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Series Details & Credits
| Prime Video | Release Date: September 2, 2022 |
Summary:
The series is set several millennia before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings when the rings of power were forged by Sauron.
Genre(s):
Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy
Recent Episodes
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Positive:
45
Mixed:
19
Negative:
1
Empire
Aug 28, 2024
Aug 31, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It’s true, the pace of The Rings of Power’s first two episodes is slow and deliberate, and the show has to work to balance its screentime amongst many seemingly disconnected plotlines. But it’s clear that the show feels confident enough in the story it’s telling to allow its audience the necessary time to get to know its characters and their various goals and passions, before launching into the potentially world-ending stakes in their future.
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Sep 16, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Adar’s début drips with signifiers. ... When Adar informs Arondir in Episode 4 that he has been told many lies, some that “run so deep even the rocks and roads now believe them,” it is still a thrill. Tolkien succeeded in creating a mythic world, one that has now grown vast enough through acts of typological repetition and imitation to conquer television, too.
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Aug 28, 2024
Season 2 Review:
Sometimes frustrating but just as often rewarding, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power hasn't reinvented itself in its second season, opting instead to turn up the intensity on everything it was already doing, including the many echoes of more famous Tolkien stories and moments that can feel a bit too much like fan service. .... But when it clicks, it feels like a worthy addition to the filmed Tolkien canon.
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Aug 28, 2024
Season 2 Review:
There will undoubtedly be plenty of viewers who find the sacrifice of smaller, more intimate character moments well worth it for this kind of epic storytelling which, admittedly, takes some big swings and looks great doing it. But if you wanted to know enough about the characters who die during this battle—and elsewhere in the course of the season—to truly mourn their loss, you may find yourself more than a little disappointed.
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The Guardian
Aug 28, 2024
Sep 13, 2022
Great production values, good performances, generally, good writing. Didn't really care for using the dwarves as comic relief, it jars with the tone of the rest of the story. this isn't The Hobbit and the worst of Jackson's work should be left behind.
509 of 677 users found this helpful509168
Oct 18, 2022
7 of 13 users found this helpful76
Sep 3, 2022
25 of 194 users found this helpful25169
Feb 19, 2023
Incredibly sad. I really hope this isn’t what Tolkien is remembered for. This had nothing to do with his vision. At least there is a strong female lead and diverse cast.
3 of 11 users found this helpful38
Aug 31, 2023
Lord breaking. Insult to Tolkiens work. Decided the “perverse” characters like Tolkien said he hated. He had many more quotes that align with things in the show that he hated. Don’t try to make Tolkiens work without his ideals.
0 of 0 users found this helpful00
Sep 14, 2022
you can delete reviews as much as you like, your series will remain a dull semi-finished product
14 of 182 users found this helpful14168
Sep 7, 2022
Awful garbage.. The most ridiculous series that could have been made by Tolkien, I just slept with it
24 of 99 users found this helpful2475
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