ohaimark’s review published on Letterboxd:
The slowest of the three. A lot of people say it’s the darkest too, but it’s not as dark as it is somber; Return of the King has some much darker aspects, but is also consistently heartfelt and displays a mantra of grim perseverance. The Two Towers doubles down on the series’ hopelessness, a tone established with Elrond’s sour ruminations in Fellowship. It explores the folly of man, the inevitability of failure, and the discord between common societies with a contemplative mindset, but without ever devolving into Man of Steel levels of pretension and self-seriousness; this still has substantial humour and an adventurous tone to spare, not to mention pathos in the hobbits’ reminders of where we started. And the story does raise some hope before the second chapter’s end, in a way that feels genuinely earned - and which is gloriously trampled over by a final ghostly reminder that tragedy will be an inevitable part of this cycle.
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