Comments on The Two Towers movie - page 9

D Attwood, Faversham, U.K.

Was I watching The Two Towers or some other film with the same title as Tolkien's book? The story line was so different, I prefer the cartoon version even with its errors.

Joe , Connecticut, USA

When the film strayed from the text in Fellowship, I understood. But Two Towers made an outright mockery of Tolkien's wonders and brilliant characters. Lovely, gorgeous, amazing film making to be sure, but I don't think I will even bother to see Return of the King.

Sharon Anderwald, Bandera,Texas, USA

I simply LOVED both movies, even though - as many others have commented - there are "adaptations" made for the sake of time and many beloved characters are either changed or deleted. I, like others, have waited twenty-five+ years to see GOOD movies made from these wonderful books and truly believe Peter Jackson is almost as much of a genius as Professor Tolkien himself,and his brilliant crew as well! Well done indeed. As someone else wrote, the sad part is that we now have to wait a whole year once again to see the rest of the story. I teach eighth grade reading, and more than half of my students are reading the books and comparing them to the movies. I find it totally gratifying that in a time when the quick fix is so popular 13-year-olds will take the time to read these incomparable novels and comment on how the movies did or didn't live up to their expectations. Again, well done, indeed, Mr. Jackson! And thank you from the bottom of my hobbit-sy heart.

CR, Baton Rouge, USA

I loved the movie and hated Faramir's portrayal, which I thought pointed to a fundamental misunderstanding of the function of the pair of brothers in the story. But I keep thinking of Tolkien's own analysis of fairy stories: that the book is one "soup" and the movie another. The bones are essentially the same, but what makes them valuable and valued is what is picked and chosen in representation. The movie would be worthless as a frame-by-frame rendering of the novel - a prisoner rather than a living work.

sotiris vassios, ioannina (eleousa), greece

Even if it was difficult to keep the rhythm of the first movie(as the fellowship was separated) i believe that it has been done the best to keep the audience in the story but the most important for me is that the movie respects Tolkien's world by creating a really epic feeling.

Olivia, Niederrohrdorf, Switzerland

Comment: I really enjoyed both movies, The Fellowship of the Ring as well as The Two Towers. I saw both movies before I read the books, in fact, seeing The Fellowship inspired me to read the books. I never really could understand the hype that people made about the books, and I was sceptical when I went to see The Fellowship. Well, after I saw the movie I went and bought the books right away. I started to read them but got stuck somewhere in the first book. Anyhow, after seeing The Two Towers I read all three of them in 3 weeks and I am fascinated!

As for the movies, I liked the first movie better than the second one; you learn more about the characters in The Fellowship and it is closer to the book. In the second movie they omitted many things, though I don't think the movie itself suffers from it. I don't think it will ever be possible to truly convert a book into a movie, without altering it some way or the other. If you would include all that is told in the books, the movies would probably last for 6 hours each. I think Jackson did a great job! The cast is great, too.

I just don't think it is fair to expect that the movie can be the same as the book.

Perry Briuce, Kamloops, Canada

I enjoyed the The Fellowship of the Ring more. The magic of the book The Two Towers comes from the complex interweaving of the subtle tones of each of the various plots. It would have been difficult for Peter Jackson to translate those tones into a movie and he did not succeed.

In addition, as someone fairly familiar with the books, I found the various deviations from the books plots jarring and, often, unnecessary.

I only hope the final movie of the three comes closer to Tolkien's intent.

Weronika, Fairfax, Va, USA

This movie is sooooo cool

All the actors plays really well, but my opinion is that Ornaldo Bloom is the best of all.

I'm glad Peter Jackson thought about making this movie. I think it is even better then The Fellowship Of The Ring

Eric Stone, Chicago, IL, USA

Although it must be very difficult to film a book as detailed and involved as Tolkien's The Two Towers, I have to admit that Peter Jackson did a wonderful job. Some of the scenes varied from the book, but that is to be expected. I especially liked the portrayal of Gollum; it showed his dual nature and his tortured mind very well.

The scenes that were filmed of the Riders of Rohan hit the mark, at least in my imagination. I thought that the halls of Theoden, the clothing, the armor, and the rest of the scenes in Rohan were very well done. I hope the Return of the King is as good as the Two Towers. Judging from the first two movies, I'm sure it will be.

Gimli (fan), Melbourne, Australia

The film had many great visual effects and was very entertaining, though it didn't really capture the "magic" of the world created by Tolkien which was by far my favourite elemant of his masterpiece