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Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion: The Lord of The Rings:
Two Towers as the popular casual favorite:
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kzer_za
Lorien
Jan 24 2022, 6:38pm
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Two Towers as the popular casual favorite
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In my experience talking with non-readers (also including people who maybe read the books once a long time ago) in person and to a lesser degree what I've seen online, The Two Towers is the most common favorite of the trilogy. I've had conversations where people were shocked when I said Two Towers wasn't the best! Among more serious book fans opinions differ, but TTT seems to overall be the least popular. FotR is the closest to the book (but also the simplest most linear story to adapt, to be fair) and the most consistent. RotK is the big payoff of the whole thing.
I like TTT a lot but it does have middle-chapter syndrome a bit and some of the highlights of the book get moved into RotK, though mostly out of cinematic necessity I think. As for book alterations, there are various things that bug me though no dealbreakers (Faramir's men beating Gollum comes closest though, maybe the worst scene in the trilogy). But I don't think the movie quite transcends them as a whole in the way RotK does for me, even though RotK arguably changes more. That said, I still rate The Two Towers highly both as a film and adaptation.
Does your perception of TTT's general popularity match mine, and why do you think it enjoys this status with the general public? Helms Deep does still hold up as one of the best cinematic battles ever. I guess the combination of that with Ents, Gollum, and a longer Gandalf vs. Balrog is a real crowd-pleaser. A lot of the general public also prefers that it ends quickly after Helms Deep unlike RotK I think.
(This post was edited by kzer_za on Jan 24 2022, 6:46pm)
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(Lorien) on Jan 24 2022, 6:40pm
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(Lorien) on Jan 24 2022, 6:41pm
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(Lorien) on Jan 24 2022, 6:44pm
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(Lorien) on Jan 24 2022, 6:45pm
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(Lorien) on Jan 24 2022, 6:46pm
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