I’ve finally gotten The Two Towers started, meaning I’m one third of my way through this waking nightmare. Truthfully, I love the opening scene. I love how we
So Sam is drowning, several feet under the water, maybe even yards. In slow motion of course. It’s a scene we’ve seen a thousand times before. And then
Boromir dies valiantly, in another well-choreographed scene from Peter Jackson. And in so dying, we only get five more slow motion close-ups of people and hobbits crying. I
The Balrog of Moria: Awesome Gandalf’s Final Stand: Awesome Gandalf’s Fall: Sad But Awesome Similarity to Ben Kenobi’s Death in Star Wars: Typical Ten More Slow Motion Close-Ups
This is officially the high point of Peter Jackson’s involvement with the Lord of the Rings. It is perhaps the only major deviation from the book that succeeds.
Frodo and Gandalf have a heart to heart, which entails lots of close-ups and almost weeping. Minutes Watched: 1:58.42 Number of Montages: 5 Number of slow motion close-ups
