The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
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3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2938 Ratings

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  1. Ragnarok666
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Otra producción nefacta progre, hasta donde vamos a llegar? Se están cargando todas las franquicias estos woke
  2. RaelKs
    Sep 3, 2022
    9
    Si eres un amante de la fantasía, abiert@ de mente, sin prejuicios morales o políticos y no eres imbécil... Dale una oportunidad, está hecha con mimo y respeto, (con inclusión) detalle que no influye para nada. Si eres fan muy "hardcore" te chocarán todas las cosas que se han inventado para adaptar y expandir en universo. En mi humilde opinión, es una gran serie.
  3. Ronaldcampos
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    Sin duda alguna esta es una ofensa para los que vimos las pelis de la trilogía original y leímos los libros. Le doy un uno porque tiene excelente fotografía y música. Pero en cuanto historia, guión y ritmo es pésima.
  4. shootinputin187
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    THis wasn't good. It was bady made and badly acted and I didn't enjoy wathing it.
  5. majmaster15
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    Poor casting choices. Could be a good tv series, but followed on the imposed standards. Also creators are racists - I didnt find any asian character
  6. anthoni1234
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No puedo dar más estrella a una serie que me la venden como el mundo de Tolkien, y lamentablemente ésto no es el Señor de Los Anillos. Buena imagen y una gran banda sonora; tristemente pésima trama y tristes diálogos entre los personajes, Galadriel se hace odiar y se supone que es la protagonista. Horrible lo que han hecho, nada de ésto tiene que ver con ese mundo de fantasía de Tolkien… Expand
  7. cudgelrunner
    Sep 3, 2022
    2
    Episode 1-2 only
    I have had 0 expectations that this show would be faithful adaptation. 0 expectation for wel written characters. But hey its LOTR at least I would be entertained marvel-style you know? How bad can it be?
    The story is all over the place, there are lots of characters who seem to serve no purpose for the story, instead the story seems to bend over backwards to serve the    Episode 1-2 only
    I have had 0 expectations that this show would be faithful adaptation. 0 expectation for wel written characters. But hey its LOTR at least I would be entertained marvel-style you know? How bad can it be?
    The story is all over the place, there are lots of characters who seem to serve no purpose for the story, instead the story seems to bend over backwards to serve the justification of characters being there. I thought Galadriel was supposed to be the main character, but after the introduction she just seems to drift from scene to scene doing stuff that serves no purpose to the development of the story while we are watching some b-plots that spawn from unnecassary fabricated conflict and go nowhere. I would be %100 ok if this show did not jump to conflict and took the time to show us characters in their daily lives (its supposed to be an "era of peace") so we get to know them, and the world. But no characters are stuck trying to overcome pointless obstacles in arc that lead nowhere.    … Expand
  8. Jashor
    Sep 3, 2022
    2
    Dumb, boring for long stretches, most characters are unlikeable and the dialog is cringe worthy. Was hoping for so much more.
  9. Jgeld
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    The episodes are so lame. So not tolkiens work. Amazon did a bad job. No season 2.
  10. steven_seagal
    Sep 3, 2022
    10
    melhor serie do ano sem duvidas.
    apesar de ser diferente dos livros, entrega uma ótima experiência. tem alguns pontos negativos sim e isso é comum.
    mas a serie é espetacular
  11. Del-Vey
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    Fans berated Peter Jackson's trilogy for being a primitive version of the books, dumbed down for a mass audience. This series, that's where the real stupidity is concentrated. Amazon licensed the designs from Jackson's films from Warner, but every design that comes up for the show from scratch looks bad. The characters' hairstyles are especially ugly. Also, the casting is bad, and I am notFans berated Peter Jackson's trilogy for being a primitive version of the books, dumbed down for a mass audience. This series, that's where the real stupidity is concentrated. Amazon licensed the designs from Jackson's films from Warner, but every design that comes up for the show from scratch looks bad. The characters' hairstyles are especially ugly. Also, the casting is bad, and I am not talking about racial diversity. The show literally has an elf with a typical hobbit face playing Celebrimbor. Elves are no longer sophisticated and unearthly, now they are just dudes and chicks with pointy ears. This series is a slap in the face of fans of both the books and the Jackson trilogy. It's the same crap as the Hobbit trilogy was.… Expand
  12. dangyosabyss
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    It is exactly the cancer we expected. I don't blame the people trying to get a paycheque like the actors but this is Tolkien in name(/s) only. Cynical political propaganda with the Tolkien label slapped on to buy some credibility. And yes it can't create. It can only destroy. Giving it a 1 for the efforts of the staff who had no say in this dumpster fire. Respect your audience Amazon.It is exactly the cancer we expected. I don't blame the people trying to get a paycheque like the actors but this is Tolkien in name(/s) only. Cynical political propaganda with the Tolkien label slapped on to buy some credibility. And yes it can't create. It can only destroy. Giving it a 1 for the efforts of the staff who had no say in this dumpster fire. Respect your audience Amazon. Don't think to preach at them with something they know FAR better than you ever will.… Expand
  13. lexgamer
    Sep 3, 2022
    8
    Given all the extreme 0 reviews, it was really hard to get an actual feel of the show, so I HAD to watch it, I was very curious. And frankly, there wasn't anything really "woke" or problematic at all as far as I could tell. I've read the books, love the movies, and am a big D&D nerd, and it just seemed like typical fantasy to me. Yeah it had some less than stellar performances, but it wasGiven all the extreme 0 reviews, it was really hard to get an actual feel of the show, so I HAD to watch it, I was very curious. And frankly, there wasn't anything really "woke" or problematic at all as far as I could tell. I've read the books, love the movies, and am a big D&D nerd, and it just seemed like typical fantasy to me. Yeah it had some less than stellar performances, but it was still a solid show.… Expand
  14. keldorek
    Sep 3, 2022
    9
    Better than could've been expected. Gorgeous and well written overall. It feels mostly fully formed already and should really continue to gel.
  15. Ario27dg
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    On this series just names are related with Profesor Tolkien nothing else. This is so bad
  16. MacAtkinson
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Simply atrocious. The first five minutes were the hardest thing I’ve ever had to watch. No mention of Fëanor or Fingolfin. No mention of Ungoliant. No mention of the Oath of Fëanor or the kinslaying. No mention of the burning of the ships. I watched the whole episode and it was awful. Galadriel’s quest is not her brothers. Finrod died happy as he had fulfilled a debt to Beren. But we don’tSimply atrocious. The first five minutes were the hardest thing I’ve ever had to watch. No mention of Fëanor or Fingolfin. No mention of Ungoliant. No mention of the Oath of Fëanor or the kinslaying. No mention of the burning of the ships. I watched the whole episode and it was awful. Galadriel’s quest is not her brothers. Finrod died happy as he had fulfilled a debt to Beren. But we don’t see that because they don’t mention Beren and Luthien. No Mention of Celeborn, Galadriel’s husband and confidant either.

    Galadriel is rewarded by Gilgalad with the gift of returning home to Valinor. The gift is not his to give her as only the Valar can give her that and, in fact, they already did. After the War of the Wrath the Noldor were pardoned by the Valar, this included Galadriel, Elrond, and Gilgalad but they all chose to stay in Middle-Earth anyway. I could go on endlessly about all of the facts they got wrong and the ones they made up but it all boils down to this: this is not Tolkien    … Expand
  17. desertwayne
    Sep 2, 2022
    4
    Beware! Dangerously high levels of wokeness! They should put that as warning label. Otherwise it does feel like generic fantasy with LoTR named slapped on it.
  18. ChuckySneed
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    A plodding, listless affair that tries to woo with visual spectacle but with nothing else to recommend it. Terribly miscast actors (Celebrimbor looks like one of the Golden Girls instead of a mighty Elven smith), complete mischaracterization of Galadriel, who despite being over 3 millennia old acts and is subsequently treated like a teenager when she isn't easily slaying giant trolls likeA plodding, listless affair that tries to woo with visual spectacle but with nothing else to recommend it. Terribly miscast actors (Celebrimbor looks like one of the Golden Girls instead of a mighty Elven smith), complete mischaracterization of Galadriel, who despite being over 3 millennia old acts and is subsequently treated like a teenager when she isn't easily slaying giant trolls like Xena in in battle scenes so weightless they'd might as well be cartoons. Despite the alleged 1 BILLION dollar budget the props and costumes are barely above community theatre fair. There is no real abiding love for Tolkien or the world he breathed life into, as the showrunners have twisted and bent the lore and history to fir their own ends, and one can only assume this entire affair is nothing more than a monumental vanity project for Bezos.… Expand
  19. AndrewSemeniv
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    This is a total disrespect for the beautiful universe that has been created for many years. A spit in the face to the fans. A classic attempt to make money from the studio that filmed this.
  20. Rawhead
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    This is not a good series, seriously. This is the second time i try to write a review, and I´ll summarise what i wrote before: great ost, great photography, poor script and worse rhythm.
  21. Anthemik
    Sep 3, 2022
    9
    As a fan of the books, who poured over the appendices and Silmarillion to squeeze as much as possible from my favorite world, I’m not bothered by inconsistencies and changes made in service to the show. What the show runners have managed to do is capture the spirit of Tolkien. The careful world building and slow unfolding of each character’s thread shows how much respect this show has forAs a fan of the books, who poured over the appendices and Silmarillion to squeeze as much as possible from my favorite world, I’m not bothered by inconsistencies and changes made in service to the show. What the show runners have managed to do is capture the spirit of Tolkien. The careful world building and slow unfolding of each character’s thread shows how much respect this show has for its audience. It’s clear the show runners approached the material with the same devotion to beauty and love as their protagonists, who are charismatic and very well acted. The folks panning this show for straying from the source material clearly love the canon and want to defend it. But consider how miraculous this show appears in an environment of formulaic, adrenalized big budget shows that sacrifice moral imagination for intensity, or Amazon’s own Wheel of Time series, which has deconstructed its source material to the point of being almost unrecognizable. This is a rare show, precious! I hope the fandom eventually embraces this show; we need more fantasy like this.… Expand
  22. Taxidermista
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Mediocre generic fantasy with awful writing that use Tolkien's name to lure the unwary. A billion dollars? I can't imagine where all that money went.
  23. wesker3407
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    If my eyes could puke they would, I couldn't even get through the first episode it was so bad. I feel like my childhood has been attacked and brutally murdered by this SJW crap.
  24. Liambrown
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    I find the show quite dull and boring, very hard to feel invested in the characters as a lot of the acting seems very wooden. The story doesn't flow, it seems disjointed and the pacing also seems off, very difficult to remain engaged.
  25. XSoulChaosX
    Sep 3, 2022
    2
    The casting was weird (high king looks like the high accountant), the story was all over the place, I still don't know what's going on, etc etc. looks fine but doesn't have any substance, and visuals can only carry so much. maybe it'll get better for now it's bad and stop changing the stories and pushing agendas on people this is a fantasy world.
  26. Jraymond
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    This is infuriatingly bad. It is an utter insult to Tolkien, his works, his beliefs, morals and his fans! Political virtue signalling creating this disgrace! This treats Tolkiens works especially the Silmarillion with utter contempt as these hacks try to 'improve' one of if not the greatest linguist and fantasy writer in history! It's outrageous!
  27. dcortes86
    Sep 3, 2022
    10
    Maravillosa y hace justicia a la visión de JRR Tolkien como debe ser su universo y fantasía, logrando plasmar su espíritu.
  28. ENDrain
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    A waste of resources.

    LotR:RoP has no story to tell. The amount of meaningfull events, big or small, that happen in two hours of screentime is negligible. Nothing happens and nothing is shown. Literally. It's not "slow paced", it's not "epic" - the show just stalls and wastes your time with nothing of any possible substance, scenic or grand nothing at best. LotR:RoP has no characters    A waste of resources.

    LotR:RoP has no story to tell. The amount of meaningfull events, big or small, that happen in two hours of screentime is negligible. Nothing happens and nothing is shown. Literally. It's not "slow paced", it's not "epic" - the show just stalls and wastes your time with nothing of any possible substance, scenic or grand nothing at best.

    LotR:RoP has no characters to show. If there were at least characters, the story would shape itself from their interactions. But Galadriel is described in a few words and has no depth whatsoever, I mean not even human being level of depth. There're a couple of guys and gals who almost can pass as characters, and there're a couple of characters who look genuinely alive and are fun to be around.

    With no story and no characters, what is left?    … Expand
  29. RedheadAviendha
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    This was a disappointment. You'd think with all the money they spent they'd have better performances to go with the cgi? And the writing is awful. Thery did Tolkien a disservice making this. That is all.
  30. Bellatrix699
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Not commenting on whether it's woke or why they used black actors in a European fantasy counterpart, but I just foubnd this show to be shallow and boring. I've read the appendix and imo Amazon are doing a poor job adapting it. It's a shame.
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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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