History Film / TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers

* AdaptationalContextChange: In the book, the whole "fear no nightly noise" speech was said by Tom Bombadil in his house in the Old Forest on the borders of the Shire. When they decided to cut Bombadil from the film adaption they gave this line and some others to Treebeard in Fangorn forest. This changes the meaning of the line from "no matter what you hear tonight, it won't harm you" to something more like "sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite".

** During the battle at Helm's Deep, the Uruk-hai placing a bomb in the drainage tunnel is one to the Creator/SergeiEisenstein film ''Film/IvanTheTerrible'', where Ivan uses a similar device to blow up one of his enemies' walls. If you watch the film, the shot-angles are even similar.

* ViilainousLament: "Gollum's Song" that [[SolemnEndingTheme plays over the credits]] is a broken wail of anguish over how lost, alone and irredeemable Gollum is after being corrupted by the One Ring. Since [[SplitPersonality Gollum is also Sméagol]], it can also count as a GriefSong.

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''[[caption-width-right:300:"The adventure continues."]]''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"There will be no dawn for men."'']]

* AdultFear: Théoden was under a spell from Saruman for a long time and was unaware of his son dying until much later. He was freed from it in time for the funeral, though.
-->'''Théoden:''' No parent should have to bury their child.

* InsaneTrollLogic: There is the following exchange where it's used twice in a row:

** {{Subverted}} ''and'' PlayedStraight in regards to the army of Rohan. The forces at Helm's Deep are only a force of 300 men, most of whom are either to old or to young to be of any real use. But that's because the actual badass portion of the army is the 3,000 Rohirrim who were exiled earlier in the film, [[TheCavalry retuning at the end to turn the tide of battle.]]

* BottomlessMagazines: Nobody ever runs out of arrows despite firing dozens of them and never being shown replenishing their quivers or picking the arrows out of the bodies.

* FreezeFrameBonus: During the approach to Osgiliath, Minas Tirith can be spotted in the distance.

''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' is the second chapter of the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy, following ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. It was directed by Creator/PeterJackson and released in December 2002.

** "No one's gonna save you now!” *Orc promptly gets speared by Rohirrim*

--> Gimli: What's happening out there?
--> Legolas: Shall I describe it to you, or would you like me to find you a box?
--> [beat]
--> [Gimli bursts out laughing]
* AdaptedOut: Ghan-buri-Ghan and Elrond's sons Elladan and Elrohir are also absent. Quickbeam the Ent appears in the crowd shots, DemotedToExtra.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Although never a villain, Faramir was more hostile to the hobbits in the movie than he was in the books, and is tempted by the Ring, until Samwise tells him what the Ring did to Boromir. The DVD commentary states that Jackson didn't feel that Faramir's assertion that he'd have nothing to do with the Ring didn't gel with what a corruptive and seductive influence it's made out to be.