Well, it's brilliant- no denying it's greatness... - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Reviews

This could have been the oscar-winner; it could have been the greatest films of possibly one of the most memorable stories in recent memory. It was so near. So near that it becomes almost negligible, only that the flawed character development and somewhat grating dialogue at times dont help what is arguably the weakest of the three books. This seemingly impossible task of having to seemlessly interweve three very different and simultaneous stories which all lead to the same outcome has, admittedly and with unequalled skill by Peter Jackson, been pulled off to an almost teasingly-unfair standard, leading upto the final, climactic chapter in what will surely become the greatest movie trilogy of all time. This film, the first film, and the next are all on their own in a new set of marks to review a film by- there is no denying the unending quality of this film, but there is also no denying some sections of the film as nothing short of carelessly torrid and not fitted together in any way which would please the watcher. Still, it blew me away...