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Wednesday, December 18, 2002

 
the two towers

the second installment of the lord of the rings: the two towers comes out today, much to the rejoice of my geeky friends. i actually fell asleep during the first one, so the recap below may help you as it did me.

i wasn't too fired up about this release, but i just found out my company is going to reimburse all employees who see the movie this week. new line cinema, the distributor for the movie, is one of our clients so our CEO sent everyone a rousing e-mail yesterday. "be smart, do your part, help our client off to a great start!"-type of deal.
the goal is a record-breaking opening, with ticket stubs turning into expense checks for all.

[courtesy of sfgate.com]

In the beginning . . .
If you want to see "The Two Towers" but missed the first installment, "The Fellowship of the Ring," here's some information from the first film to keep you from feeling lost:

Hobbits are small, good-natured folk who love hearth and home. Dwarfs are somewhat taller and rougher. Humans are humans, and elves are tall, immortal beings.

In the first film, Frodo, a hobbit, comes into possession of a gold ring that gives invincible, corrupting power to anyone who wears it. The ring is a force of evil, and the creator of that force, Sauron, wants it back. Using his minions, the orcs, and with the help of an evil wizard, Saruman, Sauron sets out to retrieve the ring, so he can destroy civilization. It becomes Frodo's dread mission to save the world by unmaking the ring, in the only place hot enough to dissolve it, the furnace where Sauron forged it.

To that end, a fellowship is created, including among others an elf (Legolas), a man (Aragorn), a dwarf (Gimli) and a Gray Wizard (Gandalf). They, along with the hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam, intend to accompany Frodo on his mission. But by the end of the previous film, their little band had dispersed . . .