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The Two Towers

3:50pm, Friday 3 January 2003

Not a bad way to spend three hours of Boxing Day.

I wondered how well The Two Towers would work on the big screen, because of the three separate story threads that don't really overlap (Frodo & Sam, Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli, Merry & Pippin), and also because this part of the trilogy doesn't have a clear beginning and end. Peter Jackson has made a decent job of it, although he has fiddled with the plot somewhat on the way.

Good points:

• the opening sequence with Gandalf and the Balrog
• the battle scenes at Helm's Deep
• Legolas leaping onto the horse
• Gollum

Bad points:

• Elrond being the "bad dad" to Arwen
• the Ents - not as leafy as I expected!

Personally I didn't find the plot changes bothersome, and I'm looking forward to the third film very much.

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