Oh my god - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Reviews

Holy cow. This is the most astounding visual achievement EVER put to film, and for MANY reasons. First of all, theres the battle between Gandolf (the Gray, at the time) and the Balrog, the flaming dragon-thing that seemingly killed him in "The Fellowship of the Ring." As it turns out, he's falling into the deepest depts of the Earth(?), and he catches up to the falling beast and they duke it out WHILE THEY FALL! You have to see this incredible sequence to believe it. But that's FAR from all, folks. We are also blessed with the most realistic CG character ever put to film, Gollum, the creature who was destroyed by his desire for the ring in "the fellowship." WOW, that thing looks real...and it's also the most fleshed-out character of the whole lot. But wait, it gets a HELL of a lot better. How, do you ask? The largest, most detailed battle scene to grace the screen since "Braveheart", and it's about five times bigger, too, and WAY scarier. Sauroman (Christopher Lee) and his army of 10,000 orcs attack the weak city of Rohan at Helms Deep. It's by far the biggest battle ever to be put to film, and it doesn't dissapoint as far as action and pure adrenaline. What a brutal, scary-ass fight. overall, it's even better than the first, and that alone should clue you in as to the power of this film. Simply put, an all time great.