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) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
