Except: Adam seems to think that the reason he’s confused is because he hasn’t
read the book. It’s not. I’ve read LotR twice — most recently, a few
months before seeing the first of the films — and I had exactly the same
reaction to some parts.
In fact, I also looked up The Two Towers in
Wikipedia to see if I could work out which towers the title
referred to (spoiler: pick any two of five).
… though I did know that it was spelled “Ents”, not “Ants”.