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BurglarHobbit
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Dec 28 2014, 10:23pm
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The Two Towers being Jackson's favorite
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It's really curious to know that The Two Towers is PJ's favorite of the trilogy. FOTR is the favorite of the Tolkien purists and ROTK is the favorite of Jackson fanboys (including myself). Yeah he said ROTK was the best at the time of release like he said DOS and BoFA were the best in the last two years. But in a interview with Film4 last year he said his favorite was TTT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhYUJaTa_w Two Towers has my favorite setpiece ever with the awesome climax of Helm's Deep, but not THAT much happens in that film in the storytelling, no?http://http://
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zarabia
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Dec 29 2014, 2:23am
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I agree with PJ to a certain extent
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FOTR is my favorite, but TT is a very close second. ROTK had some beautiful moments, especially with the hobbits, most especially Sam and Frodo. But I felt the Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli storyline seemed phoned in. For a part of the story that is called Return of the King, and Aragorn is that king, his story felt like an afterthought. I was also bothered by some style choices. TT was a much harder chapter to pull off, and I think PJ did a wonderful job. Resolving bits from FotR, introducing so many new characters, and setting things up for RotK was no small feat, but it worked. And it provided some of the most memorable moments in the trilogy. But that's just me
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Starling
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Dec 29 2014, 5:23am
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The Two Towers is also my favourite
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Although Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King, and now Battle of the Five Armies come close, if I could only watch one of those films again it would be The Two Towers. I love this film.
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Brethil
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Dec 29 2014, 5:18pm
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Funny, because TT is not my favorite
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and is more to the bottom of the list, *yet* it contains what may be close-to Dizzyingly Absolute Favorite LOTR Moment for me: when Gandalf reveals himself as White before Théoden. (Sheesh. I have goosebumps just talking about it. Love that bit of soundtrack too.)
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Starling
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Dec 29 2014, 8:03pm
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...I told you to take the wizard's staff!
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Dec 29 2014, 9:52pm
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Three words: 1. Gollum!! 2. Ents!! 3. Helm´s Deep!!
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Rohan
Dec 30 2014, 1:52am
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I cycle between TTT and FOTR as my "favorite" of the trilogy.
How many Tolkien fans does it take to change a light bulb? "Change? Oh my god, what do you mean change?! Never, never, never......"
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Starling
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Dec 30 2014, 4:51am
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If I was mean and pushed you into a corner,
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which would you choose?
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Brethil
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Dec 30 2014, 5:16am
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And that little wink from Gandalf before they walk in. //
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cats16
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Dec 30 2014, 5:48am
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And that wink of his never will get old.
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Dec 30 2014, 2:44pm
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Probably TTT as my favorite But FotR is a probably a superior movie in terms of quality, storytelling, emotion, etc.
How many Tolkien fans does it take to change a light bulb? "Change? Oh my god, what do you mean change?! Never, never, never......"
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cats16
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Dec 31 2014, 4:57am
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This was my first time (obviously) watching the trilogy since concluding the Hobbit films. Nice to have the whole saga now! (Well, yeah, the EE is coming...)
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HeadingSouth
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Dec 31 2014, 6:00am
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I have seen Jackson say that several times,
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including at the BOTFA press conference. FOTR is superior in my opinion, it isn't let down as much by the drawn-out, boring battle sequences like the next two are.
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moreorless
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Jan 1 2015, 7:00am
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I think you could argue its the most important if not the best..
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I think theres a good argument that even if you don't consider it the "best" of the trilogy its actually the most important in terms of establishing characters. plot and location. FOTR covers the history of the ring of course and gets the quest underway but I would argue a lot of the characters involved(Merry, Pippin, Legolas, Gimli, even to some degree Sam) aren't fully fleshed out until TTT. Then you've got the entire Rohan story introduced almost from nothing, the introduction of Gollum and the much greater focus on the temptation of the ring including Faramir and finally the Ents. Basically a lot of what we see in TTT doesn't just build up to what we see in ROTK I think it also makes FOTR that much stronger a story. I would add that for me as well TTT felt the most "Tolkienesque" in its slow deliberate pace and indepth coverage of travel.
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NecromancerRising
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Jan 3 2015, 4:56pm
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TTT is my absolute favourite as well.
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Introduction of the most interesting characters throught the whole Middle Earth series and one of the best battles ever depicted on screen,if not the best.
"You cannot find peace by avoiding life"
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Eruonen
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Jan 7 2015, 10:08pm
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For me, though the Ents are important to the story, those scenes
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kind of dragged and I was always wishing for a cut back to other story lines.
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ponybarfly
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Jan 20 2015, 12:11pm
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On first viewing I thought Theoden was short changed
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My feeling was that he was cured a little too quickly by Gandalf. I realise of course we needed to get him into the story quickly, but I felt we were robbed of knowing the character better by not having the luxury of some intrigue with him and others within the Golden Hall before he was cured.
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