This movie is outstanding and the battle sequences are all top notch. The music, voice acting, make up etc. are all much better than most movies and the messages and characters are very uplifting. As can be assumed, battles are fairly graphic. This movie is not too bad with blood and guts and usually just show people being stabbed and then falling without showing the after-effects of the inflicted wound. However, in one particularly gross scene, an orc is pretty much torn to shreds by other orcs and organs can be seen flying through the air. If you can ignore that scene though, this is a really good movie. Watch it.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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Outstanding, but has very violent battle scenes.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12–13
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Parents need to know that this movie is nonstop, very intense action, with extremely violent battle scenes and intense peril.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the many representations of the war between good and evil. King Theoden comes back. Gollum may be coming back. Where else do you see the dualities expressed? What does it mean to say that Saruman has "a mind of metal and wheels and no longer cares for growing things?" At several points, characters have to decide when to fight and when to give up or retreat. What do they consider in making that decision? What should they consider? Why is it important to Gollum that Frodo calls him by his old name? Why do Sam and Frodo wonder if they will ever be included in songs or tales?
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- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Really good movie, but very violent
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
loving it
great movie and it has great action in it it is violent but ok for mature kids
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
my least favorite of da series but still totally cool!
this is my least favorite of the series but still deserves five stars.it gets pretty violent but not that grafic (not that much blood, but just the idea can creep u out). and gullum is creapy but not really scary. so i saw it when i was about ten and i wanted to cover my eyes sometimes but now im not scared at all and i love it! this is a must see.
I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
some stuff has the R rated range
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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AWESOME!!
I like the ending battle
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
A Must see!! 12+
I really think this film is awesome!! Of course, it has epic scenes and battles, which is too violent for young audiences, just like any other battle scenes in other movies. The character of Gollum is very impressive, and interesting. This movie is certainly better than the first, but the 1st one is also amazing. I recommend this film for those who are thinking about what to watch, but I again about the intense killing, though it's not like blood and guts spill everywhere. Just some head chop and sword stabbings. Anyways, over all, it's a 5 star oscar-worthy film, with great acting and well done directing (specially effects)!
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
Great movie i loved it lots of action lots of fun lord of the rings rocks!!!!!! the return of the king is my favorite (some of the movie may be to violen for some kids)
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND SCARY SCENES
Again, an outstanding film, like the first, but contains too much violence for a PG-13 rating. Scenes that contain this type of violence include: a man ripped open slightly with bloody, mortal wounds (the gory site of the massacre of him and his men is seen); a scene for an orc's head is chopped off (blood gushes out for about three seconds), then the uruks rip out his intestines and devour them; an uruk's head is staked on a spear; a dwarf digs through bits and pieces of dead, burnt corpses; an orc is smashed so hard, the leaves around him are bathed in blood; a man is thrown down a flight of stairs (and spits blood on another man's hand); a creature breaks a rabbit in half and pulls out the flesh with his teeth; a man is devoured by a warg, an orc's throat is slit, blood comes out; a battle, many are killed and eaten, bloody ground, screaming wounded; an orc's neck breaks; a man had many bloody wounds but lives; a creature is beaten graphically (for about thirty seconds); a collosal battle, thousands die; (an uruk violently slices a man's face apart), a man is stabbed several times, he lies next to other gory bodies; (a man is crushed by a battering ram, the one next to him slices the assailant's arm off, leaving him to suffer); a man is stabbed by a pike, which he thrusts into an orc's throat; a man is hit by ballista; a huge cavalry charge causes enemy infantry to be massacred gorily. There is also plenty of scary and disturbing scenes. Other than that, its a great film.
- I rate this title off for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
well done but very very violent
again great movie very violent
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
really creepy
I first saw it when i was 8 and my irrisponsible babaysitter let me see it at my house. i woke up crying in the middle of the night and i didn't get comforted until 10:30pm when my parents came home.
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
great movie, but not for little kids
first i watched the special features of this movie and then I saw the movie. But the only reason I saw the movie was because my babysitter let me watch it. It was kind of creepy. In the beginning the close up of golum's face is very startling. THere are a lot of battle sequences. Some parts of hte movie had arrows going into Orc's heads and mouths. When Sauron comes out and his fingers get cut off, everybody falls down and on of the most gruesome parts is when Golom eats the live rabbit. I would not recommend it for young kids, even though i saw it when I was seven
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
Awesome, but more violent than the first one
This movie is not quite as good as either the first or the third one, but still this movie is better than nearly any movie you'll ever watch. The violence, like the fellowship, is pushing the PG-13 limits, but isn't deserving of an R rating. Sex is limited to kissing, and though there is violence and some blood there is not much gore. Sensitive 12 and 11 year olds will not do very well to watch this movie, but non sensitive ones will enjoy it incredibly much. I reccomend this movie for kids ages 11-12 and up!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
AWSOM MOVIE
The lord of the rings the two towers was brillent and scary the fellowship is broken and scared in diffrent parts of middle earth.a band of ur kie took merry and pippin.frodo and san have a new guid gollom.and a supeising twist with gandalf.merry and pippen meat treebeard.the battle at the end is dark rainy and exiting.still you must wait 2 in a half hours to get to it. all together its exiting and a thril for the whole family.enjoy peter jacksons creation.based on the books by jrr tolkine.like i said this is the middle instalment
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
BEST MOVIE EVER!!!
This was one of my favorite movies ever.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Wow...
This is one of those "you HAVE TO SEE IT!!" movies. It is a personal favorite of mine, and always will be. I was literally amazing at how well done it was! There is no swearing, no sex, no drugs or achohol (but the exceptions of smoking pipes, and tavern) All around a very clean movie! Teens and tweens will especially love it, but I would not suggest it for younger children. There is a lot more violence in this movie than the first, and "scary scenes" that would give children nightmares, graphic dead bodies in the water, etc. It is such a beautiful story, and one that no one should miss! I recommend reading the books as well!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
One of the Best Movies Ever!
This movie was outstanding, but very violent. I saw this movie when I was seven and I was fine, but not everyone handles violence in the same way. There are intense scenes, Gollum may frighten chrildren from ages 12 and below. There is not much blood and gore (if any) however, orc ans humans get slashed across the chest, there are stabbings, people getting shot by arrows, head getting sliced off etc... All in a non bloody way. Most kids 11+ should be able to handle this movie, but then again everyone handles things differently. I think anyone who sees this will love it, even if the violence is to intence for them. I wouldn't let anyone under 9 watch this movie, regardless of how mature they are for their age. But anyone older than that will love this movie
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Beware Violent Battle Scenes in Great Film!
The Two Towers is just as violent as the Fellowship of the Ring. It also has the same timeless messages. Commonsense rated this Know-Your-Kid instead of On, which they rated Fellowship. I disagree. The second Lord of the Rings film isn't any more violent than the first, just a bit darker. The violence is the same. Stabbing, shooting, decapitating, constant battle scenes. But kids will pick up on the message that, surprisingly, stands out amongst the brilliant visual effects. Great movie for ages 11 or 12 and up!
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