The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (1 Viewer)

[DonMac]

I'm curious as to what point in the story will the movie end.

As anyone who has read Tolkien's epic knows, the film version of Fellowship of the Ring actually ended with scenes from the first few chapters of The Two Towers. And given how the ending of Tolkien's The Two Towers is a major cliffhanger...

...in which a stunned Frodo has been captured by the Orcs, with Sam in hot pursuit...

...will the ending of the film version of TTT be at a different place of the LOTR novel so as to not leave audiences hanging?

 

[Robin Warren]

I will spoilerize the end of the movie here...

Dont read if you don't want to know....

The movie ends shortly after the Helm's Deep battle and before Sam, Frodo and Gollum climb the stairs to Cirith Ungol. This means no Shelob and no Voice of Sauruman.

 

[Neil Joseph]

Where's the review!!?? Oh it's just as well, I don't want to ruin the surprise.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

The film ends differently than from what DonMac
has indicated from the book.

Gollum has a major role in the film's final cliffhanger

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Further question about endingo they go by the tower of Minas Mogul? Do they reach the part where Sam and Frodo hide under the bridge as the soldiers of Mordor pour forth above them?

I am dissapointed that Shelob (and therefore Frodo's apparent death/capture) has been pushed to movie 3, since that would have made the greatest cliffhanger in cinematic history.

 

[Morgan Jolley]

Ron-

I'm so jealous. Thank you for reassuring what most of us already thought would be true (that this is a GREAT film).

Can't wait for the EE box!

Oh yeah, and there's no damn midnight show! The earliest around here is 11 AM! That's during school! I can't miss a single day of school or I will be in a deep pile of work. Oh well.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

EDIT: Double post.:b

 

[JohnE]

Nice review man. Even if it is torture to read.

Word on the web is that the extended edition of TTT could be ~4 hours in length - WOW!

I remember the same thing was being said about FOTR last year. I really doubt we will see a 4 hour cut. But it would be awesome!

 

[Sean Bryan]

...will the ending of the film version of TTT be at a different place of the LOTR novel so as to not leave audiences hanging?

 

[Morgan Jolley]

I have a question about a spoiler that wasn't mentioned anywhere.


In TTT (book) there is a scene where Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and the army with them go to where Saruman has been breeding his orc army. There's a series of events that take place there (such as the whole place being flooded and Wormtongue dropping the Palantir down onto Gandalf, IIRC). Do they appear in the film as well?

 

[Malcolm R]

I'm willing to bet that the majority of people very familiar with the book won't know this.

Given that the end of FOTR ended up running over into the events of the TTT book, they should not have major problems with sequences moved from one movie to another. But, as with you, I've known for many months that Shelob would not be seen in the second film.

 

[Rich Romero]

Can anyone tell me the length of the film?

 

[NickFoley]

2 hours 59 minutes, if I remember the official time.

 

[oscar_merkx]

short, sweet and to the point, also post nr 1500

great review Ron

 

[Craig S]

Morgan, the events you are describing, at
Isengard
will apparently take place near the beginning of the RotK film.

 

[Neil Joseph]

I dare not read any review, or even the sneek peak. All I want to know is how does this compare to FOTR and is it a worthy sequel?

 

[Vickie_M]

Hi Ron, some people (not here) who haven't seen the film have been bellyaching about "Arwin singing" and I'd like to know the context of that. Does Arwin sing an Elvish song, and where does she sing it? Is is long or is it short (such as Aragorn's singing in the Extended Edition), and is it good?

Maybe I can put some people's fears to rest with that answer. Thanks Ron!

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Gyahhhhhhh, Treebeard's going to rock!!!

 

[Edwin-S]

I dare not read any review, or even the sneek peak. All I want to know is how does this compare to FOTR and is it a worthy sequel?
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Ron stated that TTT was quite similar to FOTR. He thought the pacing suffered somewhat because the movie was dialogue heavy in spots. He said it was a worthwhile sequel and gave it
:star: :star: :star: :star: :star: 's.
Is that what you were looking for? No spoilers?

 

[Rich Romero]

Adding onto Edwin's comments: Not a review I've read of The Two Towers says it's worse than Fellowship. Each one either says it's as good or better.