On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote:

> Jim Sharkey wrote:
> 
> >Horn, John wrote:
> >
> >>I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday.  Very, very good.
> >>
> >
> >I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first, though to be fair, TTT was 
>always my least favorite of the trilogy.  I go in wanting a war flick, which it sort 
>of was.
> >
> >Gollum was great, and the battle scenes were excellent.  The sweeping shots and art 
>direction were top notch, and I was dazzled by the costumes and effects.  Sean Astin 
>does an amazing job as Sam, and most of the actors do well in their parts.  I could 
>also do with a little less of Gimli being comic relief, though.
> >
> >I think I just wanted a little more of the characters interacting than was in the 
>film.  I still liked it, and I may go see it again without having to rush from the 
>train station to the theater after a long work day and see what I think then.
> >
> >And speaking of LotR, am I the only who finds himself feeling a very strong urge to 
>visit New Zealand after watching the movies?  It's amazingly beautiful country, at 
>least the parts Mr. Jackson is showing us.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> I'm going to see it this WE I hope.  I've been working long, weird hours 
> else I'd have seen it already.  
> 
> Tell me, do they do the Flotsam and Jetsam chapter at all?  Is it well 
> done?  It's always been one of my favorite scenes in the book.

No, but I suspect the third movie will begin with it, unless Jackson takes 
even more liberties with the plot than so far has been his wont.  TTT ends 
a couple of chapters early, by book-reckoning.

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)

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