The Two Towers: A Review

The Two Towers: A Review

WARNING: Spoilers,

spoilers,

spoilers!

If you haven't seen the film yet,

READ THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

You were warned.

Although exceedingly upset that I did not get to see it at midnight last night, I did go this afternoon. I don't know if I like it better or worse than the first movie—I'm bad at comparing things—but it was definitely good.

Aragorn still has the most beautiful cheekbones I've ever seen and totally kicks all-around arse. I don't know why he'd choose Arwen over Éowyn, though. Éowyn's hardcore, and Arwen is . . . well, Liv Tyler. Favourite Aragorn quote was definitely: "It's the beards." And favourite Aragorn moment was probably him shouting commands in Elvish at Helms Deep. I <3 toughguy!Aragorn.

Merry and Pippin so did not get enough screen time but were absolutely adorable, as usual. "Don't talk to it, Merry! Don't encourage it!" And when Merry got all miffed at Treebeard and went on his little rant about how they live in the same world. Oh, and Pippin!logic: "The closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm." <333

Legolas and Gimli, on the other hand, got a lot of screen time. Gimli probably got the most laughs from the audience. Pah, stupid ugly dwarf stealing role of comic relief. While I'm not a big Orlando Bloom fan, I must admit Legolas totally r0x0red Helms Deep. When he surfed down the stairs on the shield? Excellent.

Frodo was Frodo. He's definitely creeping me out with the THE-RING-IS-MAKING-ME-EVIL,LET-ME-THREATEN-YOU-WITH-MY-KNIFE,SAM bit. I miss my sweet, innocent, naïve Frodo from the first movie.

Sam and Gollum were priceless. Sam's speech at the end was so sweet, and Gollum talking to himself was hysterical, whether it was meant to be or not. And how they were both fighting over Frodo, teehee.

New characters: Éomer had the potential to be sexy, if he would just drop the facial hair. Beards are so unsexy. And he's so v. Gryffindor. I liked the horse on his nose-protector thing, though.

When I first saw Theoden, I remembered that he fought in the book, and I was like, there is no way this guy is picking up a sword, whether you take off a few years or not. And then he got all young, and I was like, ohhhh.

Faramir was just Boromir junior, only less likable because he didn't die protecting the Pippin-Merry tag team.

Overall, there was just so much damn fighting in this movie, definitely far more than the first movie. Helms Deep must have been the longest battle scene I've ever seen. But not in a boring way, either.

What was up with the mini-cliffhangers? Like, HORSES HOOVES COMING DOWN ON SCREAMING!PIPPIN, cut to next scene! And then there was Aragorn trying to pull a Gandalf, throwing himself off the cliff and whatnot. They weren't very effective, though, if you've read the books. Or even if you haven't, actually.

Can't wait to see this again, o'course! It's too long to remember everything after one viewing.

Almeda | 18.12.02 22:02 | TrackBack