![]() ![]() I cannot sing a lick in tune but hey I would have pushed HARD for a professional singer to take over this task. This ended up being a joke that was taken way way too far. Yes I understand that Ents speak in a slow and deliberate basso voice but my goodness this idea was taken 70,000 Ent strides too far. The twig that broke the camels back was the Treebeard dialogue. Gimli the dwarf is the loudest & most irritating Scotsman I could ever conjure. The gutteral Orc speech is way over the top. I hear Aragorn as a much more forceful character than this Narrator provides. My criticism involves the following: Aragorn 'whispers' or speaks with a downward breathy tone that to me sounds very undecided or morose. I chose this version based on stellar reviews and was looking forward to this performance. The celebrated film won several of Hollywood's most coveted awards despite being shot almost entirely in New Zealand.I love Tolkien & it is hard for me to admit defeat but this audio book was not my cup of mead. ![]() Tolkien's masterful novel brings the world of elves and orcs to life with astonishing battle sequences and powerful story arcs. An ensemble cast of characters based on J. Saruman also returns to advance Sauron's dominion over Middle-Earth by eliminating the reign of man. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers chronicles Frodo and Sam's continued journey to Mordor to destroy the Ring of Power. Nearly all of the film's production and editing were done in Jackson's native country of New Zealand. The trilogy was reportedly shot in over 150 locations, most of them on sight with moderate use of large sound stages. Peter Jackson was remarkably able to capture principal photography for his entire Lord of the Rings trilogy over that 438-day time period. Meanwhile, at Helm’s Deep and Isengard, the first great battles of the War of the Ring take shape. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the One Ring must be destroyed. The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Tolkien's epic saga, The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was filmed primarily in New Zealand between October 1999 and December 2000. The Two Towers is the second volume of J.R.R. ![]()
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