Lord Of The Rings:
The Two Towers

Sam:"In the end, it's only a passing thing, this darkness....
there's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for."

Reviewed by by Janet Bishop
Book by JRR Tolkien
Directed by Peter Jackson
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Rating PG 13

New Characters in The Two Towers
the second part of Lord of Rings trilogy:

People of Rohan: A Race of Plainsmen, who lives center around horses. They are not considered warlike.Their King is Theoden, whose daughter is named Orwin. The Gondorians These folk are the front lines of defense against Sauron in the lands of Mordor to the east.They are proud of their armies, monarchs and ancient culture.Their capital city is Minas Terith. Boromir, who died in battle in Part 1, of the trilogy was Gondorian. Gima Wormtongue A Rohanian man whose master is the evil wizard Sauron, Gima serves as adviser and confidant to King Theoden. Wormtongue does insidious damage to the King, as he secretly helps Sauron plot to kill Theoden. Wormtongue is a key villain in the story. Gollum/Smeagle Gollum is a character with a 'split personality', who as Smeagle once was "like a hobbit". He succombed to the lure of the One Ring,and became transformed into the grotesque character called Gollum.He meets up with Frodo and Sam early in the film and becomes their guide to Morder.Andy Serkis did his voice and contributes to Gollum's physical appearance through motion-capture technology, adding a more natural and organic sense of motion than totally computer generated movements. Treebeard and the Ents Old as elves, Ents are forest shepherds that began as trees, inhabited by spirits to protect all flora and trees. They know that their former ally Saruman has betrayed them.Pippin and Merry beg Treebeard and the Ents to join fight to save middle earth. Ucluk and the Uruk-Hai Part of Sarumens army.Ucluk is a commander, dispatched to capture the Hobbits. Grishnah, Sharku and the Orc Grishnah the scheming orc joins toup of Uruk-hai who've kidnapped Merry and Pippin.Sharku leads the vicious tribe of Warg-riding orcs who work for Saruman fighting the people of Rohan. Wargs Massive, misshapen creatures ridden by Orcs. Easterlings One of races of man represented by Sauron's armies. Shadowfax Magical white steed, ridden by Gandalf the White. Oliphants Huge elephant like beasts of war.

HighLight Performances in the Two Towers

Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
Liv Tyler as elf lady Arwen
John Rhys-Daviis as the dwarf Gimli
Sean Astin as Sam
Andy Serkis as the creature Gollum.

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