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The latter is unable to take human form but exists as a giant fiery eye.

The title refers to Orthanc - the stronghold of treacherous wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) - and Barad-dur, the fortress of the dark lord Sauron. No character puts on the ring of power in Towers, and there’s no summation of the first film to explain its importance, but the increasingly heavy and dangerous burden carried by the hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) and the mission to destroy it is still the hope of the free peoples of Middle Earth on the eve of a great war. Indeed, assuming the better and longer “extended” version of Fellowship released last month on video is not a fluke, sometime in 2004 the unabridged Lord of the Rings will join very few other masterworks destined to stand up for decades and hopefully bring good fortune to all involved in its making. Meanwhile, some who found Fellowship a ponderous opening act will be happier with the quickened pace and expanded scope of Towers.įor those familiar with the 1,300-page book that has been marketed as a trilogy since the 1960s, the present film is assurance that next year’s Return of the King should be a truly glorious event. While it’s not likely to spellbind Academy members enough to muster the 13 Oscar nominations that The Fellowship of the Ringreceived, the three-hour fantasy adventure has a good shot at being the first best picture-nominated sequel released a year after the original since The Bells of St. The much-anticipated New Line release is destined to rule the holiday season box office and rival the first film’s theatrical earnings of $860 million worldwide. Tolkien continues with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Well on its way to becoming one of the greatest achievements in cinema history with last year’s Oscar-winning first installment, filmmaker Peter Jackson’s grand realization of The Lord of the Rings epic by J.R.R. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below. The film went on to nab six Oscar nominations at the 75th Academy Awards. 18, 2002, Peter Jackson unveiled the middle chapter of his Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers.