The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
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  1. eddyandrade
    Sep 4, 2022
    10
    Fantástico! Visuais maravilhosos e personagens carismáticos. Muitos dando nota negativa, mas sabemos bem o nome disso.
  2. McMichaels
    Sep 4, 2022
    10
    Amazing videography and the story really draws you in. Incredible addition to the Middle-Earth visualisation!
  3. Martulas
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    It began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the firesIt began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a master flop. And into this show he poured his money, his greed and his will to dominate all film. One show to ruin them all.… Expand
  4. 2daaria
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    The first episodes just confirmed what I feared before - this is not Tolkien, this is not Middle-earth. This is a generic fantasy with wokeness and current agenda. Galadriel is some Mary Sue from a fanfiction.net story written by a teenage girl. This is bad. And totally disrespectful towards Tolkien lore.
  5. Cliff99
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Это творение ужасно. Зачем это нужно , когда есть отличная трилогия?
  6. ricnur23
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    seriously insane how bad is this show in cinematic aspects, its all cgi also for panorama, all set in studio nothing of real. I write a review on imdb an they deleted because the show is going under 6 and they blocked all reviews becuase imdb is of amazon. Nice. In this age when something is trash you can say . Nice
  7. edwardkenway121
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Woke garbage , Cringy characters . seems like it was written by a kid , worst characters i have seen in a long while
  8. pepsipwns
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    Massive lord of the rings fan here, so sad to be majorly disappointed by this show. I tried my best to give it a shot despite everyones warning before the show came out. Every character that is cannon has been bastardized by amazon, and every new character is a characature. Bad irish accents being imitated by non-irish actors, the same for scottish, non-scottish actors trying to doMassive lord of the rings fan here, so sad to be majorly disappointed by this show. I tried my best to give it a shot despite everyones warning before the show came out. Every character that is cannon has been bastardized by amazon, and every new character is a characature. Bad irish accents being imitated by non-irish actors, the same for scottish, non-scottish actors trying to do scottish accent. Its incredibly cringe. Then you have galadriel my favourite character from the lore/books, now my least favourite character from the show. So annoying, horrible and angry towards her friends / soldiers 'one track minded', everything galadriel isn't. Then we come to the action scenes, a troll attacks the entire group one shotting multiple men on the way over, then galadriel has a 1v1 'dance sequence' spinning her sword about in front of a green screen until the troll dies instantly to just her attacking. Some of the worst combat choreography i've ever seen. The only positive is the visuals/sets and I feel sorry for the talented few who were in charge of these decisions while amongst the children writing the scripts. Feels like a fan fiction that has had 1b$ thrown at it.

    People who believe this is what fantasy is I feel sorry for you. Imitating poetic lines, costumes that dont make sense, characters never speaking normally to each other, only in riddles. When in reality the writing sound like children came up with the lines in their English imaginative writing essay for their highschool exam.    … Expand
  9. Evilivan
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    Very disappointing.

    Visually some moments are pretty stunning with beautiful scenery aand that's pretty much the only good thing I can say about this show The writing is simply atrocious: the dialog are very poor, un-engaging and unnatural, the characters are extremely bland and hard to attach to, there are many convoluted expositions scenes that just made me sigh. Overall it's slow,    Very disappointing.

    Visually some moments are pretty stunning with beautiful scenery aand that's pretty much the only good thing I can say about this show The writing is simply atrocious: the dialog are very poor, un-engaging and unnatural, the characters are extremely bland and hard to attach to, there are many convoluted expositions scenes that just made me sigh. Overall it's slow, generic and just not very engaging, on top of giving little regards to the source material. I hope it gets better but I'm not holding my breath.    … Expand
  10. lscholles
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    First, I couldn't stand the scenes with Galadriel. Everyone else must be dumb and weak so she can appear smart and strong, to me this is lazy writing. Also, she has absolutely the same expression on her face the entire time, and the action scenes are the worst I have ever seen.
    Second, why are all the main elves (except Galadriel) so ugly? I'm not interested in any of them because they    First, I couldn't stand the scenes with Galadriel. Everyone else must be dumb and weak so she can appear smart and strong, to me this is lazy writing. Also, she has absolutely the same expression on her face the entire time, and the action scenes are the worst I have ever seen.
    Second, why are all the main elves (except Galadriel) so ugly? I'm not interested in any of them because they all look weak or old or dumb. Celebrimbor is supposed to be a smith, yet in this series he looks like a 60 year old man.
    But, I did like the scenery and costumes. Everything looks very beautiful. The soundtrack, however, was very generic, not even close to the soundtrack in PJ's trilogy, but comparing this with the trilogy is probably too much to ask.    … Expand
  11. Dolken
    Sep 4, 2022
    10
    Its great. Far better so far than the Hobbit. Just the orcs are so mutch fearsome than PJs harmeless CGI goblin mess. Actors, filming, music is all great. Cant wait for more of this show. Finally back to middle earth. And I think this will be truer to the works of JRR then the movies were.
  12. JenInVA
    Sep 4, 2022
    10
    This isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the review bombing is ridiculous. If you want fidelity to Tolkien, read Tolkien. I am a LoTR fan, but not a Tolkien fanatic, and I loved the first two episodes. Not like I love the PJ movies, but that is a ridiculously high standard - they're some of my favorite movies. If you like the LoTR books, like the movies, and can handle character and plotThis isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the review bombing is ridiculous. If you want fidelity to Tolkien, read Tolkien. I am a LoTR fan, but not a Tolkien fanatic, and I loved the first two episodes. Not like I love the PJ movies, but that is a ridiculously high standard - they're some of my favorite movies. If you like the LoTR books, like the movies, and can handle character and plot changes from the original material, you'll likely enjoy the series.… Expand
  13. Thiagosl27
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Ridículo a fala desses caras falando que vão consertar a obra de Tolkien, quem são vocês , não conseguem fazer nada certo , poderia ser a maior e melhor série da história mas não virou bancada política de ideias pessoais pra agradar a uma minoria que gosta desse assunto , enquanto a maioria só quer assistir a estória e tirar o estresse do dia dia , infelizmente não foi pensada para oRidículo a fala desses caras falando que vão consertar a obra de Tolkien, quem são vocês , não conseguem fazer nada certo , poderia ser a maior e melhor série da história mas não virou bancada política de ideias pessoais pra agradar a uma minoria que gosta desse assunto , enquanto a maioria só quer assistir a estória e tirar o estresse do dia dia , infelizmente não foi pensada para o público.… Expand
  14. Evstachip
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    Galadriel’s amazing and all the men are stupid. But atleast it looks good.
  15. Xiruhel
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    It is not even close to Tolkien. This abomination is just bad fan fiction poisoned with modern agenda and politic interests.
    Hopefully this garbage will get canceled after the first season.
  16. Fairom
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Mais um trabalho feito por parasitas que nao são capazes de criar nada por si só, então tomam posse do bom trabalho alheio e ainda se desfazem de seus criadores.
    O que vocês merecem é o esquecimento e a chacota.
    "O mal não é capaz de criar algo novo, só pode distorcer e destruir o que foi inventado ou feito pelas forças do bem." J.R.R Tolkien
  17. Xeskene
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    if you are not gonna respect lore just dont use the name of lord of the rings. lotr > amazon
  18. Karen_Kujo_desu
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Garbage show. Painful to watch. This is pretty much the Kalergi Plan in action. They're erasing us from our own stories, our own culture.
  19. Dovahbomser89
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    Absolute Garbage. Avoid ! Terrible and childish dialogue. Characters / actors have no chemistry. Dull script. Wooden acting.
    Boring scenes that drag on. Galadriel is insufferable and unlikeable, not good when the character is the protagonist. This series made hobbits (harefoots) annoying. Elven male warriors were always phenomenal fighters - Look at Thranduil, Legolas, Elrond, Haldir etc.    Absolute Garbage. Avoid ! Terrible and childish dialogue. Characters / actors have no chemistry. Dull script. Wooden acting.
    Boring scenes that drag on. Galadriel is insufferable and unlikeable, not good when the character is the protagonist. This series made hobbits (harefoots) annoying. Elven male warriors were always phenomenal fighters - Look at Thranduil, Legolas, Elrond, Haldir etc. The elven males in this series are weak and pathetic.

    It is not only a disgrace to Tolkien's legacy but for all those people who have grown up and taken refuge in his wonderful world. This nothing to do with Tolkien at all.
    How can Jeff Bezos spend a billion on this and not fire the whole production crew is beyond belief. This is a generic fantasy show with good effects. That is all it is.

    This show has nothing engaging to offer and you will never want to see another episode of this atrocious show.
    If you want an Entertaining , Engaging and Wonderful Fantasy respectful of Tolkien's world & lore ,watch Perter Jackson's trilogy instead of this Utter Garbage.    … Expand
  20. Sty1eBender
    Sep 4, 2022
    8
    Wow. A lot of cringe here. For an objective review - the first two episodes were good. It was able to capture some of the essence from the movies. The acting is pretty solid throughout the cast, a little over acting here and there. I didn’t mind most of the addition or adjustments, few felt slightly out of place but nothing immersion breaking.

    The score is great and I like it feels    Wow. A lot of cringe here. For an objective review - the first two episodes were good. It was able to capture some of the essence from the movies. The acting is pretty solid throughout the cast, a little over acting here and there. I didn’t mind most of the addition or adjustments, few felt slightly out of place but nothing immersion breaking.

    The score is great and I like it feels similar but does it’s own thing. The costumes are pretty good, I find that being so similar to the movies feels strange given how far the storylines are separated in time.

    The set design is mostly very well done - but for cinematography - a few seems were really off and I felt they were actors in front of a green screen. There was a glaring miss during one flashback seen that looked low budget. One of the fight scenes, was something you’d expect in marvel though - they were clearly trying to copy one character from the movies but it just felt … laughable.

    The intrigue around one character is a nice break from the other plot points and I’m excited to see more.    … Expand
  21. tonto
    Sep 4, 2022
    4
    High production values leads to beautiful cinematography, but the writing leaves something to be desired. The show is a slow burn, with a lot of dialogue that's kinda clunky and it takes a while to get moving. It doesn't really feel like the original Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  22. Suparichie
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    There is so much wrong here and so little right, it shows that all the money in the world cant make up for absolut horrific script and amateur actors. When you give the lead role (Galadriel) to someone who knows nothing about the Character she is portraying, the result is annoying and unlikeable...
    I believe most of the cast and the showrunners for sure never read a book written by    There is so much wrong here and so little right, it shows that all the money in the world cant make up for absolut horrific script and amateur actors. When you give the lead role (Galadriel) to someone who knows nothing about the Character she is portraying, the result is annoying and unlikeable...
    I believe most of the cast and the showrunners for sure never read a book written by Tolkien, they only watched the Peter Jackson Films (which i like) and its shows in the series as they copied much of the Locations and the settings.
    All in all a Disaster, the only believeable actor who portrays his role very good is Ismael Cruz Cordova as Arondir, the rest is mostly miscast.
    Just my two cents and i will not watch the rest of the first season as it annoys me to much.
    Thank you Metacritic for not censure critics as the rest like Imdb, Amazon and to a certain extend Rotten Tomatoes did...    … Expand
  23. Whimsical_Wolf
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show has an absolute plethora of problems, from small to very very large. The biggest is that it fails to create a fantasy world that feels like the world Tolkien created. Armor is clearly made of plastic, dialogue is either overly complicated in an attempt to sound high brow (it fails anyway) or ripped out of our current day English (no one ever said "OK" in medieval times). Personalities that we know from Tolkien's writings have been massively changed to the point they are those characters in name only. The Elves act just like humans, indeed with the exception of their Spock-like ears, look just like humans. The bullying scene at the beginning is ridiculous...behaving like human children is just one of many things that remove their other-wordly atmosphere from them. Characters make super illogical decisions (jumping our of a boat in the middle of nowhere with no way to get home wtf), or say super illogical things (when hunting Sauron yes you actually WOULD want to go where sunlight "fears to tread" (more shoddy dialogue there too)). The acting is forced or unconvincing in most characters...only a few actors seem to be comfortable with their role. The initial premise is flawed as well - all the Elves knew Sauron was a Maiar (basically a fallen angel)...so they should have known that he'd be able to come back....Galadriel being the only one to know makes no sense. And Galadriel is either always right, angry, or both, and can do anything, without flaw - not a believable character. Where are the Ripleys from Alien, the Sarah Connors from Terminator 1 and 2? There's a lot more I could say (the pacing.....or lack thereof!) but I think I've provided enough detail to back up this rating. There was zero respect shone to Tolkien's lore, so zero is what I'm giving to this show.… Expand
  24. Ahton
    Sep 4, 2022
    10
    Best fantasy tv show i've seen so far.
  25. Wildheart187
    Sep 4, 2022
    3
    The show has nothing to do with lord of the rings except for the title and character names. While i only have seen ½ of the first episode, is it very clear amazon not respect the source meterial, names of various locations has been changed. The hobbits looks like vagabonds in the forest

    There are so much wrong with this i can't wait to see the rest! But it is still made very    The show has nothing to do with lord of the rings except for the title and character names. While i only have seen ½ of the first episode, is it very clear amazon not respect the source meterial, names of various locations has been changed. The hobbits looks like vagabonds in the forest

    There are so much wrong with this i can't wait to see the rest!
    But it is still made very beautiful...which also is the only positive

    i give it 3/10 for now    … Expand
  26. Fpitt
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    The problem is mostly the main characters especially Galadriel. For whatever reason, the writers have written these character to be soulless and completely unlikable and for me that’s a deal breaker. The other problems is the editing, makeup, costumes, pace, and the hit you over the head injection of politics — though, I ignored the politics in an effort to like the show… and I reallyThe problem is mostly the main characters especially Galadriel. For whatever reason, the writers have written these character to be soulless and completely unlikable and for me that’s a deal breaker. The other problems is the editing, makeup, costumes, pace, and the hit you over the head injection of politics — though, I ignored the politics in an effort to like the show… and I really wanted to like this show.

    The editing - was so jarring that I couldn’t tell where we were in the timeline — characters seemingly had magical teleportation capabilities. The makeup - had the harfoots and humans look like they lived in a dumpster, yet the female harfoot had impeccable lipgloss and rouge. The costumes - were so generic for most of the characters … just made them dingy on the humans and harfoot. The elves smilingly don’t change closets at all for long stretches of time, yet still look pristine. The Pace what killed me was the pointless dialogue that dragged on and never really made a point that drove the plot. And finally The Politics - I try to avoid using the term “woke” because it’s so over used and with Amazons ROP the problem isn’t unique to entertainment. The problem is the inability to support strong female characters without diminishing and ridiculing the male characters. Amazon has managed to make all of the make elves look like feckless tools. And they’ve managed to make the human males come off as stupid and bad (bad guys) only to contrast the greatness of the female or POC characters. When Amazon claps back at critics by calling them racists or sexist, they fail to look inward and see how they’re depicting certain people and themselves eliciting the negativity… or maybe that’s the entire point of their actions.

    That said, it wasn’t all bad. The dwarfs were really well done and had great personalities… The character Disa made those scenes enjoyable… though she did benefit from unusual good editing and writing. …. Also, the visuals were quite good and looked like piles of cash, but that’s the most tacky part of it all — it’s indicative of the times we live, money buys everything but good taste and talent.    … Expand
  27. DoychTrendo
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    How to butcher a beloved author and franchise – first off you need to be a megacorporation and buy the rights for starting the production. Then release the production which is UTTERLY insulting to the fanbase, receive well deserved criticism then blame the fanbase of being racists and trolls. This is unwatchable. GaladRrRrRrRrRiel is written shockingly BAD – no hero’s journey, she just ISHow to butcher a beloved author and franchise – first off you need to be a megacorporation and buy the rights for starting the production. Then release the production which is UTTERLY insulting to the fanbase, receive well deserved criticism then blame the fanbase of being racists and trolls. This is unwatchable. GaladRrRrRrRrRiel is written shockingly BAD – no hero’s journey, she just IS powerful, perfect and amazing. Male characters are portrayed as weak, naïve and stupid. Writers tried so hard to be witty and “profound” that the dialogue is just beyond understandable. Only good thing is the CGI. Oh, Amazon, by the way, good job of silencing criticism and unfavorable reviews. Way to go 1984!… Expand
  28. lightvsdarkness
    Sep 4, 2022
    1
    Desecration of a timeless classic in order to propagate crazy modern ideology done by braindead people.
  29. Azzajkd
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Il male non può creare nulla di nuovo, può solo corrompere e rovinare tutto ciò che le forze del bene hanno inventato o creato. Cit.
    Evitate questa serie come fosse la peggiore delle malattie, perché questa serie di Tolkien e delle sue opere non ha nulla, usa solo il nome per lucrare selvaggiamente su un prodotto altrui, distruggendolo dalle fondamenta e inserendo al suo interno politiche    Il male non può creare nulla di nuovo, può solo corrompere e rovinare tutto ciò che le forze del bene hanno inventato o creato. Cit.
    Evitate questa serie come fosse la peggiore delle malattie, perché questa serie di Tolkien e delle sue opere non ha nulla, usa solo il nome per lucrare selvaggiamente su un prodotto altrui, distruggendolo dalle fondamenta e inserendo al suo interno politiche folli e attivismo da estremisti decerebrati.
    Il fantasy, soprattutto come lo intendeva Tolkien, serve ad evadere dal mondo, ad immergersi in una realtà totalmente nuova, in cui le nostre leggi e regole non valgono, in cui il bene e il male sono distinti, in cui l'amore è puro.
    Questa serie non ha nulla di tutto ciò, distrugge cosmogonia e personaggi, snatura ogni singola cosa dalle razze ai biomi, riassume in attimo migliaia di anni sminuendone l'importanza, rende Galadriel, (una delle creature più belle e potenti a livello magico della terra di mezzo), una semplice guerriera sporca e neanche tanto carina, che imita qualità maschili anzi che essere lo straordinario e potente personaggio dei libri che con le spade al massimo ci taglia il pane elfico tanto non gli servono.
    Vi lascio con un' ultima citazione, la più importante a mio parere quando vuole rovinare ciò che amiamo e corrompere la società con il proprio attivismo fasullo.
    Non tocca a noi dominare tutte le maree del mondo; il nostro compito è di fare il possibile per la salvezza degli anni nei quali viviamo, sradicando il male dai campi che conosciamo, al fine di lasciare a coloro che verranno dopo terra sana e pulita da coltivare.
    Con questa frase spero di invogliarvi a fare nel vostro piccolo il possibile per sradicare questa serie dalla memoria del mondo, affinché Tolkien venga ricordato per il grande uomo che era, e le sue opere vengano rispettate!    … Expand
  30. Kiefer
    Sep 4, 2022
    2
    Subpar writing and characters. Pretending to be Lord of the rings. Would have been a slightly below average fantasy series without misusing a great IP.
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Metascore
71

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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