With just 45 minutes of added content, 'The Two Towers' extended edition turns the weak link into the greatest masterpiece.
It's hard to improve a film that is already nearly perfect, but the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers does exactly that. With The Two Towers turning 20 years old this year, it's the perfect time to celebrate the fundamental importance of the film's extended edition.
While the other films in the saga simply add on additional moments, they don't fundamentally change the nature of the story. The theatrical cut of The Two Towers plays out like a thriller; Aragorn , Legolas , and Gimli are on a desperate mission to rally the sources of men against Sauron, while Frodo and Sam race to Mount Doom as they are guided by Gollum .
Character Development and Maturity The added scenes in The Two Towers extended cut also contribute to some of the character arcs that don't pay off until The Return of the King. While Merry and Pippin were mostly used for comic relief in The Fellowship of the Ring, the extended edition of The Two Towers does more to underscore the differences between them. Merry has learned to deceive his Uruk-hai captors, but Pippin is frightened nonetheless.
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