Ringer fan Aulë sends us this quick, but SPOILER FILLED review of the Writer’s Guild screening last night. As with all the TTT stuff coming down the pipes in the next week or so, if you do not want to know details about the movie, DO NOT READ! [More]
Month: December 2002
Ringer fan Aulë sends us this quick, but SPOILER FILLED review of the Writer’s Guild screening last night:
I loved FOTR and I think TTT was even better, in the sense that it had all of the qualities of the first film, plus the extraordinary, never seen before Helm’s Deep sequence that made ATTACK OF THE CLONES look like it was shot in a barn with hand puppets.
Some of the characters stuff is, IMHO, better and more credible that the way it was presented in the novel)(sort of like Spider-Man’s origins). Theoden, Grima Wormtongue and Eowyn come across better and more believable, with more depth to then. The Aragorn and Arwen bit works fine for me, and Bill the Pony is back! Yay! Gollum also has a lot more depth. Great characterization all the way.
The film breaks off naturally, before the Stairs of Cirith Ungol, and more surprisingly befire the reckoning with Saruman, but I suppose it’s long enough as it is… The only thing “missing” (ie: from the book), which I hope will find its way in the DVD, is some of the stuff that happened between Merry, Pippin and Treebeard. No entdraught… I don’t blame the film-makers ’cause that would have taken us away from the main action for too long, but still.
Some nice touches: mentions of the Valar, Valinor, and yes even a mention of Morgoth…
I just can’t wait for the DVD version, and of course TROTK. I cannot, simply cannot imagine how Peter Jackson will manage to top that one again.
Following hard on the heels of Harry from AICN, comes this review from Brian at Lightsout Entertainment. I haven’t read it all yet, but it’s far more rounded and answers quite a lot of questions and some of those more persistent rumours. [More] Here be huge spoilers!!
Lightsout Entertainment may have a new TV spot posted for everyone to enjoy (it’s hard to tell with so many video clips floating around). It’s called “TV Spot #1”. The catch is that you need Real Player, and apparently the quality on this one is a bit dodgy. Thanks to Fraggle for the link. [More] Spoilers!
Muki writes: A TV special on the Making Of The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers will be broadcast on Sunday December 8 in New Zealand on TV2. [More]
The first large screening took place tonight in Los Angeles as an Academy Screening. It finished a couple of hours ago, and this is the first Two Towers review to emerge. It’s low key, and not spoiler-filled, but the reviewer was definitely one happy customer. [More] Spoilers!
One comment the reviewer made (in the comments section) regarding Helm’s Deep pretty much confirms what we have been speculating. Highlight below to read: Helm’s Deep is intercut with other scenes, which is why people keep saying it is 45 minutes long.