Reviews & Ratings for
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Even though the first and third LoTR movies are considered classics, many exclude the second movie due to its length and amount of story crammed into the film. But it is a #mustWatch because it lays down the foundation for the epic climaxes in the third movie. It has the #bestOfAction due to the war scenes of Helm's Deep and #visuallyStunning views of Isengard with the #bestOfAdventure from Frodo and Sam's travels with Gollum. It will always be the #bestOfFantasy that Peter Jackson has made.

This film is the second Lord of the rings film after The Fellowship of the ring and this film really steps up the stakes on all levels. The film picks off where the last one finished with the heroes separated and the Fellowship broken. Frodo and Sam head to Mordor to destroy the ring, Merry and pippin in the possession of the Urk-Hai and Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas trying to rescue them. I do prefer this film to the original as all the characters are expanded and the emotional attachment to these characters is huge in this film. The addition of the character Gollum is a scene stealer as Gollum is the best combination of acting and CGI ever which could have possibly been argued for an Oscar nomination. The new story with the men of Rohan and Gondor starts to show how epic this story truly is how these men are desperate against this evil. The battle for Helms deep is one of the most intense and memorable battles in any film period and is my personal favourite which just adds to the spectacle of this encounter which will eventually lead to the final film. This is another epic LOTR film and leads perfectly into the final film of the trilogy.