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Jan. 28th, 2003 11:38 amI saw The Two Towers last night. (I'm a bit behind the times, I know).
Some parts of it were perfect, and some parts were not so perfect, but as a whole I loved it and would have sat and watched it all again. The perfect bits were Grima Wormtongue, and Gollum, Helm's Deep and Isengard. I was so impressed by the CGI at Helm's deep, it never drew attention to itself. And the cinematography was incredible.
The general tone of the film was slightly cringeworthy at some points: there seemed to be far too many rousing speeches. I counted at least four. And the half and hour or so of additions to the plot seemed a little unnecessary. I've no problems with the plot not being identical to that of the book, and I understand that the film makers would need to get more love interest in there. But the part with Arwen and Aragorn was quite tedious. And Eowyn, she really didn't get across that icy, bitter resentment of the book.
A lot was changed, and if I was to list everything here that I didn't like, then this would be a long-winded post. And I don't want to moan either, because I genuinely like the film very much.
(But there could've been more hobbit-suffering).
Some parts of it were perfect, and some parts were not so perfect, but as a whole I loved it and would have sat and watched it all again. The perfect bits were Grima Wormtongue, and Gollum, Helm's Deep and Isengard. I was so impressed by the CGI at Helm's deep, it never drew attention to itself. And the cinematography was incredible.
The general tone of the film was slightly cringeworthy at some points: there seemed to be far too many rousing speeches. I counted at least four. And the half and hour or so of additions to the plot seemed a little unnecessary. I've no problems with the plot not being identical to that of the book, and I understand that the film makers would need to get more love interest in there. But the part with Arwen and Aragorn was quite tedious. And Eowyn, she really didn't get across that icy, bitter resentment of the book.
A lot was changed, and if I was to list everything here that I didn't like, then this would be a long-winded post. And I don't want to moan either, because I genuinely like the film very much.
(But there could've been more hobbit-suffering).
