The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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  1. metacritiqueur
    Aug 25, 2023
    1
    C'est beau mais c'est chiant, des centaines de millions pour chier sur l’œuvre du maitre, il fallait oser. GaladrIEL est mono-expressive et détestable à souhaits, le reste c'est du wokisme dans l'univers du seigneur des anneaux, et c'est sans grand intérêt.
  2. Weidenwiesel
    May 2, 2023
    0
    Some shows are great. Most are bad. Very few rise to the level of "crimes against humanity".
    Truly, a remarkable achievement.
  3. Urand
    Apr 6, 2023
    1
    This a very bad cinema. Peace of **** Very, very, very bad film. Idiots scenario
  4. ycal94
    Mar 24, 2023
    1
    Terrible. Again I won't give a 0 as don't believe anything is that bad the visuals for this show are impressive however that's it's only redeeming feature. Leave the classics alone, not true to the source material at all please create a new series of your own instead of doing your best to ruin a beloved classic. Peter Jackson made the original trilogy with love and clearly he had deepTerrible. Again I won't give a 0 as don't believe anything is that bad the visuals for this show are impressive however that's it's only redeeming feature. Leave the classics alone, not true to the source material at all please create a new series of your own instead of doing your best to ruin a beloved classic. Peter Jackson made the original trilogy with love and clearly he had deep respect and admiration for Tolkien's vision which shined through...this doesn't. Has nothing was learnt from the disaster that was Ghostbusters (2016)????… Expand
  5. EthanRucker
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
    After watching Rings of Power for the first time it was pretty bad with one of the worst season finales I have ever seen, but after watching Rings of Power for a second time... It's even worse.
  6. ifta
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Leaving aside question of how it fits into Tolkiens’s world, it’s just a bad show. Badly written, boring, and much of it didn’t make sense. Characters and even fleets of ships seem to travel instantly. The orcs, who supposedly cannot stand sunlight, run around in the sun. The main characters survive a volcanic eruption which incinerates everyone else and transforms a huge area into a wasteland. The clothing doesn’t fit, and much of the armor is printed onto the cloth of the clothing. Crowd scenes digitally multiply people. The supposed diversity is merely tokenism, as there is no explanation for the smattering of different races, no black families. I may have missed asian characters. The sword teaching scene is a fiasco. The elves look like a boy band. Long hair as shown in the films would have been far better, but an article online explains how very expensive long wigs are. And so on and so on. Galadrial is unspeakable. Just a bad show, a bad fantasy, and justly a failure.
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  7. aantik4444
    Jan 19, 2023
    0
    It defies belief how laughably cheap, vulgar, and devoid of an iota of talent and taste this drivel is.

    The authors (and their enablers, for the series wouldn't exist without an army of editors, consultants, and, of course, Amazon) have shown themselves for the creative impotents they are who, armed with all the money in the world, have failed miserably to conjure up a spark of magic    It defies belief how laughably cheap, vulgar, and devoid of an iota of talent and taste this drivel is.

    The authors (and their enablers, for the series wouldn't exist without an army of editors, consultants, and, of course, Amazon) have shown themselves for the creative impotents they are who, armed with all the money in the world, have failed miserably to conjure up a spark of magic one man created in such abundance using only his imagination and a pen.    … Expand
  8. Smudge99
    Jan 12, 2023
    0
    Casting, acting, set design, effects, and much more was just done dirt cheap, and it look's that way. Just another boring and bland pile of stank that turned out exactly as they wanted. Summarily it's cheap, poorly acted and written, and it disrespects the source material.
  9. BillHimmel
    Dec 17, 2022
    2
    Started bearable and interesting, but I stopped watching at the beginning of the 4th episode!
    This wasn‘t the Galadriel of Tolkien! Nor were the Noldor, Gil-Galad, Numenor or Elrond written in a way that captures the spirit of Tolkien.
  10. chuck_Vindaloo
    Nov 28, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This isn't Tolkien. Period! Nothing about this show feels Tolkien. The writing, stories, characters, dialogue are not Tolkienian. I've really tried very hard to like this show. I did, but after 5 episodes, I'm out. Its unbearable, specially after the insanity about the origins of Mithril and elves need for it. At this point, I think amazon is trolling us. Nothing about this show makes sense. Gil-Galad is portrayed as scheming and evil. Elendil is some low level commander. Harfoots are psychopaths who leave their own to die. Elrond has no conception of oaths and how serious and consequential they are in Tolkein's world. Durin and Disa are the only barely likable characters in the whole show. The lead character, Galadriel is petulant child. How does an 5000 yr old elven nobility have no courtly manners.. she is disappointing and poorly written, even after 5 episodes. She has only one mode and always dialed up to a 11. So many plot holes and characters that don't make any sense. Just lazy writing and poor pacing. 5 episodes in and still nothing has happened. Its like bland generic fantasy show that has Tolkien label slapped on it.. This isn't even Tolkien inspired or an adaptation. Huge disappointment.… Expand
  11. Notasonypony23
    Nov 15, 2022
    0
    Utter dog poop Spits in the face of Tolkien and even the Jackson movies. evil cannot create only corrupt
  12. Rozen21
    Nov 10, 2022
    0
    Why don't black people create something of their own, and not defile the established lore of existing projects? Surely Africa also has its own stories and legends, go ahead. But this is a rhetorical question, it is clear that the agenda is not controlled by black people .. the question is why this is being done .
  13. vjkratky
    Oct 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For someone who didn't read the books, the show is boring, and for the lore enthusiastics, the show is a utter travesty… Expand
  14. Onlyclassicvg1
    Oct 25, 2022
    2
    More liberal garbage ruining beloved series
    Same liberal nonsense that is present in every single piece of media produced in the last few years. Black characters that make no sense. Men bad, women good. Teenage girls that are stronger and smarter than men. Just one episode in, and I already know what the main focus and theme is.
  15. Bohenbube
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    Tolkien would rotate in his grave! No Isildur dont live during the creation of the Rings of Power and Gandalf didnt come to middleearth as an metroid. Galadriel is a Mother and Protector not a Warrior Gil Galad is tge Warrior. And no Sauron didnt come over as Halbrand to the elves. This show is just crap!
  16. HammerOfThorium
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    The Rings of Power is a tremendous disappointment. It is hard to know where to begin critiquing a show with almost no redeeming quality. The writing, both in terms of the dialogue and the plot, is woeful; the show meanders from one scene to the next with so little development that one could probably summarise each episode in a few lines; the incoherence of the narrative is almostThe Rings of Power is a tremendous disappointment. It is hard to know where to begin critiquing a show with almost no redeeming quality. The writing, both in terms of the dialogue and the plot, is woeful; the show meanders from one scene to the next with so little development that one could probably summarise each episode in a few lines; the incoherence of the narrative is almost impressive, with seemingly little attention paid to the significance of events; while the world itself is simply devoid of the magic one would expect from a Tolkien-inspired series.

    This brings me on to the second aspect of the show that has frustrated so many: for reasons that are beyond me, the characters from Tolkien's work are completely unrecognisable from their book counterparts, while many events from the books have been changed unnecessarily. The makers claimed to have regularly referred back to the books as a sort of creative mantra, yet that is the exact opposite of what we see on screen. Far from being reverential towards Tolkien's world, the show seems to take every opportunity to actively subvert it.

    My advice, for what it is worth, would be to replace the writers, producers, etc. with more capable people who actually respect the source material, and hire Tom Shippey to consult on the show in order that Tolkien's world may be more faithfully reproduced going forward.    … Expand
  17. snes
    Oct 20, 2022
    3
    Bleh, what a travesty. The only reasons to actually like this show is if you have a wildly high tolerance for bad writing. As a Tolkien fan this show is a mockery of his work. As a LotR trilogy fan, this show is incomparable because the movies are TRUE to Tolkien's work, despite making changes. The trilogy did was this series could not with a BILLION dollar budget. Basically the only goodBleh, what a travesty. The only reasons to actually like this show is if you have a wildly high tolerance for bad writing. As a Tolkien fan this show is a mockery of his work. As a LotR trilogy fan, this show is incomparable because the movies are TRUE to Tolkien's work, despite making changes. The trilogy did was this series could not with a BILLION dollar budget. Basically the only good thing this show had going for it was the CGI. Because categorically everything else was terrible. The story is a terrible twisting of established lore. The dialogue is absolutely ATROCIOUS, it's a mangled mockery of Tolkien's poetic prose. The characters are poorly cast, with a billion dollars being thrown around you'd think they could get actors who can act. They made up way too much **** that had zero relevance to the show nor universe, simply because they could. The pacing of the show is horrid, and I LOVE slowburn shows. Oh and the final nail in the coffin? The TERRIBLE costume design.

    This is what happens when you hand a billion dollar project to a writer with not nearly enough experience, and two show runners with quite literally zero experience. People say you can't compare this to another currently running fantasy series, to which I say utter bull pucky. The other show has great casting, strong acting, strong writing, amazing CGI, good pacing, and it has amazing costume design. Went into RoP with no expectations, and discovered it sucks. Went into the other show expecting to hate it, and discovered it's awesome. RoP is an orange gone bad, while hot D is a perfectly ripe apple, two things you can absolutely objectively compare and comfortably conclude one is better than the other.    … Expand
  18. SpiralNexus
    Oct 19, 2022
    1
    Why I am giving it this rating is because of how terrible the writing is. The writers took notes from the Halo TV show using lore as they see fit in one episode and throwing it away the next episode making for inconsistent story telling. The overall plot moved at a snails pace giving tad bits of interest through some characters. This show has the quality if visuals but lack in a storyWhy I am giving it this rating is because of how terrible the writing is. The writers took notes from the Halo TV show using lore as they see fit in one episode and throwing it away the next episode making for inconsistent story telling. The overall plot moved at a snails pace giving tad bits of interest through some characters. This show has the quality if visuals but lack in a story causing quick disinterest and overall make you less likely to look forward to the next episode or the next season. Finally the creators kept on insulting the fans blaming everything on racism and how toxic the fandom is instead of improving themselves to make a show that captures the attention of the audience like HBOMax House of The Dragons.… Expand
  19. Biggun
    Oct 19, 2022
    0
    Série woke da A et Z cherchant plus à militer pour la représentation des minorité nous imposer le communautarisme que nous offrir une qualité artistiques aux fans de l'oeuvre de Tolkien.
  20. StanislauLysy
    Oct 18, 2022
    0
    Poorly written and badly acted, this commercial product doesn't care about Tolkien's thoughts and ideas, instead trying to fit in with current attitudes and trends. It's simply not Tolkien, just like not a worthwhile movie.
  21. jorgebg
    Oct 18, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Plotholes, flat characters, meaningless shots, a random balrog that just hates a tree leaf for a few seconds. Horrible.… Expand
  22. SebDeTyra
    Oct 3, 2022
    0
    Just sad what they've done to this universe. It seems like it was made by people with no understanding of the books.
  23. Exlee3000
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This is the biggest pile of woke trash that I have ever seen and the biggest middle finger to Tolkien that they could have possibly given. The writing is terrible, the pacing is terrible, the acting is terrible, the music is terrible, the story is terrible and the special effects are terrible! There are ZERO redeeming qualities about this show. It's no better than a CW show. In factThis is the biggest pile of woke trash that I have ever seen and the biggest middle finger to Tolkien that they could have possibly given. The writing is terrible, the pacing is terrible, the acting is terrible, the music is terrible, the story is terrible and the special effects are terrible! There are ZERO redeeming qualities about this show. It's no better than a CW show. In fact the CW is better in many instances. This show is the epitome of everything wrong in entertainment right now. It's filled with divisive identity politics and it disrespects the work it's drawn from and is completely uninspired. Avoud this dumpster fire at all costs!… Expand
  24. Favkes
    Oct 14, 2022
    2
    Amazing visual content. Terrible script and dialogues.
    The acting is also mostly bad except for Durin.
    I ve watched 6 episodes, but I just can't go any further. With each series, the degree of absurdity increases
  25. redbutnotdead
    Oct 14, 2022
    0
    I see people/bots downvoting blindly the low rating reviews. Fock your paid bots, fock amazon, fock your correct shiet. RoP is a hot pile of horseshiet with bad writing, degrading tolkien's legendary work, degrading fans' dreams and intelligence. Well no matter how much you pay for downvoting low rated reviews, people are not dumb so you can kiss your dream goodbye you worthless pieces of shiaet.
  26. admad
    Oct 14, 2022
    3
    It is bad, maybe even as bad as Netflix Witcher. It is visually better but the dialogues and idiotic decisions are so strong in season 1 it is astonishing. With episode 6, this show just topped my list as the most stupid, idiotic, garbage writing ever.

    It is AMAZON'ing how this show makes you root for the evil, as the so called "good" characters are very bad and frustrating (Karen    It is bad, maybe even as bad as Netflix Witcher. It is visually better but the dialogues and idiotic decisions are so strong in season 1 it is astonishing. With episode 6, this show just topped my list as the most stupid, idiotic, garbage writing ever.

    It is AMAZON'ing how this show makes you root for the evil, as the so called "good" characters are very bad and frustrating (Karen Galadriel).

    3 points for good visuals and not so bad season finale, which actually saves this show from total disaster.    … Expand
  27. iamgeorge82
    Oct 14, 2022
    2
    Just about watchable but not much more. The writing is awful, the whole plot driven along by contrivances and implausibly bad decisions by the characters, many of which are meant to be wise, immortal beings but act like impetuous idiots. The pacing is bizarre, compressing a huge timeline I to what feels like weeks.
  28. Teresa_Claymore
    Oct 14, 2022
    0
    Made by people who don't understand Tolkien and want to subvert his creation. Acted by talentless nobodies, badly cast - the worst being the arrogant black elf, Lenny Jamaica Henry and the far left activist (and gurning champion) who they got to play Galadriel. This is a stain on Tolkien's name. Utter woke garbage.
  29. Halit
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its like a lotr parody. Warrior Galadriel swims from valinor to middle earth ist that a parody. And Elrond actor; ohh boy! He’s like home alone kid.… Expand
  30. Astrocitos
    Oct 11, 2022
    0
    This is by far the worst written piece of entertainment I’ve ever seen, in fact can’t say if it has anything good at all. Has nothing to do with TLODR and is just a bad TV show.
  31. Jhawk0
    Oct 11, 2022
    0
    Gotta love whomever is getting paid by Amazon to write positive reviews for this show… I’ve read things like 10/10! Faithful to the book(s). Lmao. The writing is terrible. The activists they hired as actors and show runners twisted this series in such a way that it’s laughable at this point. I’ve read EVERYTHING that Tolkien has ever put out, and to say this is faithful to his compendiumGotta love whomever is getting paid by Amazon to write positive reviews for this show… I’ve read things like 10/10! Faithful to the book(s). Lmao. The writing is terrible. The activists they hired as actors and show runners twisted this series in such a way that it’s laughable at this point. I’ve read EVERYTHING that Tolkien has ever put out, and to say this is faithful to his compendium is blasphemous.
    It is more like a fleeting memory of a show, that seems like it’s happened before, but trying to remember the details from a dream that has passed; Hollow, and grasping to recapture the wonder that was faithfully captured by Jackson on film. For $60,000,000 an episode, I’d expect a more flushed out narrative rather than a lifetime movie with incredible CGI.    … Expand
  32. TangEng
    Oct 11, 2022
    1
    Looks great but no substance. Boring.
    Most characters are unlikeable.
    Need to pad this review up from 69 letters long.
  33. fukringsofpower
    Oct 11, 2022
    0
    It's sad really.
    This show is a C- fantasy show on the SciFi channel. Something which is crappy, perhaps except the cinematography.
    It had the highest budget in history, a source material by the best author of fantasy who ever lived, the father of fantasy dungeons and dragons style. Putting aside the idiotic deviation from the source material, it's just really bad. The characters are    It's sad really.
    This show is a C- fantasy show on the SciFi channel. Something which is crappy, perhaps except the cinematography.
    It had the highest budget in history, a source material by the best author of fantasy who ever lived, the father of fantasy dungeons and dragons style.
    Putting aside the idiotic deviation from the source material, it's just really bad.
    The characters are flat and we can't emphasize and root for them (with 1-2 minor exceptions, like Durin perhaps).
    The writers rely too much on mystery boxes to build suspense, and not on actual story building.
    The logic of events is flawed, it just doesn't make sense (within the rules of that particular fantasy world of course) - like a river on water which creates a volcano to erupt with any steam pressure.
    The dialogue most of time tries to sound smart, but actually falls flat, just no intelligent enough unfortunately.

    Also please be advised that Amazon has went into extreme spin mode, trying to attack the critic of the show, using bot-reviews, and using defamation of fans who love Tolkien's work who are finding this show to be an insult to the beauty of the world he created.

    The only thing which is truly amazing about this show is the contrast between its potential to the outcome, as it is baffling to watch how they've managed to do such a bad job at this.    … Expand
  34. Reos44
    Oct 10, 2022
    0
    Bad scenerio
    Bad characters
    Bad dialogue
    Bad costume designs
    Boring scenes
    Weak timeline
  35. Jtburkh
    Oct 9, 2022
    2
    Yawn. This is just more woke nonsense. I'm sure I am just racist or phobic or this is my fault for not liking it. Yawn.
  36. Antek
    Oct 9, 2022
    2
    Boring, horrible uninspired script writing, flat characters. Gave up on the 3rd episode.
    Good CG though.
  37. Mcgreen_21
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    They took the lord of the rings world, of heroic men great deeds and thoughtful writing. Threw it on the trash and decided to write this woke billion dollar garbage. Where every man is Weak stupid or mean. They jammed actors into roles that they are doing well, and should never have been considered for. They are not trying to live up to the world we love they want to wokify and destroy it.
  38. Hakisak
    Oct 8, 2022
    2
    although the scenery, cgi, some of the sets are amazing. Its not enough the carry the show on its own. The story is so poor and I'm not talking about its accuracy to the source material, on its own its just bad story writing.
  39. yozoraskoln
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    Poor acting; poor writing; needlessly sabotaged lore from an established story with woke garbage.
  40. evyatar
    Oct 8, 2022
    2
    omg this is so bad, i give it more then one chance. they destroy my beloved story. maybe only in 20 years from now they will make LODR good again. how its possible
  41. Kai82
    Oct 8, 2022
    3
    While visually impressing it is just a generic fantasy show with mostly poor writing and an unlikable main character. If you are a Tolkien fan and / or read the books it is even more painful. They made a lot of poor decisions for the show like developers with barely any experience for the most expensive show ever made. Galadriel is nothing like in the books or movies and is only defined byWhile visually impressing it is just a generic fantasy show with mostly poor writing and an unlikable main character. If you are a Tolkien fan and / or read the books it is even more painful. They made a lot of poor decisions for the show like developers with barely any experience for the most expensive show ever made. Galadriel is nothing like in the books or movies and is only defined by being always angry and burning bridges with other characters and often also viewers. As a sidenote even one of her enemies named Adar says that the search for Morgoths (Big bad guy before Sauron) successor should have ended in her mirror and at that point I agree as she wants to kill all Orcs he considers his children painfully before his eyes just to torture him (By the way Adar is a great character and worthy addition). This is monstrous and unforgivable if you are the hero of the show. Then there are the Hobbits which they have to rename Harfoots because they have only the right to the appendixes of LotR (Why was this greenlighted?). They are not different from Hobbits being just the most common type of all Hobbits. Those are horrible people that abandon everyone to death that falls back behind on their travels. This made it hard to like them. To be fair there are some good parts. I like the Dwarven stuff and characters and this includes Disa who is great (many did not expect this). Gil-Galad is also good and I can see sparkles of something that could be an amazing story. Sadly the slow pacing and horrible dialogues ruin a lot of the story. While the visuals aka the CGI effects are amazing I wonder where all the money was used. The settings, costumes and armor often look cheap. Also they name everyone who criticize the show as istaphobs. Has ever insulting your core audience helped to make a show a success? Lastly I ask myself why buying the rights Tolkien if you abandon most of what is Tokien. At the end you have a generic fantasy show that is Tolkien in name only with poor writing and not many characters I liked. I give a 3/10 and if you are more of a Tolkien fan than me you should read this as 1/10.… Expand
  42. Fed_Pitt
    Oct 6, 2022
    0
    This show is terrible. It is as slow as possible. Galadriel is absolutely far from the original image and causes only irritation. The creators could not clearly tell a single story, and this is not surprising, this show has almost nothing to do with Tolkien's books
  43. mranere
    Oct 6, 2022
    0
    There are no redeeming qualities to this show. They took the source material, used the names, and dumped the rest overboard. Just, wrong in every way imaginable. Dwarven women have full beards. Period. Full stop.
  44. Guimoo
    Oct 5, 2022
    2
    Galadriel is an awful main character and unlikeable here. I can't care about all characters actually. Some decisions made by her as a leader and by the Harfoots make no sense. This is also boring and WOKE to the extreme. Just too hard to watch. I dropped out after second episode.
    I love LOTR. Even if this may appeal to some as a stand alone series, there is too much baggage from the    Galadriel is an awful main character and unlikeable here. I can't care about all characters actually. Some decisions made by her as a leader and by the Harfoots make no sense. This is also boring and WOKE to the extreme. Just too hard to watch. I dropped out after second episode.
    I love LOTR. Even if this may appeal to some as a stand alone series, there is too much baggage from the excellent film and books that this mis-handles in an ignorant way.    … Expand
  45. Axeface
    Oct 5, 2022
    3
    I tried my best. I waited 5 episodes. But this show is corporate corruption personified. The art, the music and the acting, its all passable and at times those elements are actually good - I dont hold any of the actors or artists at fault. They have done good work and performed well within the confines of what they were given. The problem here is really shockingly bad writing along withI tried my best. I waited 5 episodes. But this show is corporate corruption personified. The art, the music and the acting, its all passable and at times those elements are actually good - I dont hold any of the actors or artists at fault. They have done good work and performed well within the confines of what they were given. The problem here is really shockingly bad writing along with the corrupt and frankly heinous undertone of shackled creativity.… Expand
  46. nhand42
    Oct 4, 2022
    1
    I had dismissed the early negative reviews as insincere - the rantings of reactionaries are not to be trusted - but if anything they had understated the awfulness of this show. The writing is banal, the acting is wooden, and the world is inauthentic. The production somehow achieves the impossible of being overdone and looking cheap. I gave up after two episodes because I would honestlyI had dismissed the early negative reviews as insincere - the rantings of reactionaries are not to be trusted - but if anything they had understated the awfulness of this show. The writing is banal, the acting is wooden, and the world is inauthentic. The production somehow achieves the impossible of being overdone and looking cheap. I gave up after two episodes because I would honestly rather watch paint dry.… Expand
  47. DennisDF
    Oct 4, 2022
    0
    Just saw the 6th episode. I AM OUT! NO MORE! HOW ON EARTH DO YOU START A VOLCANO WITH WATER. IT'S A F@#ING VOLCANO not a kitchen pressure cooker!.! Mount Doom was created by Melkor not a stupid key. Glaadrieeeeeel is pure evil. Nothing like the real one. Oh. And she is sooooo indestructible! She looks ridiculous in her unnecessary horse acrobatics and makes an orc explode when choppingJust saw the 6th episode. I AM OUT! NO MORE! HOW ON EARTH DO YOU START A VOLCANO WITH WATER. IT'S A F@#ING VOLCANO not a kitchen pressure cooker!.! Mount Doom was created by Melkor not a stupid key. Glaadrieeeeeel is pure evil. Nothing like the real one. Oh. And she is sooooo indestructible! She looks ridiculous in her unnecessary horse acrobatics and makes an orc explode when chopping off its head! Only Adar is the interesting character. How did the Numenoreans know where to go? How did they get there so fast? The Orcs sacked the town some days before so where did the people get supplies for the battle that same night?!? Who in Hell's Toilet wrote this show?!?! And I don't get me started on the ripoff references already used in the original Trilogy. Lazy and cheap. I once wrote a fan fiction story of Legolas on the moon. But I was 8 years old!! The people that say that it's a masterpiece have the IQ of my refrigerator in winter or are as retarded as my fat cat. I cant take anymore of this bad show. I am OUT.… Expand
  48. Bobby51
    Oct 2, 2022
    1
    The most beautiful, yet most boring thing i've ever seen on tv. Even Disney's She Hulk has a more engaging storyline.
  49. Ivanaika
    Oct 1, 2022
    0
    Boring beyond belief, stupid beyond belief....literally not a single likable character
  50. Wasbeertjie
    Sep 30, 2022
    2
    This series takes Tolkein and shoves a bomb up his arse and uses his guts to write a storie and calls it Lord of the rings based. This script will be used to flame the fires of hell while the writers of this show burn on them. The way they destroyed Tolkeins world and then still has the audacity to say they're fans of his works is a joke.
  51. Amg85
    Sep 29, 2022
    1
    With all the source material as well as with the Cate Blanchett iteration to go from; the writers have somehow turned a beloved and powerful Galadriel into a narcissistic, self-serving sociopathic b****. I have stopped watching after episode 4 as I genuinely want Sauron to win now - all the 'Heroes' are either morons or detestable and nothing much happens anyway... Gets a 1 for beingWith all the source material as well as with the Cate Blanchett iteration to go from; the writers have somehow turned a beloved and powerful Galadriel into a narcissistic, self-serving sociopathic b****. I have stopped watching after episode 4 as I genuinely want Sauron to win now - all the 'Heroes' are either morons or detestable and nothing much happens anyway... Gets a 1 for being visually beautiful at times… Expand
  52. MartinFierro
    Sep 29, 2022
    2
    Totalmente desilusionado. La hsitoria no existe. Los plot twist son inverosimiles. Los dialogos dan pena. Las actuaciones acatonadas y frias. Los personajes son tan unidimensionales que no generan apego, ni siquiera odio (bueno Galadrrriel y su soberbia, un poco si). La produccion pauperrima con esas armaduras de cosplay, esos elfos de jopos de videoclip de los 80's y sus salidas deTotalmente desilusionado. La hsitoria no existe. Los plot twist son inverosimiles. Los dialogos dan pena. Las actuaciones acatonadas y frias. Los personajes son tan unidimensionales que no generan apego, ni siquiera odio (bueno Galadrrriel y su soberbia, un poco si). La produccion pauperrima con esas armaduras de cosplay, esos elfos de jopos de videoclip de los 80's y sus salidas de cama... todo da lastima. Los escenarios de las peleas, siempre en el mismo lugar ((La pelea de Saur... digo Halbrand contra el gremio de la forja y la de "Isil" con sus amigos) o en lugares diminutos en el que entrenan al "ejercito numenoreano". La insulsa intro se salva solo por la musica de Howard Shore, como la serie se salva solo por los paisajes y las locaciones en CGI.
    El problema no pasa por tener elfos de color, las mujeres empoderadas o la diversidad, el problema es que la serie es mala y da vergüenza ajena.
    Despues de ver el 5º episodio, el barco se hunde y no hay miras de reflotarlo.    … Expand
  53. Loriendil
    Sep 28, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unfortunately, it is a terrible series in terms of script, editing, and acting.… Expand
  54. agusporti
    Sep 27, 2022
    0
    Totally dissapointing!! Nothing to do with Tolkien and Middle Earth. Galadriel spent a whole age with Melian and learnt nothing.
  55. joshuakdja
    Sep 27, 2022
    2
    The show can best be summed up by J.R.R. Tolkien with this line:

    “All That Glitters Is Not Gold”
  56. nitnitsuj
    Sep 26, 2022
    0
    Awful, sad, cringy I'm really saddened that this show turned out into this hot pile of manure.
  57. kodokuna
    Sep 26, 2022
    1
    The greatest advertisement made for a money laundering scheme. I can find no other explanation for the level of incompetence they show throughout.
  58. valekzendu567
    Sep 26, 2022
    1
    It breaks my hearth to say all of this, i wanted this to be good, but i will just be honest.
    This show is an absolute insult to Tolkien creations and his characters in every way possible, its a really below mediocre and generic tv series, if you manage to make Tolkien mediocre, generic and boring you failed miserably, you have no excuses, this should be the best tv show of the last years    It breaks my hearth to say all of this, i wanted this to be good, but i will just be honest.
    This show is an absolute insult to Tolkien creations and his characters in every way possible, its a really below mediocre and generic tv series, if you manage to make Tolkien mediocre, generic and boring you failed miserably, you have no excuses, this should be the best tv show of the last years considering the importance of the source material and its absolutely not, it should be way better than a game of thrones spin-off which itself is a deconstruction of Tolkien, if a show about the Targaryen civil war is WAY better than a Second Age tv show you made a failure beyond comprehension.
    And its the most expensive tv show ever made which makes all of this even worse, i have no words for this, this is the biggest failure ever made in pop culture history, maybe just the disney's star wars sequels can be compared to this, and maybe even not.
    Next time dont give to amateurs, social activists and people without real talent a task of this dimensions, i hope Hollywood will learn a lesson after this, i dont want to see this ever again, its such a wasted opportunity... it makes me so furious.    … Expand
  59. Stvl
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    Just one of the worst TV shows ever, woke to the point it can be funny if it wasnt tragic, just avoid watching that show as the devil.
  60. wmurphy011
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    Every aspect of this show was very poorly executed accept for the cinematography, which is actually very nice. It reminds me of being hypnotized by a witch only to have your brain shrivel up and die. So if you want to be lulled into watching a bad show because of its visuals, that's on you. You might also enjoy Michael Bay movies.
  61. PsychicGian
    Sep 25, 2022
    3
    Wide as an ocean, deep as a pond! It’s a pity because it looks majestic and sounds great. However, this show so boring and it’s going nowhere! there are too many subplots which are absolutely uninteresting and take an eternity to merge. Pacing is so frustratingly slow you question the time spent watching this and find yourself looking at the phone, out of the window or doing somethingWide as an ocean, deep as a pond! It’s a pity because it looks majestic and sounds great. However, this show so boring and it’s going nowhere! there are too many subplots which are absolutely uninteresting and take an eternity to merge. Pacing is so frustratingly slow you question the time spent watching this and find yourself looking at the phone, out of the window or doing something else. Characters are flat and insignificant. Among other flaws, as expected, forced racial inclusivity is going against the lore and completely ruins immersion.… Expand
  62. ReneeRought
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Were to begin? I am so disappointed. They destroyed so much lore in just the first 8 minutes. I am truly at a loss for words. I wanted to love this series but how can someone call themselves a fan of Tolkien and like this? We are 5 episodes in and This is absolutely Jeff Bezo's fanfiction. Poorly written fanfiction at that. I have read better stories based on Tolkien's work on Fanfiction.net.

    The dialogue is like a teenager wrote it and were trying to sound regal but failed. We are 5 episodes in and nothing has happened yet. Galadriel is not Galadriel. I don't know who this character is. She is so unlikeable, selfish, hateful and rude. Gil-galad goes from being the wise, kind, noble King to being a liar, manipulator and someone that would risk Elrond to a fate worst than death by encouraging him to break an oath. (if you don't know what happens to oath breathers please refer to LotR and the army of the dead Aragorn commanded. That is what happens to oath breakers.) Elrond went from the leader of armies, the scholar and the Lord of Elves with an impeccable lineage to nothing more than a pawn and a speech writer for Gil-galad.

    The Hobbits and yes I will call them what they are. Harfoots, Fallow Hides and Stoors are all HOBBITS. They are the most terrible, cruel heartless and I will say evil races in Middle Earth. How do we get Bilbo, am, Frodo, Merry and Pippin out of those filthy disgusting creatures?

    Miriel was never Queen regent of Numenor. The Numenorians were so powerful that Sauron, when faced with them, would not even fight them. He surrendered to them. Yet now they have no army and only 3 ships? WTF?

    The best thing about this series are the dwarves. Even that isn't done correctly but at least it's the closest to correct that I have seen so far.

    Now recently they have given us a completely BS origin of Mythril and a convoluted reason the elves need it. Episode 5 is the straw that broke the camel's back for a lot of us that were giving this show a chance. This whole Elf putting his light into a tree while fighting a Balrog then lightening struck thing is complete and utter crap.

    If you have never seen the movies or read the books or even heard of Tolkien before this series, this series is made for you. It's made for those that don't know any better and I am almost jealous that you like it but as a life long fan (since I was 6 years old and I am almost 50) I can not endorse this travesty.

    The story telling is weak. The acting is awful and the writing is horrendous. Visual's are great on the wide shots but if you are wanting to see the cities from the ground level you are not going to get that. It makes me wonder where the money went. It did not go into the costumes that look like dinner theater costumes. The armor looks like it was made from spare tin dad had in the backyard for 20 years.

    This is bad so bad.    … Expand
  63. Ciclope25
    Sep 25, 2022
    2
    En características muy generales es fiel al silmarilion, pero en cosas importantes no, por ejemplo: En el silmarilion y en los cuentos inconclusos jamás se habla de Galadriel como una guerrera, la serie coge pinceladas de los relatos escritos por Tolkien y los mezcla todos como le parece para hacer un popurrí que no acaba de gustar
  64. chrissyboi85
    Sep 24, 2022
    0
    This show doesnt deserve a 10. it definately doesnt. its really sad because the positive reviews are fake. I will never forgive you Amazon. Go ahead and die please the world will still go on without you.
  65. frettuda22
    Sep 24, 2022
    0
    The lord of boredom. Huge capital, many resources, many expectations and then ....... boredom, banality, misery of ideas. Because after removing the sequins, the graphics, the special effects, the locations, the banality of a boring narration remains, without ideas and the few drawn from the book are diluted in long, boring, banal dialogues that lead you to say: "Okay, I understand! It isThe lord of boredom. Huge capital, many resources, many expectations and then ....... boredom, banality, misery of ideas. Because after removing the sequins, the graphics, the special effects, the locations, the banality of a boring narration remains, without ideas and the few drawn from the book are diluted in long, boring, banal dialogues that lead you to say: "Okay, I understand! It is useless to repeat it again and again and again! Can we go on ?! "… Expand
  66. Frosty1979
    Sep 23, 2022
    0
    This show is not just bad, but an insult to Tolkien. Nobody of the known characters behave like they should. All the newly created ones feel out of place. The writing is abysmal and nonsensical for the most parts, e.g. " What is the difference between a boat and rock? One looks down and one looks up!". Seriously?

    One remark concerning review bombing. The only true review bombing has    This show is not just bad, but an insult to Tolkien. Nobody of the known characters behave like they should. All the newly created ones feel out of place. The writing is abysmal and nonsensical for the most parts, e.g. " What is the difference between a boat and rock? One looks down and one looks up!". Seriously?

    One remark concerning review bombing. The only true review bombing has been happened in the last couple of days by people who actually upvote this abomination for political reasons, since in their ignorance they believe Amazon's cheap marketing strategy that all critics are just racists.

    Edit: Half way through the season it gets even worse. Honestly it's even worse than Disney Star Wars. Reduced rating to a 0.    … Expand
  67. CFitz
    Sep 23, 2022
    1
    incompetent and infantile fan fiction. Unworthy of the name of Tolkien. If this was renamed Gladys the Warrior Princess and Tolkien's name was taken off it, then nobody would be angry and some people might even go on watching it.
  68. DaviMorais
    Sep 23, 2022
    1
    How is it possible that the biggest investment in the history of a series, only served for the visual part? and not everything is at the investment level... Most of the story doesn't even try to adapt the work, it is simply created or altered, and that is simply the worst mistake. If you've read and love the professor's legendary, it's simply impossible to like what the series presents.
  69. Feministi
    Sep 22, 2022
    0
    Diverse cast and especially women were made to look bad on purpose; what hellish prose is this!?
  70. Romestamo
    Sep 22, 2022
    0
    Great cinematography but that's about it. The story is non-existent, the pacing is painfully slow, the script is amateurish, acting is poor and well-loved characters from the books are unlikeable here. The showrunners make a passing reference to Tolkien's characters whilst ripping the timeline to shreds and to what purpose? They say that such a long timeline couldn't be filmed withoutGreat cinematography but that's about it. The story is non-existent, the pacing is painfully slow, the script is amateurish, acting is poor and well-loved characters from the books are unlikeable here. The showrunners make a passing reference to Tolkien's characters whilst ripping the timeline to shreds and to what purpose? They say that such a long timeline couldn't be filmed without constantly killing off characters (something Game of Thrones did even with a shorter timeline). There are a number of ways this could have been done successfully such as compressing around the major events of the 2nd Age:

    Season 1: SA1200 - 1600 - The re-appearance of Sauron, forging of the rings
    Season 2: SA1600 - 1700 - War between Sauron and the Elves, Numenor saves the day
    Season 3: SA 2000 - 2300 - Origins of the Nazgul, shadow falls on Numenor
    Season 4: SA 3175 - 3319 - Sauron taken prisoner, Numenor destroyed, Elendil & sons escape
    Season 5: SA 3319 - 3441 - Foundation of Gondor & Arnor, War of the Last Alliance

    Another method, that would have allowed the showrunners to introduce characters earlier, would have been a Highlander-style reminiscing of past events.

    Is it really a good idea to alienate what should be your core audience, the millions of book lovers worldwide that know the lore and chronology better than that of the real world? Would it not have made more sense to hire tried-and-trusted individuals to write/produce such a flagship production or maybe actually listen to the advice of learned Tolkien scholars such as Tom Shippey?    … Expand
  71. Preissnjaga
    Sep 22, 2022
    3
    There may be some good moments, but show is at times very boring and slow-paced. The writing is also more like a mediocre German soap-opera than Tolkien's "unwritten book".
  72. a_scott_a
    Sep 22, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. light spoilers here - the basic world-building of Tolkein is ignored. The main character named here Galadriel has nothing to do with the character in the films and books. She would be as fully formed and well positioned as a first generation elf at the end of the second age as she was at the age of the third. She would be six and a half feet tall and shining, not five feet tall and people checking her ears to see who she is. Here we have an underdog cutie dependent on her long dead big brother's knife and learning from a 30 year old human man how to think. A hobo "certain grey wizard" is amnesiac - drooling, setting himself on fire and being used as a pack animal. A love story for the ages between characters barely touching hands, and time spent setting up another love story between characters who can't really matter. Off brand hobbits who don't exactly eat their own, but close enough. An island going to war without any assurance there is something to war against, a war party starting with volunteers who were thrown off a ship for not being good enough the day before. I gave this show 4 chances - the basic bones are rotten, the writing makes no sense, it cant get better. Often pretty, though.… Expand
  73. TomWorgin
    Sep 22, 2022
    0
    The show is not an adaptation of the work of Tolkien, it is an allegory what Lindsay Weber admits openly. Yet we know that LotR is not an allegory and that Tolkien didn't like allegories himself. From there follows that what we are shown as not be Middle Earth as we know and like it but a view of a Big US Corporation about today's world. That also means that the show will break andThe show is not an adaptation of the work of Tolkien, it is an allegory what Lindsay Weber admits openly. Yet we know that LotR is not an allegory and that Tolkien didn't like allegories himself. From there follows that what we are shown as not be Middle Earth as we know and like it but a view of a Big US Corporation about today's world. That also means that the show will break and otherwise misrepresent the original work as much as it sees fit. This alone prevents to rate it better than 4/10 because I want to see Middle Earth as Tolkien created it and not the Amazon's views of today's world. Unfortunately the writing is poor, the plot is slow and the characters are clichés even for a generic fantasy show so that it is even far below the theoretical maximum of 4/10.… Expand
  74. Malohu
    Sep 22, 2022
    0
    It is comical if you look at the reviews on Prime. On 9/22 Amazon deleted over 4000 1 star reviews to try and hide how terrible this show is. They are doing the same thing on IMDB and RT. I made it through 3 episodes and it doesn't get any better. The trash articles about racism are nonsense also. No on cares about including black elves and dwarfs. Disa is actually one of the moreIt is comical if you look at the reviews on Prime. On 9/22 Amazon deleted over 4000 1 star reviews to try and hide how terrible this show is. They are doing the same thing on IMDB and RT. I made it through 3 episodes and it doesn't get any better. The trash articles about racism are nonsense also. No on cares about including black elves and dwarfs. Disa is actually one of the more entertaining characters. Arondir on the other hand has no personality and does not add to the show. The show is getting bombed because it is a bad show.… Expand
  75. eriksl
    Sep 22, 2022
    1
    As a person inspired and engaged with Tolkien, I was looking enormously forward to this show. I can not describe in words how disappointed I am. Now 4 episodes in, I do not care one single bit about the characters, I can not recognize much of the history I have read in Tolkien's works, and even if I lay aside my love for his lore, I think the storyline is horribly written with giganticAs a person inspired and engaged with Tolkien, I was looking enormously forward to this show. I can not describe in words how disappointed I am. Now 4 episodes in, I do not care one single bit about the characters, I can not recognize much of the history I have read in Tolkien's works, and even if I lay aside my love for his lore, I think the storyline is horribly written with gigantic plot holes, ridiculous scenes that don't make sense when you think one second about them, and characters that live more up to tell-don't show when their motivations and drives are explored.

    A missed opportunity, I hope that they instead of cramming all of the Second Age into 5 seasons, had made different storylines with the Fall of Numenor, Galadriel's role in the Second Age, and the real story of the forging of the Rings of Power.    … Expand
  76. DNA7052
    Sep 22, 2022
    0
    Laughably bad writing, a boring, meandering plot full of unlikable cardboard characters make this a show to avoid. Amazon mass deleting negative reviews of Rings of power AGAIN on their website. Hundreds vanished overnight in the UK alone while 5 star reviews sail through, whatever the content.

    Dishonest doesn't even begin to describe Amazon's approach on this expensive flop.
  77. Sebshep
    Sep 21, 2022
    1
    A soulless attempt at recreating the beauty of Tolkiens works. 10 points deducted for bad writing, dialogue, pacing, costume, casting and acting. One point added back, because some of the wide shots were nice.
  78. LordSmok
    Sep 21, 2022
    0
    cashgrab for lotr ip money that have nothing in common with Tolkien original world
  79. jpinkc
    Sep 20, 2022
    2
    This is NOT TOLKIEN!!! For a generic fantasy show it looks very pretty. The costumes and sets look good. But ITS NOT TOLKIEN!!! They take WAY to many liberties with the characters they can use. Galadriel was never a warrior. Some of the choices to add in Harfoots, and what seems to be a Gandalf type Wizard arriving??? This whole thing has ZERO respect for the source material. I dontThis is NOT TOLKIEN!!! For a generic fantasy show it looks very pretty. The costumes and sets look good. But ITS NOT TOLKIEN!!! They take WAY to many liberties with the characters they can use. Galadriel was never a warrior. Some of the choices to add in Harfoots, and what seems to be a Gandalf type Wizard arriving??? This whole thing has ZERO respect for the source material. I dont know who thought taking this and changing or omitting all the messages in Tolkiens works was good but they need to just GO AWAY!! There is a reason Tolkien is one of the WORLDS MOST READ AUTHORS!!! You destroy what made it great, it wasnt about race or color or any of those issues. It wasnt about any of those issues it didnt want to or need to be about them. This whole thing I hope does not continue or at least TAKE THE TOLKIEN NAME OFF THE SHOW!!!… Expand
  80. Vnox
    Sep 20, 2022
    0
    Music is good, visually is also good... characters, history development and all the rest is absolute trash.
  81. MattyWil
    Sep 20, 2022
    0
    Looks like Amazon will have a billion-dollar flop on their hands after gleefully disrespecting Tolkien's work.
    If you like watching elves who are thousands of years old act like spoiled, incompetent children, enjoy cringe dialogue, love slow and nonexistent plot lines, or just want more modern political messaging hamfisted into the most timeless literary work of all time, then this is the    Looks like Amazon will have a billion-dollar flop on their hands after gleefully disrespecting Tolkien's work.
    If you like watching elves who are thousands of years old act like spoiled, incompetent children, enjoy cringe dialogue, love slow and nonexistent plot lines, or just want more modern political messaging hamfisted into the most timeless literary work of all time, then this is the show for you!

    Quite literally nothing you see on screen ever happened in middle earth, and the few characters that they do have from the lore have been bastardized beyond recognition.
    Even if you aren't a LotR fan, there are endless elementary mistakes in plot, plot holes, writing, pacing, tone, and acting. This is just a badly written show with a billion dollar Lord of the Rings sticker slapped on.    … Expand
  82. portaljockey
    Sep 20, 2022
    0
    This garbage is hands-down the worst insult to Tolkien's works that has ever been made. Nothing about the show is compelling or remotely interesting. The shoe-horned character additions are as forgettable as the crappy writing, and the canon character portrayals are abysmal; especially that of Galadriel. Dumping a ton of money on a colossal pile of **** does not change the fact thatThis garbage is hands-down the worst insult to Tolkien's works that has ever been made. Nothing about the show is compelling or remotely interesting. The shoe-horned character additions are as forgettable as the crappy writing, and the canon character portrayals are abysmal; especially that of Galadriel. Dumping a ton of money on a colossal pile of **** does not change the fact that Amazon has produced a colossal pile of ****… Expand
  83. zdadthrice
    Sep 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nothing like trying to ride on the coattails of The Lord of The Rings trilogy to push your leftist agenda. The Sea says ROP is white hot garbage, and the Sea is always right. ✅… Expand
  84. sethman1975
    Sep 20, 2022
    3
    Gave it a 3 for the amazing score and good special FX. The writing and characters are really badly written, something i would expect from a fanfic hobbyist. A major problem is also Galadriel, i can't recall such an unlikable character as her in modern tv. She is somehow flawless, commands the northern army(tolkien never mentioned it), is always right and can apparently best 5 NumenorianGave it a 3 for the amazing score and good special FX. The writing and characters are really badly written, something i would expect from a fanfic hobbyist. A major problem is also Galadriel, i can't recall such an unlikable character as her in modern tv. She is somehow flawless, commands the northern army(tolkien never mentioned it), is always right and can apparently best 5 Numenorian fully armed men in two moves and then scale the tower to the King's chamber assassins creed style. It is so far beyond logical, you have to laugh and it's clear they have made her a mary sue in armor that can never do wrong.

    The show has a logic problem as well by making Galadriel the protaganist in that she isn't even in the last battle of men and elves at the conclusion of the age. She resides in the west and has nothing to do with the most pivotal moment of the age. So much for the "commander of the northern armies".

    Also the "diversity" factor has been ramped up to beyond ridiculous. That scene with all the women at the start of S01E04 was like a UN cabinet meeting with literally every race on the planet there. Also the love interest of the black elf character has a son who isn't remotely the same race. They haven't even tried to make it believable or realistic. It's just "diversity matters" and to hell with logic.

    Also Isildur looks like an islander race while Elendil his dad is a white guy and his sister looks slavic. You can't make up how badly they have fumbled the basics and it ruins all immersion. Don't get me started on the story and character development.

    Such a shame what could have been a series for the ages is just another garbage tier woke CW series with pretty graphics and an amazing score. So sick of these corporations ruining treasured IP's. It's sheer hubris    … Expand
  85. Herbzilla77
    Sep 20, 2022
    1
    I made it to episode 3 before I tapped out, terrible on all aspects. Slow,boring, no likeable characters , nothing to do with Tolkien, just a really bad show trying to hitch a ride off of a name.
  86. jaimeratkovich
    Sep 19, 2022
    1
    Estoy cansado de la maldita obsesión de hollywood de crear inclusion. Con ese afan se defecaron en la obra del gran T
  87. lord_korgas
    Sep 19, 2022
    2
    What say about this show? It's cheap, generical, bad acted, bad directed and bad written. I was not hoping it would be faithul to it's source material, since producers said that they would fill the blanks of the appendix, so I was not expecting it to be 100% faithul, but expecting some of it to be faithful and to be good by itself, rather the contrary, it's visual is impressive but hollow,What say about this show? It's cheap, generical, bad acted, bad directed and bad written. I was not hoping it would be faithul to it's source material, since producers said that they would fill the blanks of the appendix, so I was not expecting it to be 100% faithul, but expecting some of it to be faithful and to be good by itself, rather the contrary, it's visual is impressive but hollow, as pratically all of the locations on this show, that constantly remind me that i am seeing a television work, i can't get imersion, i can't related to the characters or care about them, 'cause they are not developed, this is full of allegory, and it's well known that Tolkien hated allegory, and Tolkien wrote a work so deep, full of phylosophical ideas to be discussed, base values of western society, for JD Payne and Mckay to polute it, to destroy it, ops, to reflect the world as it is. You like this **** ? Ok , no problem it's your right , but please don't say is the best show ever, or , that this is faithul and respectful to Tolkiens work, for it's not, it's a corruption of his works, and this corruption will sink, as once a corrupted empire of Numenor did.… Expand
  88. Daimonion
    Sep 19, 2022
    0
    Looks like my review dissapeared so here it goes again. The show is horrible, boring, the cast is insufferable, specially Galadriel. The plot is dull and not close to anything Tolkien would ever write
  89. meltwich
    Sep 19, 2022
    3
    It looks great, but the writing and story development is amateurish. It’s a chore to watch, sadly. It’s better than the “Wheel of Time” series from Amazon, but that is a very low bar to step over.
  90. Flashrick
    Sep 18, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow thought wheel of time was bad. Bad characters, costumes and acting. And why is it so boring ? Smash 2k years together and this is why you get ? Junk… Expand
  91. sakkn
    Sep 18, 2022
    1
    Ignoring deviations from Tolkien's work the show is extremely corny. Dialogue is horrible and doesn't make you feel for any of the characters. There is no emotional investment in the plot lines, and it seems like each episode was written by a different set of writers. Nothing makes sense, scenes are immediately invalidated by future scenes and dialogue. Its like the writers just wanted toIgnoring deviations from Tolkien's work the show is extremely corny. Dialogue is horrible and doesn't make you feel for any of the characters. There is no emotional investment in the plot lines, and it seems like each episode was written by a different set of writers. Nothing makes sense, scenes are immediately invalidated by future scenes and dialogue. Its like the writers just wanted to check off a bunch of things and smushed them all together into this show. Very boring.… Expand
  92. Tsuriom
    Sep 18, 2022
    0
    Me parece un insulto hacia la obra de Tolkien

    Nada tiene sentido, no soporto el personaje de Galadriel (y los demas tampoco ), me aburre y realmente no veo razones para seguir viendola
  93. Taw35
    Sep 10, 2022
    1
    Show is terrible. Violations of lore abound. Pacing bad. Cast quality bad. Story bad. Dialogue terrible. CGI good. Musical score good. Nothing Tolkien but in name. No innovative or inspired writing whatsoever. Not sure who this show is for or why they decided to throw out all of the known facts about characters.
  94. AnthonyFantano
    Sep 18, 2022
    0
    lisent I tried some popeyes rangs im gonna tell you popeyes will bless your soul do you hear me dem rangs aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah god i love you
  95. stoofvlees
    Sep 18, 2022
    1
    How can this happen? Who does it please? Why are they pandering to extreme leftists? Are extremists the target audience? Why can't there be comprising? How is a female acting like a male pig empowering? Where is the spotlight on feminine tropes?

    It's all just so empty and meaningless.
  96. AhmedMajeed
    Sep 18, 2022
    0
    Bad writing, bad acting, bad story progression, stupid instant traveling between far places and the icing on the cake one of the worst most hated protagonist in TV shows and movies "the spoiled little brat Guyladriel"
  97. Klerik5
    Sep 17, 2022
    0
    URGENT NEWS! Here in Rings of Power topic, a group of bots have started up aggressively attacking everyone who writes negative reviews. And kindly welcoming everyone who writes positive comments. If you value your life, I highly recommend leaving only positive comments. But if you are ready to defend the right to freedom of speech, then write what you see fit. The number of bots variesURGENT NEWS! Here in Rings of Power topic, a group of bots have started up aggressively attacking everyone who writes negative reviews. And kindly welcoming everyone who writes positive comments. If you value your life, I highly recommend leaving only positive comments. But if you are ready to defend the right to freedom of speech, then write what you see fit. The number of bots varies from 50 to 170, possibly more. None of the other topic have them.
    To summarize: Rings of Power is mind-boggling amazingly unimaginable action, 10/10! I demand 170 likes for the praise.
    But seriously, sweety bots, stop advertising the bad product. Nothing will come of it anyway.    … Expand
  98. LongTimMovieFan
    Sep 17, 2022
    3
    This is simply bad direction. There are simply too many horizontal flaws. The sets look unreal, the dialogue is flat and punch lines delivered badly, acting bad, filmwork bad, it's just generally not good. And the score is intrusive. Watch Braveheart if you want to hear a score add to the story, not interrupt it. But, it could have been great, that's why it is the director's fault.This is simply bad direction. There are simply too many horizontal flaws. The sets look unreal, the dialogue is flat and punch lines delivered badly, acting bad, filmwork bad, it's just generally not good. And the score is intrusive. Watch Braveheart if you want to hear a score add to the story, not interrupt it. But, it could have been great, that's why it is the director's fault. If "it feels like a Hallmark television show production" makes sense to you, that's sort of it. Digital imaging is clear, but so clear that it feels unreal. Some of the sets look so contrived and fake, it's unbelievable at that budget. In two episodes, there were only a couple of scenes that I forgot that I'm watching something... I had to force myself to finish watching it. Perhaps it will grab me if I watch the additional episodes. I started to ignore the interruptive musical score by the end, which was good.

    UPDATE: I watched S1:E3, and it actually got harder to watch, so I lowered from a 6 to 3. It's just bad.    … Expand
  99. PaddyFR
    Sep 17, 2022
    1
    Very disappointed. The show has too many clichés, the protagonists have very thich plot armour and there are too many conveniences. Pair this with huge lore problems and irrational casting decisions (there are sub-saharan dwarves ?) and this show just let me down completely. I feel empty and sad.
  100. JF7
    Sep 17, 2022
    0
    I'm going to go ahead and say that the effects are just about the only good thing about this show. As for the acting and this portrayal of Tolkien's works, I'm not a particularly huge fan of it. The show is boring and stiff. If they stayed faithful to the lore, I believe fans on all sides would have enjoyed this, but it seems the producers could not refrain from incorporating outsideI'm going to go ahead and say that the effects are just about the only good thing about this show. As for the acting and this portrayal of Tolkien's works, I'm not a particularly huge fan of it. The show is boring and stiff. If they stayed faithful to the lore, I believe fans on all sides would have enjoyed this, but it seems the producers could not refrain from incorporating outside politics, which now alienates a large part of the fan-base. This just doesn't quite have The Lord of the Rings feel to it.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Jo Livingstone
    Sep 16, 2022
    80
    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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  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Chris Barsanti
    Sep 16, 2022
    63
    With war brewing and the forging of the rings seemingly still far off, the first half of The Rings of Power’s first season constitutes little more than stage-setting for the struggle to come. Given the lack of quests and central commanding figures, it often makes for less-than-gripping drama. However, given that there are four more seasons already planned, and potentially dozens of new characters to be introduced, the slow and throat-clearing build is possibly a good sign.
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  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 9, 2022
    90
    The Rings of Power is a reminder of what drew many of us to epic fantasy in the first place: wonder. ... This series set in an ancient realm displays one dazzling and painterly landscape after another. Power also doesn't skimp on action. [12 - 25 Sep 2022, p.10]
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