The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Summary: Movie Stats Directed By: Peter Jackson Produced By: Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh Written By: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Sala Baker, and Sean Bean Studio: WingNut Films and The Saul Zaentz Company Rating: PG-13 Release Date: December 18, 2002 Run Time: 179 Minutes Budget: $94 Million Box Office: $926,047,111 Plot: Sauron's forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman's army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron's troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin. The description and information in this episode is taken from IMDB.com and Wikipedia.org. What’s in the Episode? Episode Summary: Eye Open Podcast reviews the mega-podcast show of the season with Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (2002) starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Sala Baker, and Sean Bean. What happens after coming off the near perfect rating of Fellowship of the Ring? Is this more epic? Or does the flip-flopping of the storyline really annoying? Is there anything worth investing time to watch this film? Plus one of the hosts dresses up like a character from Star Wars just to make a point. Tune in to find out. Popcorn Rating The Sock: Small / Husky: Small / Farm: Bucket / Kayla: Large Episode: S2E17 Episode Run Time: 87 Minutes DISCUSS THIS EPISODE IN THE FORUM HERE