The Two Towers Movie Photo Guide

by David Brawn, Chris Coad (Photographer), Pierre Vinet (Photographer)

Packed with stunning photographs of the key characters, creatures, and places in the latest film in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, an official guide for children follows the Companions on their continuing quest to destroy the One Ring, and includes free photo stickers. Original.

Genres: Fantasy, Media Tie In, Picture Books

48 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Librarian's note: There is more than one author on GoodReads with this name.

David Brawn is the Publishing Director for Harper Collins, responsible for all works by J.R.R. Tolkien that are put out by the publishing house.

Reviews

[Kayleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple summary of the movie with pictures!
There are things left out to give no spoilers.

I recently got this one. It was the only one I missed in my photo guide collection.

[Fran · Rating 2 out of 5]

Much better than the Fellowship photo guide mess, even though it is written in a slightly cheesy and patronising 'I'm talking to a child' manner. Shame David Brawn didn't do all 3. Manages to cover the story of the film well (including sensibly placed quotes from the film as part of the story telling), even thought it clearly had to leave some plot points so they weren't spoiled before the films release. It even manages to make more sense than the film in a couple of places and, interestingly, includes the Smeagol/Deagol story that was shunted to the 3rd film as a prologue instead. Must've been an editing decision that was made after the copy was written.

[Jess · Rating 1 out of 5]

The text is simple and offers no insights beyond what we can see in the movie. It reads like it was written for elementary schoolers. Photo spreads aren't particularly spectacular, and many of the photos seem to be taken halfheartedly - very few outstanding ones that apply the principles of photography effectively.

[Aonarán · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book in The Two Towers I think is the best out of the four I've read so far. I would give it 5 stars. I repeatedly found myself totally lost in Tolkien's world, and even seemingly boring and mundane details about the three's journey I was enthralled by.

The second book isn't holding my attention as well, but I'm still enjoying it. I would give it a 3.5.

[Janelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The approach is similar to that of a story book. I would say it was for kids, but one would not really want to expose little children to Orcs and Uruk-hai.

Mostly, it is eye candy for avid fans of the movie. Admittedly the reason I bought it was to use it as reference for drawings. Has really nice pictures.

[Leylan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Explains little details I may have missed in the novel and film but does paint a good picture as to what is going on in the film.

[Mellanie C · Rating 5 out of 5]

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