. "took mom to prom", "parents basement" lol.

[Slip18]

Sometimes the keywords can be two pages long. Wonder who's putting them in here. It's a mystery unto itself. LOL!

I did enjoy the review.

[Slip18]

Keywords are gone now. Someone is busy this morning!

[Slip18]

Hey, egarvue, messing with the keywords has become the stuff of legends in here. There were a couple of really funny ones in there. Take it as a compliment to your fabulous writing ability.

[egarvue]

LOL, ok. For the record as a Tolkien geek, I did NOT "Take my mom to prom". It was my cousin......

[Slip18]

ROTFLMAO! That was a good one.

[asformeandformyhouse]

He reminds me of James Carville.

I've always thought the resemblance between Gollum and Carville was more striking.

[Slip18]

Check out the keyword I just added!

[beachn4fun]

Oh man, am I jealous! I have been waiting for a year to see the next installment. It has been driving me crazy just seeing the trailers. And, now I have to wait until Friday. I just watched Fellowship again to get myself refreshed for Two Towers. I have never read the trilogy, but only read the FOTR to see how much different it was than the movie. I must say I enjoyed the movie much more. I won't read any of the other books until after I see the movie.

Thanks for the good review.

[Slip18]

Here is another Twin Towers review by Ebert. He says the same thing you do about Gollum. Gollum was/is one of my favorite characters. Gandalf the Grey comes in first in my book, though.

Ebert's Review of the Twin Towers.

[winodog]

I have read the books three times. The last time was fall of 2001 before the movie came out.
Now I want to read all three books again and see the first movie right before I go see the second one.
This isnt normal behavior. I hope i am not the only one that is this nutty.

[Liberal Classic]

Don't worry, you're not alone. I read the whole trilogy over Thanksgiving, much to the chagrin of my wife!

[Alkhin]

The storyline of Merry, Pippin and the Ents suffer the most compression, disappointing, but totally and understandably necessary

Ain't that the truth!

Not yet ready to say this movie was the most brilliant ever. I still have a few little problems with the first film. But by no means am I a purist. I thought most of the changes were perfectly within reason. MOST.

[New Horizon]

well, you're definitely in for a treat. The special effects were incredible. Gollum is a CGI masterpiece!

[New Horizon]

Gollum was my favorite character...Gandalf the White comes in a close second.

The only problem was that some FReeper posted a comment that Elijah Wood as Frodo bothered him because he "always looks like he took a dump in his pants and is afraid that somebody is going to find out."

That was a little distracting because it's absolutely true! LOL.

[Slip18]

Frodo has a gorgeous face! He looks so darned innocent.