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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002 · 179 min · Director: Peter Jackson ★ IMDb 8.8 · 1,992,378 ratings

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The continuing quest of Frodo and the Fellowship to destroy the One Ring. Frodo and Sam discover they are being followed by the mysterious Gollum. Aragorn, the Elf archer Legolas, and Gimli the Dwarf encounter the besieged Rohan kingdom, whose once great King Theoden has fallen under Saruman's deadly spell.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Anxiety 20%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe20%
  2. Hope15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Anxiety, Awe. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Anxiety and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 8.8/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Fear

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
Sadness
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 43 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessFear
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension77 %75 %40 %55 %
7.5 %≈ 13′Tension75 %72 %32 %52 %
12.5 %≈ 22′Tension73 %68 %37 %50 %
17.5 %≈ 31′Sadness75 %65 %48 %52 %
22.5 %≈ 40′Fear74 %63 %41 %53 %
27.5 %≈ 49′Hope70 %61 %34 %42 %
32.5 %≈ 58′Tension70 %59 %45 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 67′Sadness71 %57 %51 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 76′Tension69 %58 %39 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 85′Humor71 %63 %40 %42 %
52.5 %≈ 94′Tension77 %67 %58 %50 %
57.5 %≈ 103′Sadness79 %69 %66 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 112′Tension78 %72 %54 %47 %
67.5 %≈ 121′Tension78 %75 %42 %49 %
72.5 %≈ 130′Tension80 %77 %40 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 139′Tension82 %80 %39 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 148′Tension85 %83 %44 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 157′Tension86 %79 %49 %56 %
92.5 %≈ 166′Hope82 %71 %42 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 175′Tension79 %72 %25 %55 %
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Andy Serkis

Gollum

John Rhys-Davies

Gimli / Treebeard (voice)

Orlando Bloom

Legolas

Bernard Hill

Théoden

Miranda Otto

Éowyn

Billy Boyd

Pippin

Cate Blanchett

Galadriel

Liv Tyler

Arwen

Hugo Weaving

Elrond

David Wenham

Faramir

Brad Dourif

Wormtongue

Karl Urban

Éomer

CP
Craig Parker

Haldir

BA
Bruce Allpress

Aldor

Details

Directed by
Peter Jackson
Written by
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, J.R.R. Tolkien, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair
Type
Movies
Released
2002
Runtime
179 min
Country
New Zealand, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.8 · 1,992,378 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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