Two Towers, no waiting!
Dec. 21st, 2002 10:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreSo, we saw The Two Towers last night. My review and comments are behind the cut tag.
I've tried to keep the spoilers to a minimum, but the comments assume that you at least know something about The Lord of the Rings.
OK, it was a middle movie. This meant that nothing could really be resolved yet. Also the film was very disjointed since it was trying to follow the actions of the splintered Fellowship... Frodo and Sam heading to Mordor, Pippin and Merry kidnapped by the Uruks, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas tracking them. Things could get confusing as the action kept switching back and forth. Jackson does a pretty good job, but I'm going to want to see the extended DVD.
Gollum is simply incredible. I believed in the character completely. He was there, and was an important part of the film. That he was a CGI construct left my head about five minutes after he came on screen. In a similar note, the CGI of the battles at Helm's Deep and Isengard was also astounding. The new technology allows each figure to fight on its own. Each character has an ability to sense nearby foes and attack them. No more spotting repetitive motion in the big fights!
Treebeard and the other ents were beautifully rendered, both in the CGI and in character. When they marched on Isengard you felt the immense weight of age and anger in these great creatures.
My one big complaint was making Gimli the butt of too many jokes. Some of them were good ("shall I get you a box?") but most felt gratuitous. I didn't find the dwarf-tossing bit funny, but just Gimli being a dwarf warrior. They've done a great job establishing the growing friendship between Gimli and Legolas. The score-keeping at Helm's Deep was priceless.
Elrond and Arwen felt like they were added at the last moment. Those scenes could have been cut and more added to the scenes in Gondor. Oh well.
All in all, I liked it. Can't wait for The Return of The King
I've tried to keep the spoilers to a minimum, but the comments assume that you at least know something about The Lord of the Rings.
OK, it was a middle movie. This meant that nothing could really be resolved yet. Also the film was very disjointed since it was trying to follow the actions of the splintered Fellowship... Frodo and Sam heading to Mordor, Pippin and Merry kidnapped by the Uruks, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas tracking them. Things could get confusing as the action kept switching back and forth. Jackson does a pretty good job, but I'm going to want to see the extended DVD.
Gollum is simply incredible. I believed in the character completely. He was there, and was an important part of the film. That he was a CGI construct left my head about five minutes after he came on screen. In a similar note, the CGI of the battles at Helm's Deep and Isengard was also astounding. The new technology allows each figure to fight on its own. Each character has an ability to sense nearby foes and attack them. No more spotting repetitive motion in the big fights!
Treebeard and the other ents were beautifully rendered, both in the CGI and in character. When they marched on Isengard you felt the immense weight of age and anger in these great creatures.
My one big complaint was making Gimli the butt of too many jokes. Some of them were good ("shall I get you a box?") but most felt gratuitous. I didn't find the dwarf-tossing bit funny, but just Gimli being a dwarf warrior. They've done a great job establishing the growing friendship between Gimli and Legolas. The score-keeping at Helm's Deep was priceless.
Elrond and Arwen felt like they were added at the last moment. Those scenes could have been cut and more added to the scenes in Gondor. Oh well.
All in all, I liked it. Can't wait for The Return of The King
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Date: 21 Dec 2002 11:14 (UTC)"Can I inflict damage?" (If yes, attack, if no, defend)
Half of the Orc army turned and ran.
Who says they're dumb? :)
-JEM