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Lord of the Rings: Two Towers Reviews Rolling In

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the are-we-there-yet-mommy dept.

flogger writes "After the first showing of The Two Towers, the reviews are now coming in. They are positive and SPOILER FILLED. Reviews can be found here, here and a short one here." Don't say you weren't warned. I'm not reading them. I finished re-reading TTT saturday, and am ready to see Ents walk.

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  1. about spoilers by wiredog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the spoiler obsession, born of the Internet's fan-geek culture, is the enemy of real criticism, real discussion and maybe even real thought.

    Andrew O'Hehir, at Salon.com

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  2. Speaking of spoilers... by Dua · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought it was sad that they put pictures of Gandalf the White in the trailers (at least in the UK they did). It does mean that some of the impact will be lost on those who haven't read the books...

    Trailers are evil and spoilery.

  3. Re:Spoiler filled? by $rtbl_this · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are also some of us (well, me at least) who read the books many years ago and can only remember sketchy details. I don't know if being reminded of forgotten plot points counts as being spoiled, but I'm happier rediscovering them as the films progress.

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  4. Re:Unbiased reviews by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You won't see an unbiased review for awhile. The problem is the novels are so pervasive and anyone into "media" was probably into them at some time, unless they hate fantasy, in which case they would be biased against the Lord of the Rings movies.

    Look at the imdb - it has a 9.5 right now. I remember when the FOtR came out and it jumped to number one on the "best movies ever" list (#1 fantasy movie of all time, sure, #1 movie of all time, not quite). Eventually it settled to a more realistic spot.

    If I got to see it right now, I would probably gush about it and inflate it's value too. But give me two months and I'll tell you how good it really was. :)

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  5. Comic Relief by Ann+Coulter · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I feel that it was alright for Gimli to be used as a tension breaker in this film since we spend the most time with him, Legolas, & Aragorn in the film.


    We need comic relief in epic movies as much as we need Jar Jar Binks to show up in The Return Of The King. IMHO it is atrocious to have humor in any serious work of epic scope. I never felt that Gimli served that purpose in the novel and I certainly despise this act by Peter Jackson.