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Peri · 12-05-2002, 02:57 PM

Hi all. I'm posting this here first beacause the movies site is down. This comes from a fellow LOTR fan and I'm passing it on to anyone who wants to read it. This IS a TTT: 1st 10 min opening sequence spoiler, so if you don't want to know, don't read.*************************WARNING********** ******************************TTT SPOILER**************************************** The Two Towers begins with an imposing panoramic shot of the Misty Mountains. The camera crosses their steep peaks and, little by little, a voice starts to be audible in the distance. The camera approaches closer and closer to the mountains, and finally goes inside. Then you know that the voice in the distance is that of Gandalf. We enter the mountain and arrive at the bridge of Khazad- dûm at the scene of the fight with the Balrog! Ian McKellen was in the same place as when he was last seen in FoTR. Then, we return to see the sequence of the Fellowship of the Ring in which Gandalf falls into the chasm with the Balrog. But this time, we do not follow the Fellowship as it flees from Moria - but we instead see Gandalf and the Balrog as they fall into the chasm whilst they continue fighting. The sequence finishes without showing us the defeat of the Balrog at this moment (I suppose that the defeat of the Balrog is narrated by means of a flashback, just as Gandalf's escape from Orthanc was in the first film - although this is just a guess). Despite all of that, we cut to Frodo and Sam entering the Emyn Muil - and already, without delay, Gollum finally appears. This sequence tells how they catch and Gollum and subsequent events (we have already seen something like this in the trailer) as they decide to take Gollum with them. I cannot tell you more, as I'd prefer that you see Gollum for yourselves (in all seriousness: I cannot tell you more about the appearance of Gollum, in light of non-disclosure agreements(?)). I seem to remember that this comes before a brief sequence that shows Merry and Pippin being carried by the Uruks - as Pippin drops his broach as a signal for his friends. Then there is also a scene in Isengard - but not necessarily in this order. I am a professional and have seen many films - but now I must clear my mind carefully to try to remember what I saw correctly. Saruman, who has already created a terrible army of Uruk-Hai, orders his followers to attack the plains of Men. And later there is a scene in which Uruks devastate a town of the Rohirrim and some of the humans try to flee towards Edoras.

12-05-2002, 02:57 PM	#1
Peri Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 124	WARNING: Hugh Spoilers Ahead... Hi all. I'm posting this here first beacause the movies site is down. This comes from a fellow LOTR fan and I'm passing it on to anyone who wants to read it. This IS a TTT: 1st 10 min opening sequence spoiler, so if you don't want to know, don't read.<P>***********************WARNING****** **************************TTT SPOILER**************************************<P> The Two Towers begins with an imposing panoramic shot of the Misty <BR>Mountains. The camera crosses their steep peaks and, little by <BR>little, a voice starts to be audible in the distance. The camera <BR>approaches closer and closer to the mountains, and finally goes <BR>inside. Then you know that the voice in the distance is that of <BR>Gandalf. We enter the mountain and arrive at the bridge of Khazad-<BR>dûm at the scene of the fight with the Balrog! Ian McKellen was in <BR>the same place as when he was last seen in FoTR.<BR>Then, we return to see the sequence of the Fellowship of the Ring in <BR>which Gandalf falls into the chasm with the Balrog. But this time, <BR>we do not follow the Fellowship as it flees from Moria - but we <BR>instead see Gandalf and the Balrog as they fall into the chasm <BR>whilst they continue fighting. The sequence finishes without showing <BR>us the defeat of the Balrog at this moment (I suppose that the <BR>defeat of the Balrog is narrated by means of a flashback, just as <BR>Gandalf's escape from Orthanc was in the first film - although this is <BR>just a guess).<BR>Despite all of that, we cut to Frodo and Sam entering the Emyn Muil -<BR>and already, without delay, Gollum finally appears. This sequence <BR>tells how they catch and Gollum and subsequent events (we have <BR>already seen something like this in the trailer) as they decide to <BR>take Gollum with them. I cannot tell you more, as I'd prefer that <BR>you see Gollum for yourselves (in all seriousness: I cannot tell you <BR>more about the appearance of Gollum, in light of non-disclosure <BR>agreements(?)).<BR>I seem to remember that this comes before a brief sequence that <BR>shows Merry and Pippin being carried by the Uruks - as Pippin drops <BR>his broach as a signal for his friends.<BR>Then there is also a scene in Isengard - but not necessarily in this <BR>order. I am a professional and have seen many films - but now I must <BR>clear my mind carefully to try to remember what I saw correctly. <BR>Saruman, who has already created a terrible army of Uruk-Hai, orders <BR>his followers to attack the plains of Men. And later there is a <BR>scene in which Uruks devastate a town of the Rohirrim and some of <BR>the humans try to flee towards Edoras. __________________ "Ah, but I'll begowk ye there!" cried the gentleman. "Play me false, and I'll play you cunning."