| | |  | Childrens & Family | Home » » The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Widescreen Edition) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and stand against the evil of the dark lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided and now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers - Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits and Sauron's fortress at Baraddur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.DVD Features:
DVD ROM Features:Exclusive online content
Documentaries:2 in-depth programs that reveal the secrets behind the production of this epic adventure, including: "On the set - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (Starz/Encore special) "Return to Middle-earth" (WB special)
Featurette:8 featurettes originally created for lordoftherings.net: Forces of Darkness Sounds of Middle-earth) Edoras & Rohan Culture Creatures Gandalf the White Arms & Armor Helm's Deep Gollum: Andy Serkis, Bay Raitt
Interactive Menus
Music Video:Emiliana Torrini "Gollum Song" music video
Other:Exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes preview of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Short film by Sean Astin "The Long and Short of It" + making of Preview of Electronic Arts' video game, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King An inside look at the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Theatrical Trailer:Original theatrical trailers and TV spots
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• 2002 - The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers
• Elijah Wood, Live Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
• Widescreen / PG-13 / 2 DVD Disc Set / 179 Minutes
• Director: Peter Jackson / Hours of Special Features
• Collectible - New - DVD-Rom Content
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Bruce Allpress | | Director:
| Sean Astin | | Format:
| Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| New Line Home Entertainment | | Run Time:
| 179 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 26, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1107 reviews |
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3 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 This is the same OLD THEATRICAL EDITION ONLY NONSENSE. GIVE US SEAMLESS BRANCHING WITH EXTENDED EDITION TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY!Aug 19, 2010
This is the same OLD THEATRICAL EDITION ONLY NONSENSE. GIVE US SEAMLESS BRANCHING WITH EXTENDED EDITION TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY! They have the technology for many years now to use seamless branching to release THEATRICAL AND EXTENDED CUTS of these movies to make everyone happy. To release only the theatrical cuts is just pathetic milking attempt. I purchased the extended versions on DVD and will not purchase any Lord of the RINGS BLU RAY until teh EXTENDED VERSIONS are available. SEAMLESS BRANCHING WAS INVENTED MANY YEARS AGO, YOUR A BUNCH OF IDIOTS and COMMUNITY COLLEGE DROPOUT MARKETING DEPARTMENT. Go eat seome TACO BELL and McDonald's while your at it!
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 The wizard and the eyeJun 27, 2010
When the first film in the epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy thrilled fans and topped the box office for weeks, expectations rose even higher for the sequel, "The Two Towers." But if he second part of Peter Jackson's astounding adaptation lacks the surprise of the first movie, it continues the strong storytelling, amazing acting, and one of the greatest battles of the silver screen. Too bad this blu-ray is only the theatrical version!
The fellowship has been split, and two members are dead. Now Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) are pursuing a band of orcs who kidnapped Merry and Pippin (Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd). But soon Merry and Pippin are rescued by an ancient treelike creature, and the others encounter an old friend -- Gandalf (Ian McKellen), reborn as the White Wizard.
Meanwhile, Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) are making their way towards Mordor, and soon Frodo realizes that they are being followed by Gollum (Andy Serkis), who once possessed the One Ring and still lusts after it. But Frodo begins to pity the degenerate creature, and agrees to let Gollum lead them to Mount Doom -- but Sam suspects that Gollum cannot be trusted.
"The Two Towers" is not really a sequel. Instead, it's just a continuation of the story that left off at the end of "Fellowship of the Ring," and suddenly it's not all about Frodo and the hobbits anymore, but about whole kingdoms being crushed by the bad guys. And to top his previous work, Jackson creates three simultaneous climaxes, including the grimy, rain-soaked battle of Helm's Deep.
But as he tells the epic stories, Jackson doesn't neglect the smaller stories, like the hobbits befriending treelike ents and battling a wizard. The scripting is impeccable, mixing the funny moments ("Don't talk to it! Don't encourage it!" Pippin wails when a "tree" speaks to them) with the dramatic speeches, and ending with a simple, powerful speech by Sam. And while there are some amusing moments, this movie is far darker than the previous one -- Gollum's eerie double-personality alone can make your skin crawl.
And WETA Workshop's CGI effects don't disappoint. Not only do they manage whole armies and battles, but they brought the gruesome Gollum to life. He's probably the first convincing CGI character, to the point where you can actually forget that this Ring junkie is just a bunch of pixels.
Elijah Wood continues his magnificent performance as Frodo Baggins, with the deep friendship, compassion and weariness that he started to show before. But his performance deepens to include some serious Ring-lust. Sean Astin's performance grows as well, as he does whatever it takes to protect Frodo -- from soldiers, Gollum, ringwraiths, whatever.
But the supporting cast gets plenty of attention too, including a love triangle involving Aragorn and the warrior-maid Eowyn, and Legolas and Gimli becoming best buddies (even competing to see who kills the most orcs). McKellen gets to play "Gandalf 2.0," a less grumpy and wiser Gandalf, and movie veteran Christopher Lee gets more juicy scenes as the warped wizard Saruman. The scene where he sees the ents attacking is outstanding.
And for this blu-ray? For some insane reason, The Powers That Be just WILL NOT release the extended edition of this movie, even after all these years -- meaning that a giant chunk of the narrative is missing. Yes, it's the theatrical release... yet AGAIN. And the extras are from the theatrical version as well: spots, previews, an Emiliana Torrini music video, featurettes, trailers, Sean Astin's short film "The Long and the Short of It," and some documentaries about making the movies.
The journey continues in "The Two Towers," crammed with so much action and pathos that it never has time to suffer from "middle chapter syndrome." But you may want to hang tight for the blu-ray of the full story.
 Gollum rulesApr 20, 2010
"The Two Towers" is the inevitable sequel to Peter Jackson's dramatization of "The Fellowship of the Ring".
The epic battle at Helm's Deep is the climax of the movie, but the real superstar is Gollum. Talk about being worth waiting for! The nasty and unpredictable creature was only momentarily included in the trailer, since Jackson just knew it would bring the house down anyway. Which, of course, it did. The inner struggle between the evil Gollum and the good-hearted but confused Sméagol is a real classic. Is anybody surprised that the evil side eventually wins? Still, Gollum is to be pitied rather than hated. To him, the ring is like a narcotic. That too is nicely captured.
That being said, the weaknesses of Tolkien's LOTR trilogy also shines through at various points. The characters lack depth. There is no real tension between Aragorn and Eowyn, or even between Aragorn and Arwen. Faramir is extremely boring, and the tension between him and his father is somehow missing, too. Ironically, the only figure that undergoes some kind of character development is Gollum, which may be one of the things that make him so interesting!
Another problem is that Tolkien couldn't make up his mind whether LOTR should be a children's story or a fantasy epic for adults. "The Two Towers" is mostly the latter, but the childish aspect comes across in the subplot involving the Ents, giant talking trees spouting beards and very slow minds. I know that the Entish attack on Isengard is supposed to be some kind of symbolic "revenge of nature", but the whole thing nevertheless strikes me as quite ridiculous. Jackson probably didn't dare excise the Ents from the plot, but he should have!
There is also one problem which will bug Tolkien fans - the only actor with a reasonably correct elvish pronunciation is Christopher Lee (Saruman). The others pronounce "Sauron", "Mordor", "Sméagol" and "Déagol" in English rather than in Tolkienesque...
I'm not a great fan of the LOTR universe, but, yes, I did notice!
That being said, "The Two Towers" is nevertheless worth watching. Apart from poor Gollum and the battle at Helm's Deep, I was also somewhat fascinated by Rohan. Is that some kind of Viking village? I think I recognize some of the symbols from Old Norse picture stones...
Four stars - one star off for Treebeard.
The Lord Of The Rings RulesMar 06, 2010
The Two Tower Continues Frodo Struggle To Get Rid Of the one ring, the two towers is the second movie to the lord of the rings series. this is such an excellent movie i recommend it to eveyone.
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The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Full Screen Edition)Feb 12, 2010
Sauron's forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman's army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron's troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin. The battle sequence alone represents successful movie making in its highest form. The choreography of the battle, the visual effects, the pacing, acting, cinematography, and music, all work together in perfection to achieve grand movie making which is as entertaining and enjoyable as a movie can be. For this very reason, no one, whether a fan of Fellowship or not, should miss The Two Towers.
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