The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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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.
  31. BloodSpiller
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Just bad. No respect for the lore, a disrespect for the original source. Bad acting and directing.
  32. Arturos
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    the worst series, the acting is very bad to mediocre. don't watch this trash now i need therapy and some bleach for my eyes
  33. ElXocas
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This series is the total corruption of Tolkien's universe, it feels like Sauron made this show instead the ring of power, a tv show to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
  34. WillianSanches
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Woke garbage. If Tolkien was alive today he would die again after watching such a crap
  35. Cutloso
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Beautiful outside, hollow inside
    I liked the Durin and Gil Galad. But that's pretty much it.
    I won't mention lore accuracy here, since the show for the most part is completly lore inaccurate. Galadriel is awful as the elves are generally. They are more or less eternal beings and e.g. Galadriel is 1000s of years old, but still they behave like not fully grown up humans. Also the Elves    Beautiful outside, hollow inside
    I liked the Durin and Gil Galad. But that's pretty much it.
    I won't mention lore accuracy here, since the show for the most part is completly lore inaccurate.
    Galadriel is awful as the elves are generally. They are more or less eternal beings and e.g. Galadriel is 1000s of years old, but still they behave like not fully grown up humans. Also the Elves world/court seems to be kind of a modern politicians, don't like that.
    Landscape shots are fine, but often too much editing/CGI. The music isn't bad, but does not feel like a consistent piece, more like different themes mixed together. Also it often is to overpowered and kinda in your face.
    Well I kind of did accept the black elf and all, but the mixture of different ethnicities really stands out negatively. It just doesn't work like that. It would be quite easy to have all skin colors and ethnicities represented in the show but each as their own people. But they do it the lazy / bad way and it is not even like they got many ethnicities covered, only black/latino so weird way of "representing everyone".
    In terms of what happens, well not much in the first two episodes. But Galadriel swimming thousands of miles from Valinor to middle earth is really ridiculous.
    Hobbits (or not actually Hobbits, but Harfoots :/) are a bit annoying. They try to replicate the charme of the shire and very shortly it gives a bit of the warm feeling. But they spend too little time with it. Also why on earth (or rather on Arda) should they look like Hobos who rolled themselves in mud?
    The dialog often isn't very good. Often it feels like they tried, but often the result is poetry without substance, nice words but not wisdom in it.
    So yeah not great not at all. As a generic fantasy series it could be something average, but clearly it isn't what they aimed for and for Tolkien anything short of Great isn't good enough.
    Episode 1 feels like a beautiful but hollow shell, just not much substance. And in episode 2 the shell starts to break apart.    … Expand
  36. Game_Critical
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Compared to the Peter Jackson trilogy it's absolutely awful. The CGI is great, which is expected from a billion dollar company, but the characters, the script, the tone of voice and the costumes are a disaster. I have very little hope for the future of LOTR.
  37. GrahamSteiner44
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    I watched this with my 13 year old son, who is a massive LOTR fan. We were obviously aware of the mixed publicity surrounding the content, and tried to keep an open mind on the experience. To say that we were disappointed, would be a massive understatement. The script is woefully bad, the acting really quite wooden and clunky, CGI massively overdone, to the point of being 'headacheI watched this with my 13 year old son, who is a massive LOTR fan. We were obviously aware of the mixed publicity surrounding the content, and tried to keep an open mind on the experience. To say that we were disappointed, would be a massive understatement. The script is woefully bad, the acting really quite wooden and clunky, CGI massively overdone, to the point of being 'headache inducing'. Although we both agreed, that watching the buffoon, 'Harfoot' Lenny Henry, trying to do an Afro-Irish accent was completely hilarious. I'm afraid that's us done with Rings Of Power, we won't be torturing ourselves with another dose.… Expand
  38. Holo_0f_Yoitsu
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    If you were thinking about watching this show, don't waste your time. The actors are pretty poor, the casting is weird, the writing is worse than season eight Game of Thrones and the costumes just feel wrong. They do a pretty bad job of adapting Tolkien's works too. The writers, actors and producers obviously see Tolkien as some kind of 'problematic' hack whose ideas need to be improvedIf you were thinking about watching this show, don't waste your time. The actors are pretty poor, the casting is weird, the writing is worse than season eight Game of Thrones and the costumes just feel wrong. They do a pretty bad job of adapting Tolkien's works too. The writers, actors and producers obviously see Tolkien as some kind of 'problematic' hack whose ideas need to be improved upon by Hollywood and Big Tech. In fact, there's something very Saruman-like about this show and the anti-Tolkien activists involved with it. The 2009 independent film Born of Hope does a much better job at adapting Tolkien and being true to his spirit and works than this turd does, so go watch that instead.… Expand
  39. 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
  40. Kataklyste
    Sep 4, 2022
    3
    - Rock doesn't float because it looks down..
    oh Boy.. thats some serious writing there.. -.-
  41. Malkuth
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Clickbait. It has nothing to do with Lord of the rings. I am sad for the great work of all actors and CGI artists. The show could be great if al the scenea didn't feel like they were shot for sharing the ideologicak views of the makers.
  42. Cool_Dawn_Mist
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    The showrunners were lying when they said they wouldn't be inserting modern politics into Tolkien's works. And the cast are pretty awful at their roles as well as being unlikeable. The writing is sooo bad I couldn't help myself from inwardly cringing. I will not be watching any more of this bend-the-knee, Twitter grade trash.
  43. Zheny
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The cinematography is great but I felt disconnected the whole time. It did not give me any excitement or that feeling that your going to be hooked on the show that your watching. The cast are off and acting is dry. I don't think I'll rewatch the same episode again and again.… Expand
  44. Lorente
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    If it weren't a Tolkien adaption it would be a 5/10 since visuals and music are excellent but it lacks of everything else.

    Since its a Tolkien adaption it is just totally wrong.
  45. flie
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Muito ruim. é uma afronta ao legendário de Tolkien e mancha o nome Senhor dos Anéis. nesses 2 primeiros episódios temos 2% de tolkien e 98% de coisas inventadas, fora de contexto ou alterados.

    nos primeiros minutos vemos a galadriel sofrendo bullying de outros elfos. ridículo. a contextualização pra contar os eventos da era das árvores e a primeira era do sol e da lua são apressadas,    Muito ruim. é uma afronta ao legendário de Tolkien e mancha o nome Senhor dos Anéis. nesses 2 primeiros episódios temos 2% de tolkien e 98% de coisas inventadas, fora de contexto ou alterados.

    nos primeiros minutos vemos a galadriel sofrendo bullying de outros elfos. ridículo. a contextualização pra contar os eventos da era das árvores e a primeira era do sol e da lua são apressadas, totalmente desconexas. se não podiam representar as coisas, poderiam pelo menos citar do jeito certo, como por exemplo, as guerras dos noldor e melkor. pelo que foi mostrado, deu a entender que finrod sobreviveu a guerra da ira e caçava sauron. pelos livros finrod foi morto por lobisomens de sauron na quest de beren de tentar recuperar uma das silmarils e galadriel nunca viu o corpo de finrod. temos outras coisas como:
    - forodwaith um lugar sem relevância q foi tratado como moradia de sauron.
    - galadriel comandante e rebelde.
    - galadriel indo pra valinor. mesmo antes da guerra da ira, ela sempre foi mais pro leste. só foi pra valinor no final dos eventos do senhor dos anéis. foi uma dos últimos elfos a sair da terra média.
    - homem meteoro. espero q não seja um istari ou até mesmo gandalf, já que eles chegaram somente na terceira era.
    - tensão sexual entre galadriel e aquele homem do barco.
    - elrond e gil galad fracotes.
    - nenhuma menção de celeborn. lembrando q antes da guerra da ira, ele e galadriel mudaram-se pro leste.
    - núcleo arondir alem de inventado, é sem sentido.

    dá pra ver que é uma obra só pra agradas pessoas ideologicamente engajadas, porque não tem nenhuma essência do nome Senhor dos Anéis ou qualquer homenagem o Tolkien.    … Expand
  46. Brohamadir
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Complete garbage. Not true to Tolkien at all. No respect at all for the established lore. I doubt anyone that had their hands in creating this travesty of a show ever read any of the man's work.
  47. Dikay05
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Сериал полное разочарование 2022 года! Потратить столько денег и выдать плохой продукт, да еще и с современной повесткой которая тут неуместна! Актеры подобраны ужасно. Большая ошибка была, вносить современные тренды в хорошее исторические произведение!Сериал полное разочарование 2022 года! Потратить столько денег и выдать плохой продукт, да еще и с современной повесткой которая тут неуместна! Актеры подобраны ужасно. Большая ошибка была, вносить современные тренды в хорошее исторические произведение!
  48. Lauriemck
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    I would rather re-watch game of thrones season eight. It is a challenge to find positives - the special effects were nice.
  49. WolfiPL
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    I don't know what to say. This series is overloaded with political correctness, with Tolkien only linked to him by names and characters...
  50. TehShadeborn
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    A complete disgrace to Tolkiens legacy. Awful. Pathetic. Without any respect to Tolkien. Worst hours I've spent in my whole life. I'll keep all my thoughts silent as I will be surelly banned here on MC for even mentioning such things..you know what I'm talking about for a 100%. Welcome to the Resident Evil/Batwoman camp. Waiting for the news about cancelation of this total garbage,A complete disgrace to Tolkiens legacy. Awful. Pathetic. Without any respect to Tolkien. Worst hours I've spent in my whole life. I'll keep all my thoughts silent as I will be surelly banned here on MC for even mentioning such things..you know what I'm talking about for a 100%. Welcome to the Resident Evil/Batwoman camp. Waiting for the news about cancelation of this total garbage, paraditing on the great LoTR universe.… Expand
  51. icarus21
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Rings of Power fails to do anything better than Tolkien's books or Jackson's films. Some scenes are visually pleasing however are quickly forgotten when characters open their mouths producing very poor, sometimes toe-curling dialogue. The other glaring issues appear to be lack of any solid narrative driving the show forward and add to that a highly unlikable main character in GaladrielRings of Power fails to do anything better than Tolkien's books or Jackson's films. Some scenes are visually pleasing however are quickly forgotten when characters open their mouths producing very poor, sometimes toe-curling dialogue. The other glaring issues appear to be lack of any solid narrative driving the show forward and add to that a highly unlikable main character in Galadriel (who is far removed from the character we know from the books) it's shaping up to a recipe for disaster.… Expand
  52. TheOvVa
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Чернокожие гномы, сильные и умные женщины, тупоролые мужики истерички, всё это вы найдете в этом сериале.
  53. Aleksoctop
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Amazon gave birth to a beautiful stillborn baby. Rings of Power struggles to justify its existence and is desperate for your approval with phrases from the LotR trilogy repeated mercilessly in the first two episodes at regular intervals.
    Talented and personable cast of actors are often jarringly miscast and given script that emulates the tone of LotR trilogy on the surface albeit with    Amazon gave birth to a beautiful stillborn baby. Rings of Power struggles to justify its existence and is desperate for your approval with phrases from the LotR trilogy repeated mercilessly in the first two episodes at regular intervals.
    Talented and personable cast of actors are often jarringly miscast and given script that emulates the tone of LotR trilogy on the surface albeit with significant errors, foregoing Tolkien’s original intent to disperse a frenzy of token messaging at the cost of coherence and enjoyment. Beautiful art direction, lovely sets and costumes are powerless to salvage it, as the intent and thus the spirit of Tolkien’s writing is entirely absent in lieu of jarring story and character choices in rapid-fire succession, making a mockery of the actual meaningful messaging in the actual lore. Showrunner and even director expemplify fundamental lack of understanding of what this world is about. The end result is the most expensive cheap show of all time that despite the artistry and love put into its production cannot overcome the shortcomings of its storytelling which in its absolute disregard for its audience manage to make the problematic Hobbit trilogy appear like Lawrence of Arabia. The end result is a show that is very uncaptivating despite its often stunning visuals.    … Expand
  54. Luizm
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Roteiro catastrófico, ritmo cansativo, atuações ruins. CGI top. Duas horas de show sem nada demais. Não senti vontade de ver mais. Não sei se consideraria uma fanfic de Tolkien, pois para isso os escritores precisariam ser ao menos fans, o que fica claro que eles não se importam com a obra do Professor.
  55. Steeleye2112
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Basically a lie. This has nothing to do with Tolkien and has nothing to do with the spirit of Tolkien. When they didn't get the rights to the books they should have quit. Even without the insult to Tolkien the whole thing is terribly written and acted and is unimaginably awful.
  56. ozymandiasza
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Cultural theft by a corporation. The actor sold their souls, and the fan can see straight through it. Absolute trash series that spits on Tolkien.
  57. 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
  58. Theportajon
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    No spoilers. Just bad writing. Empty dialogue that pretends to be old English. But it falls short and ultimately ends up lacking in it's ability to establish characters.
  59. 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.
  60. Vurdalak1
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    From the first minutes of the film, I realized that this is a feminist feces.
  61. JaredTU
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Garbage, pure plastic soulless garbage made by egotistical pricks. I was so bored I had to scroll through half of the first episode. It is completely alcking any wonder, awe, magic or sense of humanity. A true disgrace.
  62. IThristaN
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Это не канон, всегд бляха эльфы были белыми какого черта их сделали темнокожими, вы на приколе… Expand
  63. DigitalHegemon
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    I have been a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's works since the 1970s. I have read all the books many times over the past fifty years. As a child, I taught myself to read and write the tengwar. Even now, I play the online video game almost daily, I had very high hopes for "Rings of Power". They were cruelly dashed. Here are just a few reasons why:

    The show-runners' complete disdain for    I have been a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's works since the 1970s. I have read all the books many times over the past fifty years. As a child, I taught myself to read and write the tengwar. Even now, I play the online video game almost daily, I had very high hopes for "Rings of Power". They were cruelly dashed. Here are just a few reasons why:

    The show-runners' complete disdain for anything resembling good writing is sad.

    The characterization is so bad, you almost wish that the bad guys win at least one fight.

    Nay, I shall not talk to my beautiful second cousin as if she were there. I shall exposit plot points and review history that she lived through as if she were a kindergarten-aged human.

    Even in a fantasy world, there is such a thing as physics (warm breath + cold = fog [duh]).

    You chase your enemy across the world over centuries...on foot? Really? No budget for horses?

    Elves using sharp tools to desecrate and wound living trees for any purpose at all? Inconceivable!

    The costumes look like they were bought at a consignment shop after all the prom dresses were donated. The tacky ones, mostly.

    Derivative scenes and call backs (climbing ice walls, salted pork, etc.) are worthless and weak.

    When people in completely different parts of the world see a meteor, it does not seem to be going in the exact same direction at the exact same height. See: physics.

    No matter how unnaturally hale and hardy they are, no elf, no matter how high-born, can swim across 2,000 plus miles of ocean. Any elf who would try must be insane or mad with grief (see: Amroth, future king of Lothlórien).

    Look at this magic dagger I found. It can disappear into my body cavities without a sheath and reappear when needed by the plot! It's invisible only when it needs to be! So precious...

    Ten out of ten wargs surveyed will not choose blackberries over miniature hominin lunch.

    Accents = Class. Irish = Poor. Lower Class English = Middle Class. Upper Class English = Rich. Scottish = Rich but vertically-challenged with lots of burping.

    In the end, do yourself a favour and just re-watch Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" extended edition movies for the seventh time.

    Maybe, just maybe, if the public tuned out and ignored this abomination, it, unlike Sauron, might just be redeemed. That would require Amazon firing all the writers, directors, and show-runners and starting over...but this humble rock of a Tolkien fan is looking up, not down, just to see if that really works.

    PS So far, the water is quite deep...and getting colder by the moment...so dark...

    Afterword: Note that nothing in my review makes any comments about the skin color or ethnicity
    of the actors. Although arguments can be made that the ancient Norse and Saxon sagas and histories that Tolkien based his writing on involved 100% melanin-challenged protagonists (reflecting the population of the eras), times change. At one point in the not-so-distant past, according to current biology, the inhabitants of what we now call Britain looked much more like modern day sub-Saharan Africans.

    In the end, I don't care what your skin color is, as long as your acting, based on an excellent script and deft directing, makes me BELIEVE that I am once again in the Middle Earth I dreamed of as a child while reading the original texts. On the other hand, if the writing, acting, directing, and costumes are garbage to the point that middle school fan fiction and theater production values would IMPROVE on the quality of this execrable final product, well, it doesn't matter if the actor is pinkish-beige, green or purple, now does it?    … Expand
  64. YouWereAMistake
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Focused more on representation and diversity than actual storytelling and respecting Tolkien's work. Boring and not worth a watch.
  65. plumpudding
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Cheap fanfiction but with a big budget. They're just using the LOTR name to get viewers
  66. bumble_bee
    Sep 2, 2022
    3
    It's anything but the Lord of the Rings
    Amazon could have easily created HER OWN fantasy saga for such money, but no.....
  67. IgrokU
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    Hot garbage meets the CW. the show starts slow and stays that way, the characters are terrible, Galadriel is the most Mary Sue/ Karen that has been written, she is meme-worthy how shallow and stupid her story is. The show is just one bad story after another- I'm giving it a 2 for effects.... but this is not Tolkien in any way shape or form= terrible.
  68. shikamaru31789
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    I remember being so excited when this show was first announced. My excitement quickly turned to resentment the more I learned about it. First I read in 2021 that it would have sex scenes, something Tolkien would totally be against. Then I saw the casting and realized that they had created black dwarves and elves (which don't exist in Tolkien's world) instead of creating POC (people ofI remember being so excited when this show was first announced. My excitement quickly turned to resentment the more I learned about it. First I read in 2021 that it would have sex scenes, something Tolkien would totally be against. Then I saw the casting and realized that they had created black dwarves and elves (which don't exist in Tolkien's world) instead of creating POC (people of color) characters from Harad and Rhun to meet Amazon Studios' diversity requirements. Then I learned that they had made Galadriel an armor clad army leader (which she never was, her husband Celeborn and Elrond lead the armies during the 2nd age) and had made Elrond an architect and politician, neither of which is consistent with the lore. Then I saw they had a woman playing Annatar/Sauron which resulted in him looking trans. Then I saw that they over-relied on CGI even more than Peter Jackson did while making the Hobbit. Then I saw that the opening of the show is literally just a ripoff of the opening for soap opera Young and the Restless. Then I saw cheesy rope a cheesy rope fighting scene.

    This show is just a laundry list of bad decisions by Amazon and the showrunners. The only highlight at all is the opening theme song composed by LOTR/The Hobbit composer Howard Shore. I truly think this will be the most expensive flop of all-time, and we already have multiple insiders suggesting that the future of Amazon Studios rests on this series, if it fails, Amazon may close Amazon Studios and rely solely on 3rd party licensed shows and movies to push Prime Video.    … Expand
  69. JohnnyYouHitMe
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Cringeworthy. I had low expectations but this is just woke trash that spits in Tolkien's face. I'm sure it'll make Bezos lots of money though.
  70. Jeanmassa
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    A série deveria ter sido lançada para o YouTube, eles nem deveriam ter gastado nada com Cgi ou atores, seria bem melhor se algum canal de sátiras tivesse feito a série, o nível é muito baixo, é decepcionante.
  71. Mystic8b
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    “Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made”
  72. Pega25
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    You can really see that budget in the visuals, but everything else falls flat.
  73. Brunes
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    It’s like watching a procedurally generated fantasy show or staring into the uncanny valley. Everything feels “off” and unnatural. Tonally it’s all over the map. Poor pacing. Mediocre writing and acting. Some very nice visuals but it’s all for nothing. You get the feeling you could round up a few Tolkien fans on reddit and make a better show than this with a tenth of the budget.
  74. SilentwalkerX
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Bad quality fiction.
    It is a total disaster of Tolkien legacy. Shame on Amazon!
  75. Krieve
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Was this meant to be a insult to people that enjoyed the books and earlier movies? I don't really understand what Amazon was doing. Were they trying to upset their customers and fans? Nothing makes sense to anyone with even a bit of knowledge of the world and the story they do tell is unfortunately awful.
  76. BudSchwartz
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    what happened to the elves? it's not worth encouraging the creators to mock the classics by watching this ****
  77. propigator
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Unlikeable characters and a confusing and disjointed plot that unfolds at sluggish pace. Nice visuals cannot makeup for a lack of vison.
  78. nikt1
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    cgi isn't all. but you have all the tokens required. stay tuned for more. btw - ep2 is worse than ep1. but it doesn't change anything.
  79. CalvinCrack
    Sep 2, 2022
    10
    So far so good. I have to give it a 10 on visual merit alone. This is the highest quality looking TV show I’ve ever seen. There’s a true artistry to these visuals, like it has been meticulously storyboarded for years before a camera rolled and now we are seeing the fruits of that labor. I appreciate that level of calculation in a fantasy epic which paints in such broad strokes. ThisSo far so good. I have to give it a 10 on visual merit alone. This is the highest quality looking TV show I’ve ever seen. There’s a true artistry to these visuals, like it has been meticulously storyboarded for years before a camera rolled and now we are seeing the fruits of that labor. I appreciate that level of calculation in a fantasy epic which paints in such broad strokes. This story is told visually, and with confidence. There are moments where less expensive shows would cut away but this one sticks with it and gives you the full sequence. That’s what elevates it— it feels like they had free reign to make every sequence as good as it could be, not just as good as they could afford. On the script side there are some great lines and moments in here. “The wind that seeks to blow out a candle can also stoke its flames.” [paraphrasing]. That and several other lines caught my ear as going above and beyond the call of duty for a television series into literary territory. The pacing oscillates between slow medium and fast throughout its runtime and that kept me on my toes. The slow parts can be a little slow and episode 2 in particular felt more like a TV show than the first episode but overall it maintains a good balance of series/movie hybrid. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Acting is exceptional thus far, especially Galandriel. There is something about this woman that draws my attention. Every character is well done and they all have something intriguing about them. The actors are well cast and I like what everyone is doing with their role.

    I think considering the ambition of this project the creative team knocked it out of the park. This is high stakes filmmaking and it’s paying off so far.    … Expand
  80. Suicidal_Octo
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    I watched the first episode (not on amazon ofc) and boy oh boy the backlash was well deserved. Though it looks impressive visualy, the rest is just flat out boring, and clueless. Even music feels out of place, acting is below average, dialogues sound like they were written by a feminist 12 year old. The show doesn't even feels like the same universe. Another beloved franchise bastardisedI watched the first episode (not on amazon ofc) and boy oh boy the backlash was well deserved. Though it looks impressive visualy, the rest is just flat out boring, and clueless. Even music feels out of place, acting is below average, dialogues sound like they were written by a feminist 12 year old. The show doesn't even feels like the same universe. Another beloved franchise bastardised by a woke rainbow pc superfans, the problem is, they are not superfans of Tolkiens work. They are superfans of themselves, trying to shove their diversity, inclusion, representation, wokeness, at the same time taking a big rainbow dump on the actual lore. Shame.… Expand
  81. Kaonazhie
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Worth pointing out that IMDB (owned by Amazon, who have produced this show) have currently removed every single review rating it 5/10 or lower. Ratings on Prime Video UK are also disabled. Apparently such a huge show has zero reviews or ratings after more than a day. Absolutely reprehensible behaviour.

    As for the show? Terrible writing that doesn't feel at all in-tone with Tolkien's work.    Worth pointing out that IMDB (owned by Amazon, who have produced this show) have currently removed every single review rating it 5/10 or lower. Ratings on Prime Video UK are also disabled. Apparently such a huge show has zero reviews or ratings after more than a day. Absolutely reprehensible behaviour.

    As for the show? Terrible writing that doesn't feel at all in-tone with Tolkien's work. Some nice visuals here and there. Tedious premise and bland characters, what am I supposed to be watching for? As an original show it doesn't hook me at all. As an adaptation of Tolkien's world it fails utterly. Loud, but has nothing to say.    … Expand
  82. 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
  83. sonny2dap
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    I gave this a shot in the hope that the internet reactionary stuff was simply that, I am sad to say the reactionaries were right. Whilst the show looks pretty enough and the sound design so far has been in keeping with what you would expect the rest is poor. The dialogue is awful, the casting is terrible and I'm not talking about the brown washing of western European folklore, honestly theI gave this a shot in the hope that the internet reactionary stuff was simply that, I am sad to say the reactionaries were right. Whilst the show looks pretty enough and the sound design so far has been in keeping with what you would expect the rest is poor. The dialogue is awful, the casting is terrible and I'm not talking about the brown washing of western European folklore, honestly the "regal" elves of Tolkien are not to be found here, the high king and all the elves of note have essentially 0 screen presence. How you can spend so much money and get your casting so wrong is a mystery to me. The knockoff hobbits are a complete nonsense and seem to be tonally discordant with the rest of the show. I could go on but I'll leave you with this, House of the Dragon has also just launched and so far has relatively little combat/action but the dialogue, Intrigue and casting is exactly what you expect from big budget fantasy and it's enjoyable, the sooner the ROP is RIP the better.… Expand
  84. Catpirat
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Terrible, Tolkien turned 360 degrees in the coffin, absolutely ignoring the original source and common sense. After the first episode, there was a great wish to delete the Amazon subscription.
  85. Maleficento
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Soulless eye candy.
    I really thought I might like this show. I'd long ago given up seeing it as Tolkien and decided to just accept it as a new Fantasy show and all the bad publicity bemused me to an extent I thought l might actually be pleasantly surprised.
    But I have to tell you. Rings of Power is hurting my head! It has that annoying modern thing of the camera constantly wobbling and    Soulless eye candy.
    I really thought I might like this show. I'd long ago given up seeing it as Tolkien and decided to just accept it as a new Fantasy show and all the bad publicity bemused me to an extent I thought l might actually be pleasantly surprised.
    But I have to tell you.
    Rings of Power is hurting my head!
    It has that annoying modern thing of the camera constantly wobbling and tilting and moving while constantly zooming in on tight shots that show you NOTHING. I feel sick. This alone is going to prevent me from watching too much longer.
    They've butchered basic law and facts of Tolkien's world and my God it's cheesy.
    There is constant "it was a time"...type voiceovers with booming dramatic music not in keeping with what is occurring on the screen, i.e. Tragic battle music and all the elves are doing is walking over a sunlit field.
    This show is what you'd get if you hired a sixth form acting troupe and gave them unlimited budget.
    The problems here are those that afflict most modern entertainment. Everyone knows the skills, but they can only copy. They've been taught all the film making skills and techniques so they use ALL of them, all at once but they don't have the heart to know HOW to use them and when each technique is appropriate.
    They know the ingredient's that go into a story but not how to weave them into a compelling emotional plot so they just chuck in all the plot ingredients.
    In short, there is a lack of heart or imagination in modern film and TV making. Obsessed with metrics and formulas they can only attempt to recreate other people's passions... without the passion. It always fails and has done again.    … Expand
  86. Sokalic
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    It destroyed all story. Really sad that they did it :(
    Hope to foget that I watched
  87. unomomento
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Возможно, вы думаете, что вы самые умные, уважаемая компания Амазон. Возможно, ваши бездарные "режиссёрки" и "сценаристки" решили, что им виднее, и наследие Толкина и желания фанатов для них ничто. Они сделают новую классную историю. У меня для вас плохие новости, девочки. Фанаты и составляют фанбазу. Ваши домохозяйки, креативные менеджерки и прочая шобла - не целевая аудитория проекта.Возможно, вы думаете, что вы самые умные, уважаемая компания Амазон. Возможно, ваши бездарные "режиссёрки" и "сценаристки" решили, что им виднее, и наследие Толкина и желания фанатов для них ничто. Они сделают новую классную историю. У меня для вас плохие новости, девочки. Фанаты и составляют фанбазу. Ваши домохозяйки, креативные менеджерки и прочая шобла - не целевая аудитория проекта. Одна лишь левацкая повесточка не сделает вам рейтинги. Для этого нужно кропотливое внимание к деталям, раз уж бог кино обделил вас талантом. Надеюсь, всю команду уволят ссаными тряпками к чёртовой матери, а проект закроют.… Expand
  88. Elmris96
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Slow pacing. Cringe dialogues, no respect for the lore, bad use of cgi , bad acting
  89. Slyderer
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Bad acting, boring story telling, not the same grade of love and details I am used to in LOTR.

    No actor/actress who is able to carry the first seasion (like a Sean Bean/Lena Heady or Henry Cavil).

    World looks kinda good. Music is okay,
  90. JackFlynn
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    I gave it a 1 because there are some nice looking scenes. But even the beautiful artwork and decentish CGI doesn't make up for the fact that it has zero atmosphere. It isn't just that the actress playing Galadriel is terrible, and that they got the Elves totally wrong, but you can see they just were given nothing to work with but a banally safe & milquetoast plot. Such a wasted opportunity
  91. Usernamotaken
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Amazon can't lie to true fans, this is a defilement of Tolkien's work and an insult to intelligence. A show full of intersectionality topics and totally unaware of the world they try to portray, the show runners want to put their own ideas and corrupted morals on the work of a man who devoted his life to it. A shame and a lost opportunity.
  92. AXZO
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    My overall verdict:
    - this is not Tolkien.
    - it's not Lord of the Rings. - This is a made-up world sick fantasy 2 directors who in place of trying to reproduce the screen world and events described by the original, they in turn have decided to simply under the famous brand name and the name of the great Tolkien, to shove their crap. Do not watch, better read the Silmarillion or watch    My overall verdict:
    - this is not Tolkien.
    - it's not Lord of the Rings.
    - This is a made-up world sick fantasy 2 directors who in place of trying to reproduce the screen world and events described by the original, they in turn have decided to simply under the famous brand name and the name of the great Tolkien, to shove their crap. Do not watch, better read the Silmarillion or watch the trilogy of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings.    … Expand
  93. sneikiusas
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    My girflriend and I were waiting for this show for so long, but after watching were in such bad mood, that we had a fight, my girlfriend left me, because of this trash. Really, politics? Jesus christ, so bad it destroyed Tolkiens work and my future ex wife.
  94. helgethalappar
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I cant finished first episode so i rate this: 0
    This is not Tolkien this is SJW fantasy it deserve to be deleted    … Expand
  95. Piter123
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Tragedia, odradzam oglądania, tyle możliwości i pieniędzy a zrobili coś takiego, masakra.
    Mam nadzieję że twórcy stracą na tym jak najwięcej.
  96. 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
  97. madmalthus
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This is what happens when you simultaneously try to create a "timeless tale" as well as one that "reflects today's values and culture". Special FX fail to distract from the stultifying, time-bound and heavy-handed conceits so typical of today's creatively vacuous entertainment industry.
  98. leandroFENIX
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    es una porqueria !!!! pero en que mierda estaban pensando!!!!!!!!!!!???????????
  99. Elkar
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This could have been an average woke fantasy show with a very poor plot but some good visuals, however they chose to dirt Tolkien's legacy by using his name in order to sell this product better and some pogre politics I can't really understand. The result is an horrible experience where you can't see any Tolkien elements while any new character makes your eyes bleed.

    Just take    This could have been an average woke fantasy show with a very poor plot but some good visuals, however they chose to dirt Tolkien's legacy by using his name in order to sell this product better and some pogre politics I can't really understand. The result is an horrible experience where you can't see any Tolkien elements while any new character makes your eyes bleed.

    Just take Galadriel's case: She is one of the oldest and wisest elves in Middle Earth, wife of Celeborn and mother with him of Celebrian (wife of Elrond and mother of Arwen). But now here in this "thing" she is a young and enraged warrior who has abandoned her family (not even mentioned in the show) in a revenge quest to kill a random troll in the far north in order to avenge her brother (died thousands of years before, while her other two brothers have been removed from their canon).

    Can you believe it? Indeed, nothing has sense here.    … Expand
  100. jesusmc46
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute rubbish, unfortunate, it's not worth it, nothing, I hope this new saga of the "Lord of the Rings" series will go to ruin, it really is a crap series or saga.
    Total suspension.    … 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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