The Lord of the Rings: The Art of the Two Towers

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I - The Departure of Boromir - Aragorn finds Boromir hit with many arrows, who tells him that Orcs took Merry and Pippin, and that they were still alive. Boromir dies, and his body is set down over the Falls of Rauros on a 'funeral boat'; Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli decide to follow the Orcs who had captured Merry and Pippin, rather than following Frodo and Sam. The three of them set off to chase the Orcs. The book covers most aspects of the eagerly awaited sequel to the enormously successful Fellowship of The Ring, from locations and costumes to weaponry and creatures. The artists who created all of these diverse elements explain how they contributed to the development of the film. Some of the descriptions were nice and offered glimpses of how the process worked and what they considered when coming up with the ideas, but most were very superficial.

British Academy Film Awards: Best Costume Design, Best Special Visual Effects, Orange Film of the Year (voted on by the public) As he was finishing The Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien decided that the two towers of The Two Towers would be ... Orthanc and Minas Morgul.Ansen, David (22 December 2002). "And Just In Time For Christmas". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022 . Retrieved 12 February 2022. Eventually Tolkien settled on The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, so that the titles of all three books could be included in the first printing of The Fellowship to entice the satisfied reader. According to his biographer Humphrey Carpenter, he initially wrote to his publisher Allen & Unwin that the towers the title referred to should be left ambiguous. On 28 July 1953, Unwin wrote to Tolkien proposing that the overall title The Lord of the Rings be abandoned and that the second volume be named either " The Ring in the Shadow" or " The Shadow and the Ring." [4] Tolkien replied on 8 August 1953, stating his opposition to having individual volume titles without an overall title. By that time, Tolkien had forgotten the volume titles he had sent in his letter of 24 March, and made a new suggestion of " The Shadow Lengthens" for volume two. [5] So this is the answer to all the riddles. Here in the wild I have you, two halflings and a host of men at my call. And the Ring of Power within my grasp." — Faramir to Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee

Serkis's motion capture was generally used to animate Gollum's body, except for some difficult shots such as him crawling upside down. Gollum's face was animated manually, often using recordings of Serkis as a guide. Gino Acevedo supervised realistic skin tones, which took four hours per frame to render. [28] Year End 2003 Top-selling titles (combined VHS and DVD)". Variety. 30 December 2003. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022 . Retrieved 27 June 2022. BBC - Stoke and Staffordshire Films - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Review". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022 . Retrieved 11 February 2022. Five of the characters in the film are presented somewhat differently than their counterparts in the book:At that time, the identities of the titular towers themselves were unclear in Tolkien's mind. In his letters [6] and sketches, [4] Tolkien considered several sets of towers, including Minas Tirith and the Barad-dûr, and even the possibility of leaving the matter ambiguous. Most pairs from a set of five towers in the story could plausibly fit the title: Cirith Ungol, Orthanc, Minas Tirith, Barad-dûr, and Minas Morgul. In Fangorn, Merry and Pippin meet Treebeard, an Ent. Convincing Treebeard that they are allies, they are brought to an Ent Council, where the Ents decide not to take part in the coming war. Pippin asks Treebeard to take them in the direction of Isengard, where they witness the deforestation caused by Saruman's war effort. Enraged, Treebeard and the Ents storm Isengard, trapping Saruman in his tower. You can see the immense forethought that Tolkien put in to every single instance of this book. His character building is not only well done, but it is patient. These characters grow more and more as the book continues, which makes different reveals, and different relational developments that much more satisfying. The foundational work that he puts in to this book make you immediately find interest in the successive books. Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. (1981). The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-31555-2. While the novel alludes to a division within his mind, the film depicts him as having a split personality. The two personas—the childlike Sméagol and the evil Gollum—are established during a scene in which they argue over remaining loyal to Frodo. The two personalities talk to each other, as established by contrasting camera angles and by Serkis altering his voice and physicality for each persona.

Standard, Alexanderr Walker, Evening (10 April 2012). "Darkness on Middle Earth". www.standard.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022 . Retrieved 12 February 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020 . Retrieved 17 May 2020. Like the other films in the trilogy, The Two Towers is widely recognised as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made as well as one of the greatest sequels in cinema history. The film received numerous accolades; at the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for six awards, including Best Picture, winning for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects.The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring is one of the three art books for The Lord of the Rings. The other two being The Art of the Two Towers and The Art of the Return of the King. Also available in one condensed edition of these three art books is The Art of the Lord of the Rings. A just question, my liege. Late is the hour in which this conjurer chooses to appear. Lathspell, I name him. Ill news is an ill guest." This is also the only film in both trilogies in which no one ever uses the invisibility power of the One Ring. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Blu-ray: Theatrical Editions". Blu-ray.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.

Winner: Best Visual Effects ( Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke) and Best Sound Editing ( Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins). VIII · The Road to Isengard — They travel to Isengard, and see that it has been destroyed. At Isengard they find Merry and Pippin. Arwen has a vision of her future which is taken somewhat loosely from The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen in the books' Appendices. The third theme for the One Ring is an impervious snarl, limited to only four or five pitches, and unwavering in its focus. As with the other ancient powers of Middle-earth, Shore treats this theme to Eastern-tinted harmonic inflections suggesting a past age. The Shire & The HobbitsBut even though trailers for The Two Towers explicitly enumerated its namesake spires as Barad-dûr and Orthanc, the American psyche was already grappling with the legacy of another two towers. And through no fault of their own, the mainstream success of The Fellowship of the Ring invited some comparison-making for its much anticipated sequel. Oh no, is this about 9/11? Image: New Line Cinema Loosely, any pair from a set of six towers in the story could plausibly fit the title: Cirith Ungol, Orthanc, Minas Tirith, Barad-dûr, Minas Morgul, and the Hornburg. Tolkien is a well known and renowned philologist- a practitioner of the study of language and his skills are on full form in this book. Two important events from Tolkien's The Two Towers did not make it into the film, but were held over for the next one: