Meanwhile, some who found Fellowship a ponderous opening act will be happier with the quickened pace and expanded scope of Towers.įor those familiar with the 1,300-page book that has been marketed as a trilogy since the 1960s, the present film is assurance that next year’s Return of the King should be a truly glorious event. While it’s not likely to spellbind Academy members enough to muster the 13 Oscar nominations that The Fellowship of the Ringreceived, the three-hour fantasy adventure has a good shot at being the first best picture-nominated sequel released a year after the original since The Bells of St. 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl': THR's 2003 Review The much-anticipated New Line release is destined to rule the holiday season box office and rival the first film’s theatrical earnings of $860 million worldwide. Tolkien continues with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Well on its way to becoming one of the greatest achievements in cinema history with last year’s Oscar-winning first installment, filmmaker Peter Jackson’s grand realization of The Lord of the Rings epic by J.R.R. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below. The film went on to nab six Oscar nominations at the 75th Academy Awards. 18, 2002, Peter Jackson unveiled the middle chapter of his Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers.
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