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OFCS Rating: 97% Fresh |
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| "Awesome creatures, breathtaking scenery, and epic battle scenes add up to another 'spectacular spectacle.'" |
| ReelTalk Movie Reviews |
| Betty Jo Tucker |
8/10 | "I can say with sincerity that I genuinely enjoyed at least a third of this rapidly expanding trilogy so far." |
| Modamag.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
3.5/5 | "While I was expecting yet another derivative battle sequence, the siege on Helm's Deep is one of the most detailed and well crafted combat scenes ever put to film." |
| Filmcritic.com |
| Christopher Null |
| "While this structure slows down ostensible forward motion, it also allows each crew to showcase its star performer and some scenery." |
| PopMatters |
| Cynthia Fuchs |
88/100 | "the awe-inspiring battle sequences in this film are nonpareil in contemporary cinema." |
| Apollo Guide |
| Dan Jardine |
3.5/4 | "Now that Jackson has established his make-believe world, he can have fun with it." |
| Nitrate Online |
| Dan Lybarger |
A- | "Equally as compelling as its predecessor, and perhaps more technically awesome, Peter Jackson’s second Middle Earth chapter is, as expected, very, very cool." |
| EDGE Boston |
| David Foucher |
4/4 | "The Two Towers takes the tradition of Tolkien's work into a darker, creepier and more seriously woven direction, magnifying the scope to something that even the first feature barely scratched the surface of." |
| Cinemaphile.org |
| David Keyes |
A | "This version of the sinister classic tale of battle between the forces of good against evil even tops the brilliant first part..." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
2/4 | "Maybe The Two Towers will stand as a more respectable and meaningful bridge between the crucial first and last entries. On its own, however, it is a crushing disappointment of ill-advised missteps and misplaced opportunities." |
| DustinPutman.com |
| Dustin Putman |
3.5/4 | "The Two Towers could be the most sinister Hollywood epic ever made." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Ed Gonzalez |
| "'A hell of a movie', dirían los yanquis." |
| Uruguay Total |
| Enrique Buchichio |
A- | "More visceral and engaging than nearly any other action/adventure film this year." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
3.5/4 | "The second chapter only cemented my love for the story & characters, but also my belief that this story in either 3-or-6 hour intervals won’t be fully served until The Return of the King ends." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Erik Childress |
A | "This is filmmaking on an unparalleled scale, stirring, rousing, technically perfect." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
3.5/4 | "Make no mistake in the realization that The Two Towers registers delightfully as a defining technical-achieving dynamo that embraces the extending heart and massages the pleasing anticipated eye." |
| Movie Eye |
| Frank Ochieng |
A | "Meeting, even exceeding expectations, it's the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement, an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
A+ | "The most exciting vision captured on cinema, two years running." |
| Mixed Reviews |
| Gabriel Shanks |
4/4 | "In nearly every way that counts, The Two Towers is The Fellowship of the Ring's equal." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
3.5/4 | "The film’s climax, the Battle for Helm’s Deep ... is quite simply one of the most impressive large-scale battle sequences ever committed to celluloid." |
| Q Network Film Desk |
| James Kendrick |
| "Tolkien groupies be damned, but I can't ever remember the books ever being this action filled!" |
| Sci-Fi Movie Page |
| James O'Ehley |
4/5 | "The middle installment of Peter Jackson's saga is heavy on spectacle, long on talent -- and still feels like the halfway mark of an unfinished symphony." |
| Netflix |
| James Rocchi |
3/4 | "An enigma edged with a rousing melange of story arcs." |
| Palo Alto Weekly |
| Jeanne Aufmuth |
10/10 | "For those who value a steady build to utter intensity, The Two Towers is a grand achievement." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
7/10 | "With superb technical work and some terrific individual sequences and fun computer-generated characters, I found the film to be a tad better and more entertaining than the original." |
| Screen It! |
| Jim Judy |
5/10 | "This go-around bored me, confused me at times and didn't really get too much deeper into its characters." |
| JoBlo's Movie Emporium |
| JoBlo |
3.5/4 | "Yes, Peter Jackson demands nine hours of your time. But I can't think of a director more deserving." |
| Big Picture Big Sound |
| Joe Lozito |
A- | "Not only does Jackson establish himself as the Cecil B. DeMille of epic CGI battle scenes, but he's now the Ingmar Bergman of modern cinematic technology" |
| Old School Reviews |
| John A. Nesbit |
9/10 | "Both Gollum and the battles are a triumph of integrated art, technology, and sheer logistics." |
| DVDTown.com |
| John J. Puccio |
4/4 | "'Cautivadora, sorprendente, impresionante. Demuestra que el límite del ser humano es su propia imaginación'" |
| Moviola |
| Jorge Avila Andrade |
5/5 | "The first two hours are a tiny bit tedious, but nonetheless this movie is second only to part 1 of the trilogy." |
| 3BlackChicks Review |
| Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel |
4/5 | "Two Towers is spectacular and exciting, and technically practically perfect, but somehow clinical. Gollum is REAL." |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
4/4 | "... these characters are feeling as people, not just enduring as tragedy finds them. This is the very thing that sets "The Lord of the Rings" apart from nearly all modern fantasy films since "Excalibur"... "Two Towers" down, one "King" to go." |
| MovieCrypt.com |
| Kevin A. Ranson |
4/4 | "There is easily ten times more danger and mayhem [than in Fellowship], and the action is consistently more visceral and inspired." |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
A | "Two Towers should serve as a postcard to George Lucas, one that reads 'Making great movies, wish you were here!'." |
| Countingdown.com |
| Larry Carroll |
B+ | "This second installment of the trilogy is altogether darker, grayer, grimmer and bloodier than the first" |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
9/10 | "The Two Towers es apabullante, no sólo en su épica, sino también en el gigantesco despliegue de recursos." |
| Cinenganos |
| Luis Martinez |
3/5 | "This second installment is heavy on battle sequences, which will thrill some viewers more than others.this second installment is heavy on battle sequences, which will thrill some viewers more than others." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
4/4 | "A monumental technical achievement." |
| Mark Reviews Movies |
| Mark Dujsik |
10/10 | "The cast remains excellent." |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Mark R. Leeper |
4/4 | "A new standard by which big-budget adventures will be judged." |
| Movie Habit |
| Marty Mapes |
| "In one of the most fantastical settings and one of the most fantastical stories this year, Jackson has given us one of the most emotionally genuine films of this year." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
4/4 | "Spectacular entertainment." |
| TheMovieReport.com |
| Michael Dequina |
4/5 | "Jackson ... is at his best when coordinating enormous numbers of people and impressive special effects into a cohesive and stunning whole." |
| Goatdog's Movies |
| Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
3.5/4 | "The Two Towers has the kind of ambition that few movies these days have. Going to see it is an event." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
| "If you're Peter Jackson, you take the next logical step: You make the next installment a GREAT movie from a great book." |
| Cold Fusion Video Reviews |
| Nathan Shumate |
5/5 | "Every moment of chapter two is packed full with the same breathtaking audacity and scope of the first one, plus three times as much action." |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
5/5 | "Nós gosta muito de As Duas Torres." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
3/4 | "The most impressive new element in this installment is the completely CGI-created Gollum...he turns in the best performance." |
| Critic Doctor |
| Peter Sobczynski |
5/5 | "Another stunner of a film." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
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OFCS Rating: 97% Fresh |
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