With a half-dozen Lord of the Rings films beneath his belt, Peter Jackson has named The Two Towers as his favourite…at the moment, a minimum of.
One doesn’t merely decide their favourite Lord of the Rings film. Oh, we do? Nicely, Peter Jackson does, too, giving his definitive decide that can little doubt divide Lord of the Rings followers. No, it’s not Ralph Bakshi’s film, however as an alternative The Two Towers.
Talking with Letterboxd, Peter Jackson mentioned that as of now, his favourite film of the Lord of the Rings saga is the second installment. “The Two Towers, I think. But if I see them again I might have a totally different one.” However Jackson was cautious to notice that he’s not simply sitting round his hobbit-hole watching his personal flicks, including, “I can’t watch my own films. I just, I mean, one day…I sort of enjoy it more as more time goes by, so one day I’ll watch them again. I hope you enjoy ’em!” If solely he may shake them from his reminiscence…
Contemplating this interview was with Letterboxd, it’s price noting that The Two Towers isn’t the highest-rated Lord of the Rings film. As a substitute, that honor expectedly goes to authentic trilogy capper The Return of the King, which has a 4.5 score from 2.3 million logs. The Two Towers, in the meantime, trails with a 4.4 from the identical quantity of views. Coming in at third is 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring, which additionally has a 4.4 however from practically 3 million logs. Apparently, his follow-up Hobbit trilogy will get damaged up by Rankin/Bass’ 1977 model, simply beating out The Battle of the 5 Armies.
The Two Towers would find yourself with six Academy Award nominations, taking residence Finest Visible Results and Finest Sound Enhancing. It will additionally land a nod for Finest Image, though I preserve that this had extra to do with leftover love for The Fellowship of the Ring. One thing related could possibly be mentioned of The Return of the King, which, because it represented the trilogy as a complete, ended up sweeping the 76th Academy Awards with 11 Oscars. Come on, don’t even attempt to declare that “Into the West” is best than “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow”!
Peter Jackson will function a producer on the upcoming The Hunt for Gollum spin-off, with Andy Serkis serving as director.
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