Review – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

And here it is: chapter two. I never made it this far in the books, so the plot was more of a surprise this time around. Once again the production is lavish, the effects expensive and the battles immense. That’s particularly important to this installment, because much of the plot hinges on dramatic portrayals of some huge armed conflicts. The plot doesn’t start at the beginning, nor does it end at the end. And naturally there isn’t much by way of character development (unless you count Frodo’s gradual surrender to the evil of the ring or of course Gollum, who becomes a character in earnest in this episode). Otherwise most of what I said about the first one applies here as well (and I predict that next year I’ll be writing this once again about the third and final installment). Mildly amusing