After archiving my 2001-2002 pages, i realised that the DLLotRS (Didn't Like "Lord of the Rings" Society) needed a little impetus.  "The Two Towers" was for me exactly what "The Fellowship of the King" was: a lot of potential, a lot of good, and a lot of disappointment.  First the good:

• The "Smeagol talking to Gollum" scene was simply superb.  It gave great insight into his tortured character and was exquisitely timed.
• The battle scenes were well-crafted and compelling.
• The ents looked good and were fairly close to their character in the book.

Now the bad: one mistake exemplifies my attitude towards the film, and that was Gimli as comic relief.  It made me grind my teeth in agony.  My concerns about Gimli in the first film found their worst nightmare in the second.  Tolkien's Gimli was the embodiment of integrity, friendship, dependability, and perseverence - in short, everything good about Middle Earth.  In the film, he was the short, grumpy guy who cracks jokes.  This demeaning of his character (made possible by their failure to build it in the first film) is the Two Towers' worst error.