The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2938 Ratings

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  1. xeviousnw
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    A complete disgrace to Tolkiens legacy. The people in charge should be ashamed for tainting a great mans work like this.
  2. Beefeater
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Tolkien is turning in his grave right now with this mess of show. What an abomination they created with this woke trash
  3. IgorRolim
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Horrible start. The characters are boring, boring, tiring, they don't inspire, they aren't captivating, they don't have charisma, they are all apathetic, with the exception of three, they are: elanor, poppy proudfellow, durin IV, these are in my opinion the best characters in the series . As for the look, everything is very generic, with no personality or identity of its own, just largeHorrible start. The characters are boring, boring, tiring, they don't inspire, they aren't captivating, they don't have charisma, they are all apathetic, with the exception of three, they are: elanor, poppy proudfellow, durin IV, these are in my opinion the best characters in the series . As for the look, everything is very generic, with no personality or identity of its own, just large and extremely saturated places created, which on screen look very fake. Galadriel is without a doubt the worst character. The series creates a warrior galadriel, who is extremely forced. Galadriel is the "character that owns" all virtue, the perfect person, the perfect warrior, full of virtues, who feels superior to everyone, which honestly is extremely forced and unconvincing.… Expand
  4. Zuze6
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    100% Garbage. Pirate it if you MUST watch it. Not worth a cent. A complete wokefest with every woke trope you can think off. It all comes off so cringe that even their target demographic won't like it despite being initially baited into watching for their shallow reasons.
  5. derek1312
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the wors of i ever seen. Whar are you doing with Tolkien`s legacy ?… Expand
  6. 66Skyblu99
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    It just deserves 0 everybody knows the reason no one asked for it, no one loves it, critics are just incompetent
  7. GreyHaven25
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    There's little of Tolkien in this 'Tolkien epic'. The acting is dire and even laughable throughout. The story, or lack thereof, is a convoluted, nonsensical mess. The characters have been butchered and are now rendered unlikable and unrecognisable. The filming is amateur at best, with digital halo and make-up clearly visible. The costumes look like they came from a budget fancy dress shop.There's little of Tolkien in this 'Tolkien epic'. The acting is dire and even laughable throughout. The story, or lack thereof, is a convoluted, nonsensical mess. The characters have been butchered and are now rendered unlikable and unrecognisable. The filming is amateur at best, with digital halo and make-up clearly visible. The costumes look like they came from a budget fancy dress shop. A disgraceful bastardisation of Tolkien's legacy.… Expand
  8. grayback
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Vulgar and aggressive compared to the original movies, wich were poetic, calm and comfy. The Rings of Power almost looks like a Witcher series, in a bad bad way.
  9. MAGA_Man
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    The nicest thing one could say is that it might just be incompetence that drove the creators to make this silly woke millennial fanfiction, but I think it's much more likely malice. They may not realize this themselevs but they hate everything Tolkien stood for (Christianity, the simple life, stable organic community, courage and faith in the face of powerful forces seeking to manipulateThe nicest thing one could say is that it might just be incompetence that drove the creators to make this silly woke millennial fanfiction, but I think it's much more likely malice. They may not realize this themselevs but they hate everything Tolkien stood for (Christianity, the simple life, stable organic community, courage and faith in the face of powerful forces seeking to manipulate and dominate others). Oh well, "evil cannot create, it can only corrupt what others have made"… Expand
  10. Immoralthang
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This abomination is the absolute worst type of phony corporate activism you can imagine. The most expensive show ever made funded by one of the biggest companies in the world lectures you on why Capitalism is bad.

    The opening sequence alone should you turn you away from this. Horribly written and acted with the showrunners calling critics racists and bigots. Do not watch this to see how    This abomination is the absolute worst type of phony corporate activism you can imagine. The most expensive show ever made funded by one of the biggest companies in the world lectures you on why Capitalism is bad.

    The opening sequence alone should you turn you away from this. Horribly written and acted with the showrunners calling critics racists and bigots. Do not watch this to see how bad it is. Let the writers and showrunners lose their jobs.    … Expand
  11. freedwretch
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This show is complete woke garbage. It was made only to indoctrinate people into this communist system that media and entertainment wants to transform this country into
  12. Pure_Hardstone
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This is Tolkien in only name alone, I gave the show a chance, and was met with generic fantasy soap opera garbage.
  13. DavydBredykhin
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    J.R.R. Tolkien: “Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made”.
  14. JuanCarloss
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    It was really disappointing, the trailers showed huge promise but the dialogue was not only boring, it was nonsensical. The acting was not what you would expect of a billion dollar show however the visuals were as expected, meaning they were amazing (probably the best thing about the show). The storyline itself also does not make sense, and certainly isn't anything to do with Tolkien (IIt was really disappointing, the trailers showed huge promise but the dialogue was not only boring, it was nonsensical. The acting was not what you would expect of a billion dollar show however the visuals were as expected, meaning they were amazing (probably the best thing about the show). The storyline itself also does not make sense, and certainly isn't anything to do with Tolkien (I expected some changes to be made but there are too many to call this middle earth).… Expand
  15. Takeda
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Why bother adhering to the lore already established by one of the 20th centuries greatest literary craftsman in favor of peddling woke bullsh!t. I’m sure everyone will love it as much as me.
  16. Lother
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    -has writing so poor as to make a CW show seem like a masterpiece
    -has twice the budget of HOTD, yet looking 10 times worse than Witcher
    -Galadriel, omg Galadriel. So stunning, so brave. She does everything better than anyone else in the show, no growth. She also does it with the most disgustingly snobbish attitude.
    -Every man in the show is a weakling holding Galadriel back.
  17. Cryariversjws
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    ll start with the positives. The music is great, not as good as Howard Shore did on the original trilogy, but still holds up. The landscape shots were beautiful. Gil-galad and Durin were just believable as characters insde tolkien's world. The rest is just bad. The story doesn't have anything to do with anything that Tolkien wrote, apart from some familiar names. The first two episodesll start with the positives. The music is great, not as good as Howard Shore did on the original trilogy, but still holds up. The landscape shots were beautiful. Gil-galad and Durin were just believable as characters insde tolkien's world. The rest is just bad. The story doesn't have anything to do with anything that Tolkien wrote, apart from some familiar names. The first two episodes fail at delivering any sort of memorable scene. The pacing is off, almost nothing of real importance happens. The plot has its main character, their version of Galadriel, out on a quest that leads her nowhere during the first two hours of this so far. Then there's the dialogue. Poorly written, mediocre at best only thanks to a couple of talented actors. They try to embellish dialogue lines with big and profound sounding words, to say nothing of the sort. It tries to be clever way too hard, and fails its attempts at it. Natural conversation is nowhere to be found, instead we get a dull exchange of cliche lines we've heard and read in any school play. The romance between two of the characters seem to be written with every cliche imaginable, almost making it a parody of itself. But the show takes that seriously, and repeatedly uses tropes of the genre when no narrative resources were available to the writers. They couldn't get to write Galadriel as an intelligent character, so everyone else around her is dumbed down. The writers lack so much talent, that the only way they have to achieve this is by Galadriel's intuition, wich must be pretty strong since she conveys exposition about events way in the past with great detail as dialogue with other characters. Just lazy. The acting is also lacking. None seem to be able portray their characters emotions without looking like a caricature of themselves.
    At the end of this, even if you forget that this show has anything to with Tolkien's legendary, the show itself doesn't hold up at all. Sure some visuals are beautiful, but the writers lack any talent required to manage this task on their hands. And it shows.    … Expand
  18. WodorowyPotwor
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    I watch first episode, beatiful effects and music but that is all. This is lore killer series with political correctness. Complete Blend - A new generic fantasy series without love. Episode is boring. Costiumes are bad. Actors are bad. Characters are bad - especially Galadriel. There is no climate of lord of the rings. Maybe i'm to hard, but it becouse i love J. R. R. Tolkien books.
  19. 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
  20. Merinid
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    That's a complete disaster. Better read the books or watch the LotR movies by Jackson
  21. Vanagandr
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Absolutely garbage. Tolkien rolls in his grave at the shameless appropriation and defilement of his life's work. Not only that, but it is, at its best, boring.
  22. lucas1987
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Ofensa a obra de Tolkien e mal feito. Galadriel horrivel, , lacraão pura e panfletagem política
  23. KRtys
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    I was surprised at how bad it was. Very Disappointed. Call Peter Jackson next time
  24. Shambo3693
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Тотальное разочарование эльфами... Кто подбирал этих актеров? Элронд, Гил Галад, Келебримбор... им максимум играть гоблинов без гримма... Просто кровь из глаз, но и на этом не все... Гениальнейшие диалоги между ними заставляют биться головой об стену. Ну и конечно Галадриэль рыцарь в тяжелой броне --- как откуда, почему? Зачем они покупали права за кучу денег если просто с потолка берутТотальное разочарование эльфами... Кто подбирал этих актеров? Элронд, Гил Галад, Келебримбор... им максимум играть гоблинов без гримма... Просто кровь из глаз, но и на этом не все... Гениальнейшие диалоги между ними заставляют биться головой об стену. Ну и конечно Галадриэль рыцарь в тяжелой броне --- как откуда, почему? Зачем они покупали права за кучу денег если просто с потолка берут все, не говоря уже о шоколадках в сериале... Тотальное фиаско, жаль ниже 0 не поставить.… Expand
  25. Strat77X
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Yikes. No character development, incredibly weak dialogue, poor writing, marginal acting. This is the best they could do for a billion dollar lord of the rings show? Pretty visuals, but that's about it.
  26. Tuhkakasa
    Sep 8, 2022
    1
    They fired they Tolkien expert becourse he had other opinions. They should have insted fired everyone else insted of him.
    This is hollow and empty tale, only thing that is good is visuals.

    This is Amazons souless creature
  27. TheBeardedNinja
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    I tried to turn my brain off from Tolkien lore and the Peter Jackson movie and watch this as simply a fantasy show but the dialogue is just terrible: "Why does a boat float and a stone can not?" highlights one of the worst piece of dialogues I've ever heard in all my years of watching TV.

    Also awful is the fact that the series feels more like a soap opera than high fantasy. The music    I tried to turn my brain off from Tolkien lore and the Peter Jackson movie and watch this as simply a fantasy show but the dialogue is just terrible: "Why does a boat float and a stone can not?" highlights one of the worst piece of dialogues I've ever heard in all my years of watching TV.

    Also awful is the fact that the series feels more like a soap opera than high fantasy. The music which added to the prestige of Peter Jackson's works is terrible and non-existent in this series. There's essentially no theme or piece that lifts scenes and adds vitality and emotion. With this budget they should have gotten a much better composer than Bear McCreary - who I have only heard doing "Agents of SHIELD" but even then, the show's theme song was distinct and recognisable.

    It's incredulous for a corporation to spend this much on a show and have it suck this bad. This is a terrible series.    … Expand
  28. Rocker9800
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This show is a waste of time and money, the dialogues are dull and boring, they are nothing in comparison to LoTR or anything that Tolkien has ever written, the graphics are good but of course they are good, they wasted a enormous quantity of money do make them. The story so far is, in my opinion, not intersting nor something apart from the typical 2020 tv series or action movie, there areThis show is a waste of time and money, the dialogues are dull and boring, they are nothing in comparison to LoTR or anything that Tolkien has ever written, the graphics are good but of course they are good, they wasted a enormous quantity of money do make them. The story so far is, in my opinion, not intersting nor something apart from the typical 2020 tv series or action movie, there are the same tropes and dialogues. Imo its a 0/10 because the writers could have come up with a better story, less money wasted and something more in line with Tolkien's lore.… Expand
  29. AgentoftheBat
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Terrible writing, boring characters, awful dialogue. This was even worse than I expected. A disgrace to Tolkien. The sooner this is cancelled and memory-holed, the better for all Tolkien fans. AVOID!
  30. Boyofonix
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Disgracing Tolkiens legacy, shame on you Amazon. Evil cannot create, it can only corrup what is already good.
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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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