TWO TOWERS (2002) BREAKDOWN: Lord of the Rings Trilogy Analysis | The Deep Dive

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  @DeepDiveNR · 2 years ago · pinned

  Who do you think gave the best acting performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Andy Serkis? Christopher Lee? Brad Dourif? Elijah Wood? Sean Astin?

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  @venomous-v5q · 2 years ago (edited)

  Oh man that speech that Samwise gives is one of the best dialogues in cinema history. It’s amazing.

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  @xXProtozoaXx · 2 years ago

  I love how much emotion you had about Sam's dialogue. Stories are important.

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  @brendanrodriguez5111 · 2 years ago

  That Farimir backstory scene with his brother showing how borimir was more of a father figure and caring then Denothor kind of makes this whole extended edition for me.

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  @jadencheloha · 2 years ago

  Sam's speech is so good I actually decided to use it for a monologue project in my high school drama class. Even if it was just for a grade, it still felt like such an honor being able to recreate it. That's how special this speech is.

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  @Kitagawa_Senpai · 2 years ago

  So the Trio, if not mentioned.  Aragorn broken 2 toes, Legolas had a cracked rib from falling off a horse, and Gimli had a dislocated knee, yet did the running scene.  Imagine how much pain they were most likely in, yet were still so dedicated to do that scene.

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  @yanorton · 2 years ago

  Gandalf and the Balrog falling through and illuminating the abyss is one of my favorite movie beginnings of all time. Seeing it huge and beautiful on the theater screen was an experience to be had.

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  @jakemeyer8188 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The Two Towers is my favorite of the trilogy, but it has much to do with where I was in life when it released. I was escaping to the theater, and watching this movie gave me immense comfort. I went and saw it 4 or 5 times. Such was the impact on me, that I could rewatch that opening 10 minutes on loop forever and be content.

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  @tincano-beans2114 · 2 years ago

  A trilogy that manages to make me tear up every time at one point or another.

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  @joshmyoutube · 2 years ago

  The emotion Erik gave describing Sam’s speech was powerful, like watching that scene in the theater in 02’. Great job sir and an amazing breakdown. Crazy I’m still learning about my favorite movie over 20 years later

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  @Oxnypognip · 2 years ago (edited)

  I love how for the battle of helm’s deep, the calm before the storm is literally a storm. It really sets up how impactful it’s going to be. There’s the calm before the storm, and the storm before the battle of helm’s deep. It’s easily the best battle of the entire series. Pelennor fields might have had a bigger scale, but at its core it’s a battle of oneupmanship. Imposing fortress, giant army, giant cavalry on the flank, giant elephants that might as well be moving fortresses to flank them, unkillable ghost army. Helm’s deep is just holding the line no matter the cost and praying you live to see the dawn

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  @Tac0maAr0ma · 2 years ago

  Let’s gooo! Thank you, Erik and team!

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