Girl’s third thought...
First off, I just read Guy’s review of the Two Towers and found out that Kristoffer, his friend, cried during the Gandalf scene at the end... Don’t worry, I’m sure a lot of people did............
Secondly, this movie was the best book and second best movie of the three. It has the wicked, huge battle I was missing from Helms Deep, some great drama with Denethor and Faramir, as well as some very memorable scenes with Gandalf and that staff of his. However, it kinda overdosed on the cheese and tacky one liners, which bumped it down to second place after the Fellowship. “I’m not a man!” Stab. That was pretty lame. I didn’t like her character all that much to begin with, but that made me hate her. The bit with the ghosts was a tad stupid, as well. I mean, it would be hard to fight ghosts, but Sauron is the king of all evil, supposedly. Shouldn’t that include some kind of ghost shield? Maybe not. Plus Aragon looked stupid jumping from the ship and charging with a scream out of his throat and then all this green smoke following after. I bet someone could of thought how to do that better.
Girl’s Rating: A nice finish, with room for improvement.
Guy’s Review...
I agree that with Kevin Smith when he says that there is only one trilogy and that’s the one of “Star Wars”. I have to say that the LOTR trilogy comes in on the top three best trilogies ever made (there will be poll on this in the near future).
This third installment is by far my favorite. I mean, it has huge battles, Gollum a plenty and the journey finally comes to a end (multiple ends). I saw them all in the theaters and definitely where most excited for this one. They where all a tad long but I still went and bought the extended editions when they arrived at the store. It’s been a while since I saw them and I have to say that the amount of work that was put into this project is astounding. These films will surely stand the test of time and I will definitely show these films to my children when they are old enough.
One question though. Why didn’t Aragorn just go to those great ghost straight away? They’re probably the most powerful force of Middleearth. Just watch that scene towards the end where they attack like a mighty ocean wave and just kill everything that moves. It almost feels like cheating actually.
This is a fitting end to this franchise. I say end, because it seems like they can’t get it together to film the fricking “Hobbit” anytime soon. Girl is a big fan of the books and if she’s right then that would have been a great, great movie.
Guy’s Rating: A great ending to a great trilogy.
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