The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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  1. TrophyHunters
    Sep 2, 2022
    10
    The days of review bombing is so cringy.

    I myself went to a pre screening event on the 31st and it was magnificent, I do have my nitpicks, but I went in with an open mind, deactivated Facebook for a while and just watched, and there isn't a series out there quite like this one. If you are on the fence, and aren't toxic sheep haters. Give it a go.
  2. Phadrus
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    It simultaneously looked expensive and cheap at the same time. Weird. The characters were boring and forgettable. They made the mistake of telling about the action and not showing. Very sad.
  3. jtrim_77
    Sep 13, 2022
    0
    The show so far is visually gorgeous, but sadly the characters are bland & the story boring. I very much hope that it improves. The first two episodes start a story that is Tolkien adjacent at best. The non-Tolkien characters are meh. The Harfoots are cute but why does that small tight-knit community have so many different accents? Disa could be good but is relegated to being a trope. I doThe show so far is visually gorgeous, but sadly the characters are bland & the story boring. I very much hope that it improves. The first two episodes start a story that is Tolkien adjacent at best. The non-Tolkien characters are meh. The Harfoots are cute but why does that small tight-knit community have so many different accents? Disa could be good but is relegated to being a trope. I do have some hope for Arondir. He at least looks cool. Unfortunately, Galadriel is the saddest part of the show so far. They've given us nothing to like about her as of yet. The only thing she seems to be good at is emotionlessly staring into the middle distance.



    Sent from my Galaxy    … Expand
  4. NormalUtahn
    Sep 8, 2022
    1
    Garbage. Filthy, stinking, fly riddled, bloated carcass garbage. Disappointed beyond words by how awful this show has been. The script alone should never have seen the light of day. Throw this show in to the fires of Mount Doom, from whence it came. I can see Agent Smith standing over the lava screaming, "Cast it in to the fire! Destroy it! Bezos!!!!!"
  5. tarq
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    To clarify , i don't care about anyone's skin color. What i care is quality , and there is none. Horrible script from two people that have zero previous experience and they belong in Dumb and Dumber movie as main characters. Tolkien stories are not Marvel action movies , and they failed to realize that.
    Actors that belong in , not B rated , but C rated movies and have no connection with    To clarify , i don't care about anyone's skin color. What i care is quality , and there is none. Horrible script from two people that have zero previous experience and they belong in Dumb and Dumber movie as main characters. Tolkien stories are not Marvel action movies , and they failed to realize that.
    Actors that belong in , not B rated , but C rated movies and have no connection with real acting.Amazon even managed to find actors from UK that don't appear to finish their famous acting academies , which is visible from complete lack of basic vocabulary in their interviews. And now they are trying to blame failure on racism,bigotry etc., that is showing utter desperation..again no one cares about skin color.    … Expand
  6. Limandreluis
    Sep 7, 2022
    3
    The main actress - nothing against her person - is very blend and emotionless in this series (kind of reminds me of 80's and 90's actors like schwarzenegger and Stallone).
    I welcome inclusion, but it does feel strange and disrespectful to force today's views into the Tradicional and ancient European mythology that inspired Tolkien's work.
    Not really exciting. It will be forgotten, although    The main actress - nothing against her person - is very blend and emotionless in this series (kind of reminds me of 80's and 90's actors like schwarzenegger and Stallone).
    I welcome inclusion, but it does feel strange and disrespectful to force today's views into the Tradicional and ancient European mythology that inspired Tolkien's work.
    Not really exciting. It will be forgotten, although leaving a scar in our souls.    … Expand
  7. Mauraer
    Sep 13, 2022
    0
    Bland, boring and poorly produced. A disappointment
    How something that costs so much can look so cheap is beyond me.
    The music is also quite bad and it does not come even close to LOTR. But most importantly, everyone has the emotional maturity of a high schooler. I can't take this show seriously. Characters are 2 dimensional and boring. Galadriel feels like she is only capable of anger    Bland, boring and poorly produced. A disappointment
    How something that costs so much can look so cheap is beyond me.
    The music is also quite bad and it does not come even close to LOTR.
    But most importantly, everyone has the emotional maturity of a high schooler. I can't take this show seriously. Characters are 2 dimensional and boring. Galadriel feels like she is only capable of anger and confusion.
    This may have worked as an original child aimed fantasy, but to put it in the same category as lord of the rings is just not going to be accepted by fans.
    It seems that the people who made this do not know what makes lord of the rings what it is. It is not the orcs, hobbits, sauron, elfs or whatever. It is the feeling of epicness, friendship, danger and stakes. All of this is lacking here.    … Expand
  8. azuljp
    Sep 11, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Una serie que no tiene nada que ver con las películas del señor de los anillos. Está repleta de progresismo y no es más que una herramienta de propaganda y adoctrinamiento de políticas de izquierda. Una serie feminista que aborrece y odia a los hombres.… Expand
  9. Solonn
    Sep 12, 2022
    0
    It's very funny to see how the negative reviews are downvoted hundreds of times in a very short time, and the positives are upvoted in equal amounts, even though only 600 people have rated the series itself positively.

    But of course only the negative reviews are reviewbombing, Amazon would never manipulate the ratings for their outrageously expensive series ;) That and the defamation    It's very funny to see how the negative reviews are downvoted hundreds of times in a very short time, and the positives are upvoted in equal amounts, even though only 600 people have rated the series itself positively.

    But of course only the negative reviews are reviewbombing, Amazon would never manipulate the ratings for their outrageously expensive series ;)

    That and the defamation of their own customers as racists and trolls is actually enough to boycott Rings of Power and Amazon.

    For the actual review:

    If you force diversity contrary to lore, it usually comes across as very artificial and immersion disturbing. But that's no reason for a series to be considered bad per se, as House of The Dragon shows.

    If you take one of the most important writers in world literature to sell his product, but then rewrite the story of this writer to the point beyond recognition, that is highly outrageous.
    On the one hand it's disrespectful to someone's life's work, on the other hand it's cheating on the viewers who expect something specific under this title.
    But even that doesn't have to be a guarantee that the series is bad.

    But with these terrible conditions, it doesn't stop there.

    First of all, many reviewers think that the series looks good. It's certainly a matter of taste, but I can't share this impression. The world looks extremely artificial. The original Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as Harry Potter and Game of Thrones have created much more organic looking worlds. The look of Rings of Power doesn't create any immersion for me, I feel like I'm in the cinematic opening credits of a video game.
    And then there are the horrible costumes including Elvis hairstyle for the elves...who would think it was a good idea to depict Middle-earth in this way when Tolkien's work has been illustrated for over 70 years.
    But even bad costumes and cold backdrops cannot completely destroy a show.

    But Rings of Power also has extremely stereotyped characters. For example, Galadriel is the worst Mary Sue I have seen in ages, and of course she is the lonely heroine who is held down by everyone else, when on her own she could liberate all of Middle-earth if only she were let... who does that please written? A writing class to avoid the worst rookie mistakes might have been helpful

    Speaking of writing: where it really gets cringe here are the dialogues. A schoolchild could have written it. "You didn't see what I saw" "Yes I did" "No you didn't" ...

    "The evil here is so strong that the torches no longer warm us. This way."
    "How can you be so sure?!"
    "It's colder than anywhere else."

    "It's a miracle that the tree grows here with the little light." "Where there is love there is always light."

    Wow

    And then we have the tiny little problem that the series (so far) has no story.
    We see Galadriel's brother Finrod for 3 seconds, then it is told that he was killed and now Galadriel hunts Sauron, who will definitely show up at some point, even if nobody believes it for whatever reason... This must be enough.
    Again, for a modern video game, such a story start would be thin. For a film, let alone a series, this is simply insufficient.

    I can still remember a German video game series that was very popular in this country. The last part came out in 2006: Gothic 3. Since there were massive time bottlenecks and money problems during development, the game was never really finished. The starting quest of this unfinished game was "Find Xadras" (For he is apparently a traitor). And this quest then drove you all over the continent of the game world.
    At the time, players were upset about this lack of imagination. That was in 2006 in a video game, a small German studio that had massive development problems.

    Now here we are, 16 years later, the international giant amazon is producing the most expensive series ever made and the starting quest is: "Find Sauron" (Because he murdered your brother (so even simpler than in Gothic 3)).

    lol just lol

    The most positive thing I can say about the series is that it doesn't look as cheap as Xena. In relation to the budget, however, Rings of Power still looks very cheap. And Xena at least had more likeable characters.    … Expand
  10. D-d-dont_shoot
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    I feel the cast did a really poor job here. Especially the hobbits. Who at Amazon looked at their storyline and thought it would be well received? And the writing... oh lord the writing.

    Two and a half episodes is enough for me. I'm out. How could Amazon foul this up so badly? Did they really look at the story of Numenor and say to themselves 'What this really needs is a big dose of    I feel the cast did a really poor job here. Especially the hobbits. Who at Amazon looked at their storyline and thought it would be well received? And the writing... oh lord the writing.

    Two and a half episodes is enough for me. I'm out. How could Amazon foul this up so badly? Did they really look at the story of Numenor and say to themselves 'What this really needs is a big dose of modern day identity politics, sraight from Twitter'? I mean... Words fail me...    … Expand
  11. Djangofidelis
    Sep 12, 2022
    2
    Um desastre, muito mal feito tecnicamente. Quem viu a Roda do Tempo também feito pela Amazon vai reparar que tem os mesmos problemas, só que muito pior. Péssimo produto de entretenimento para os amantes dos livros e também para quem não conhece aquele universo. A propaganda e marketing foram enganosos, a qualidade visual é pior que os trailers e as musicas não encaixam com o clima e osUm desastre, muito mal feito tecnicamente. Quem viu a Roda do Tempo também feito pela Amazon vai reparar que tem os mesmos problemas, só que muito pior. Péssimo produto de entretenimento para os amantes dos livros e também para quem não conhece aquele universo. A propaganda e marketing foram enganosos, a qualidade visual é pior que os trailers e as musicas não encaixam com o clima e os cenários. Uma decepção total. A falsa diversidade é o menor dos problemas dessa serie tendo em conta as gritantes debilidade técnicas e amadoras, que vão desde erros de gravação, erros de edição, erros de direção, falta de um enredo e roteiro definido, diálogos sem sentido e medíocres, atores trocando subitamente de sotaque ( na versão inglesa ), transições de cenas completamente sem nexo e terrivelmente mal executadas. Se os 2 primeiros episódios foram essa tortura, os restantes 6 devem ser mais da mesma atrocidade. Ninguém merece perder tempo com essa aberração.… Expand
  12. Mack_Bolan
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    This tv show has some good scenery and cgi special effects, but there is nothing else of quality in the show at all. It has the usual modern woke agenda you often see in low quality tv shows and movies. It has poor casting, poor acting, poor direction, poor script writing and an extremely poor story structure. Perhaps the biggest failure of all, is that it claims to be true to Tolkien'sThis tv show has some good scenery and cgi special effects, but there is nothing else of quality in the show at all. It has the usual modern woke agenda you often see in low quality tv shows and movies. It has poor casting, poor acting, poor direction, poor script writing and an extremely poor story structure. Perhaps the biggest failure of all, is that it claims to be true to Tolkien's setting, but this could not be further from the truth, it completely and utterly fails in every way possible to be ture to Tolkien's creation.… Expand
  13. Woodland_Ranger
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    First, a message from Jeff Bezos: 'good job amazon workers, proud of you scoring our series a 10/10, as a reward you get a pіss break in a real toilet once a day for 3 days'.

    The show itself? Poor writing. The hubris of Hollywood hacks who think their 'talents' amount to even a shadow of Tolkien makes you shake your head in wonder. The acting is awful too. Very immersion breaking.
  14. roelani
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    Review only applies to the first episode as I haven’t seen the second yet.

    So far, this is a disaster. CGI is mostly good, with some very impressive landscape shots which I expect will get re-used as the season goes on. Casting is a mixed bag, but it hardly matters because the show seems to do its level best to prevent the audience from giving a single sh*t about any of its characters.    Review only applies to the first episode as I haven’t seen the second yet.

    So far, this is a disaster. CGI is mostly good, with some very impressive landscape shots which I expect will get re-used as the season goes on. Casting is a mixed bag, but it hardly matters because the show seems to do its level best to prevent the audience from giving a single sh*t about any of its characters. The pacing is atrocious, and destroys any hope of getting any sort of handle on the stakes. Too little time is spent on character-establishing scenes, and way too much of the audience’s time is wasted on inconsequential “remember this guy from the books?” nostalgia introductions that backfire immediately because of odd casting decisions and introducing new characters with little to no context to them.

    Why they insisted on front-loading their story by dumping all these nobodies on screen all at once is anyone’s guess, but it completely destroyed any investment I might have had in wanting to learn more. Galadriel’s character assassination is so complete that the only scene where she displays any sort of personality trait beyond “revenge-obsessed stubbornness” is unearned, because it relies on a relationship that happened off-screen, several hundred years before the events of the show.

    In short, whoever approved this screenplay likely doomed the show for a lot of folks. People are saying that episode 2 isn’t quite as horrendous, but now it’s feeling like a chore to have to sit back with this mess.

    It’s not a zero, obviously. A lot of painstaking work went into the effects and the sets. But when you have artists carefully sculpting fake wood statues that are then used as elven mausoleums carved into LIVING TREES, you know you just ruined all that work because it’s all pointless.

    This isn’t Tolkien.

    Edit: My score hasn't changed after watching episode 02 and I don't think I'll continue.

    Edit 2: I lowered it because it keeps getting stupider.    … Expand
  15. Ninkasi
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    Not sure what this is but is isn't LOTR. With the money involved Amazon should have created it's own brand new fantasy series. Obvious money grab riding on the coattails of Peter Jackson's excellent epics and the LOTR books. Dull all around. Dull acting. Dull music. Dull writing. Dull choreography.
  16. Mrkrabs228
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    We all knew what was coming. Big money, beautiful views and costumes… good things end here. “Nice work” Amazon
  17. Stah
    Sep 10, 2022
    3
    If I'd try to be short I'd say - 'do not waste your time!'. But such a sharp opinion requires some details, indeed.

    Let's be it. First of all: The storytelling is dull and chaotic. I.e., Gal is going to North 'several years', at least, - but returning from there by 'one moment' and nothing is in between. Oops! Acting and dialogues are rough, pathetic and without any meaning.    If I'd try to be short I'd say - 'do not waste your time!'. But such a sharp opinion requires some details, indeed.

    Let's be it.

    First of all: The storytelling is dull and chaotic. I.e., Gal is going to North 'several years', at least, - but returning from there by 'one moment' and nothing is in between. Oops!

    Acting and dialogues are rough, pathetic and without any meaning. Fighting cruel elvish children? Mutiny in elvish team? Gal, jumping from the ship and swimming back from the Far West gates and Light of Valinor? Are you kidding?

    Women as the 'acting force'... Let me not to explain that it cannot be in THAT world. It ruins one of milestones of story. Rare 'women with sword' in LOTR are just forced to take this role - and they hate it. Here we have, at least, three of them in a first episode at once. And they LOVE it.

    Then, again - I presume, creators do not know what is the 'race' word meaning. They ruined races of elves, dwarves and even those we call 'hobbits' to the 'modern requirements' (you know what I mean).

    What a saga without good fight? Here's some, in the first episode. And it looks ugly - i.e. troll ruins FIVE elves, but fiercy Gal is coming, camera shows 'zig-zag-zag', and boom! - troll is dead. Game over. Another one is epic fight between elves and orcs, and I don't even want to discuss about this. It's just a one big mess.

    Elves are perfect, we all know. But not here. Old elves. Ugly elves. Muscular elves. The only thing you can recognize the elf is his ear.

    I don't even want to remark about 'gipsy hobbits' or 'middle age men' (hey - it's Middle-Earth, not middle-age!). Full picture is total waste.

    I watched only first episode. I want to see body-positive dwarves - and then I'll drop the show to trashcan. Sorry, Professor! - and I'm glad you don't see it.    … Expand
  18. Metalcamper
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    Series is complete trash, cgi is horrible especially for 60M on episode, scenes are borring, dialogues are like 5year old wrote them, for now in first 3 episodes actually nothing happened.
    You are watching 8 stories happening at the same time and in none of them nothing happens...
    Music is bad at best and totally horrific at some poits it sounds like shi* flutted (youtube it). If i wouldnt    Series is complete trash, cgi is horrible especially for 60M on episode, scenes are borring, dialogues are like 5year old wrote them, for now in first 3 episodes actually nothing happened.
    You are watching 8 stories happening at the same time and in none of them nothing happens...
    Music is bad at best and totally horrific at some poits it sounds like shi* flutted (youtube it). If i wouldnt be watching it with my friends during coffie i would turn it off after 20 min or fall asleep. If it show would be called rings od prime and wouldnt be connected to tolkien i would give it 5, but since its Tolkiens work it deserves less than 0.    … Expand
  19. gapakos
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    If Tolkien considered things like the 'mom buy me an ice cream or I'll scream' look a virtue as the show-runners do, he probably didn't write The Lord of The Rings. He'd absolutely love this show!
  20. mocan
    Sep 13, 2022
    2
    It shows there is alot of interest and time invested in the series but the character development and narrative is poorly, they dont either represent the series or the writter intend and show to let the watcher identify the situations. Things like appearing a raft in the middle of the sea and getting rescued its ridiculous. It seems they put too much effort in showing a beautiful scenaryIt shows there is alot of interest and time invested in the series but the character development and narrative is poorly, they dont either represent the series or the writter intend and show to let the watcher identify the situations. Things like appearing a raft in the middle of the sea and getting rescued its ridiculous. It seems they put too much effort in showing a beautiful scenary but not dept of the story wich results on little interest in the story arc or loss of a character. After watching 3rd episode i lost all hope on the series.… Expand
  21. fbnaulin
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Bad fanfiction. Not Tolkien: Gil-Galad and Elrond, Lord of the Eldars, are here two clueless idiots.

    Lack of consistency: Galadriel climbing with chain mail in frozen waste, an elf speaks with a shady attitude on her just to say they need to camp. Later, she will be swimming in the ocean, just to find a man who she blame to be coward, after a huge monster destroyed his people (!), and    Bad fanfiction. Not Tolkien: Gil-Galad and Elrond, Lord of the Eldars, are here two clueless idiots.

    Lack of consistency: Galadriel climbing with chain mail in frozen waste, an elf speaks with a shady attitude on her just to say they need to camp. Later, she will be swimming in the ocean, just to find a man who she blame to be coward, after a huge monster destroyed his people (!), and they will talk about recovering a kingdom instead of urgent matters: how to survive the actual situation. This lack of danger, makes the character feel souless, I couldn't care less about Galadriel drowning.

    In the Men plot: elves doing guard for 70+ couldn't have any intel about the burned village in less than a day of travel. Harfoots plot: a meteor crash very near, but none except Nori will go to look. And so on. Dialog and action are so low standard, I couldn't believe how toothless, emotionless, and tiresome this thing is.    … Expand
  22. Starfree
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    The show couldn’t keep my concentration. 15 minutes felt like 2 hours and nothing happened. The show jumped around every 5 seconds. I stopped watch 30 minutes in, because you have a B plot where there is no conflict and the characters have no development. Then the A plot you spend 20 minutes learning how the pretty elf queen from Lord of the Rings is a **** Karen who literally leaves herThe show couldn’t keep my concentration. 15 minutes felt like 2 hours and nothing happened. The show jumped around every 5 seconds. I stopped watch 30 minutes in, because you have a B plot where there is no conflict and the characters have no development. Then the A plot you spend 20 minutes learning how the pretty elf queen from Lord of the Rings is a **** Karen who literally leaves her men in her dust to die.… Expand
  23. LothlorienElf
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    I don't even really know what to say to this. I gave it a shot, even though I wasn't too interested in it after the trailers and actually didn't even want to watch it at all in the first place. But I did. And this is what I think:
    After two hours I am still not interested in the characters. I can't even remember their names. I still don't feel like I am in Middle Earth, a place that a lot    I don't even really know what to say to this. I gave it a shot, even though I wasn't too interested in it after the trailers and actually didn't even want to watch it at all in the first place. But I did. And this is what I think:
    After two hours I am still not interested in the characters. I can't even remember their names. I still don't feel like I am in Middle Earth, a place that a lot of us call home, where we like to go after a stressful day.
    This here, this seems like watching a Version of "Game of Thrones/The Witcher", not a TV Show that has something to do with The Lord of the Rings. All I can really say is that nothing there caught my attention. And the supposed "Elves" in this TV Show are a disgrace, especially to Tolkien.    … Expand
  24. nictom
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    CGI: Amazing!
    Story adaptation: Horrible! Tolkien must be turning in his grave because of this...
  25. Hiltifinger
    Sep 9, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to give this show a fair chance, but holy Hobbit, what a mess!

    Where to start? Elves whose hairstyles are reminiscent of a poorly made Pop music video from the 80s and for whom actors have been cast who don't look like immortals at all. Plus: A one-dimensional main character who, miles away from the shores of Middle-earth, goes for a swim in the biggest plot hole since the penultimate episode of the final season of Game of Thones - and who, thousands of years later, still behaves like a defiant child whose self-made paper ship has just been sunk. For whom nothing is at stake at any time, because this very special elf is able to kill a troll in 30 seconds, which took Legolas and the Fellowship almost ten minutes in the mines of Moria. Infantile harfoots, whose scenes are sometimes reminiscent of a sitcom from the 50s, but where you wait in vain for the laughter to fade in in the background. And when two elves, without provisions, without horses and above all - without any presentable delegation, walk miles to get an audience with a dwarf prince, only for one of them (who, by the way, is the most important blacksmith in Middle-earth) to be allowed to make the long, arduous journey back...then, dear viewer you truly wonder whether this Is High Fantasy or a Brigand's Tale.

    Fortunately, it turns out that the diverse cast, which some "so-called trolls" have questioned in advance, cannot and will not have any influence at all on this review. How could it, given that we live in an age in which heated discussions are justifiably triggered when historical or fictional films are not cast with appropriately ethnically correct leading actors because people want to renounce the "white-whashing" of times past. It is anything but politically correct and respectful to miscast, for example, Scarlett Johannson in the live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime masterpiece "Ghost in the Shell" or John Wayne as Genghis Khan. Who would think of casting Disney's live-action adaptation of Mulan with Caucasian actors, like in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"? And just to make it absolutely clear: I think that's a good thing! But why do the opposite here? Especially when you know in advance that the majority of Tolkien fans seem to worship all his works as "history" with almost religious zeal.

    Leaving aside the pointlessness of such a discussion: not everyone will have the opportunity to see the first two episodes in the cinema on a big screen, so that at least some of the really great images can unfold their effect. And this despite the fact that the CGI effects are unfortunately clearly perceived as such and some things look like ultra-graphic settings in a computer game. But if, like most people, you can only watch the whole thing on a normal TV, then the sheer glamour of this big visually blown-up nothingness fades very quickly and you concentrate on what really makes a good TV series: A compelling script with main characters that you can and want to sympathise with. Unfortunately, the vast majority here is reduced to a moderately written soap opera full of clichés. And no - I don't expect the quality of the whole thing to improve significantly, at least not in the first season, but I sincerely hope for a more differentiated development of the main protagonists in the future - especially that of a certain person.

    In the end, all that remains for me is the realisation that this is probably more of a retelling of the fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes". Only this time, the majority of critics praise the sheer finesse and epic grandeur of the "outfit", whereas the majority of hardcore fans will put it more honestly:

    "The emperor isn't wearing anything at all!"    … Expand
  26. ThankMeLater
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    If the annoying invented or twisted characters (most prominently Kaladrie-L) making stupid decisions without consequences, teleporting from here to there and back while still managing to drag on forever, the almost cartoonish bad dialogue, an one-atom-thin storyline and other... uhm, qualities of this show don't convince you that it's not related in any recognizable shape or form toIf the annoying invented or twisted characters (most prominently Kaladrie-L) making stupid decisions without consequences, teleporting from here to there and back while still managing to drag on forever, the almost cartoonish bad dialogue, an one-atom-thin storyline and other... uhm, qualities of this show don't convince you that it's not related in any recognizable shape or form to Tolkien's work that you think you know and love (or if you never liked Tolkien to begin with) -- then by all means, you'll love it.

    Kind of funny how the not so favorable reviews talk about the show, and the few positive ones talk about the other reviewers.    … Expand
  27. bibi4
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    In the first minutes Elf-children are shown as being bullies...Elves, the epitome of purity & wisdom. That's just the 1st in a long series of Tolkien deconstruction exercises that make me wonder if the writers either never read Tolkien, or hate all his themes & philosophy.
    The script literally sounds like it was written by an AI.
    The characters are more projections of ideas than people    In the first minutes Elf-children are shown as being bullies...Elves, the epitome of purity & wisdom. That's just the 1st in a long series of Tolkien deconstruction exercises that make me wonder if the writers either never read Tolkien, or hate all his themes & philosophy.
    The script literally sounds like it was written by an AI.
    The characters are more projections of ideas than people you can care about.
    The armor and swords look like they are made of plastic.
    Everyone talks about the CGI and but that's all this show is: wallpaper.
    This is not Tolkien, this is that awful modern thing: "content".    … Expand
  28. ZubriQ
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    Haha, this is so funny to see how admins fight the User Score bellow; they programmatically make the same Dislike Count as the Like, but with a little bit more high number (+2). The score tells by itself that the show sux.

    You probably won't find any rings here; it's too black over here, can't see anything.

    The score is totally deserved.
  29. Tjale
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Insult to Tolkien fandom.
    Except that one scene when Galadriel says "You're a wizard, Gandalf" and he answered " I'm a what?!?"... I almost cried.
    Not rating bombing, i genuinely dislike the show!
  30. Mooncitadel
    Sep 7, 2022
    2
    Very bad so far! The 2 first episodes are boring and I did not recognize Tolkien lore & universe. Actors are not memorable to say the least. The story is poorly written and uninteresting, the motivations of the characters are cliché and we don't care what will happen to them. I find it difficult to understand considering the monumental money invested in the series, how did we arrive atVery bad so far! The 2 first episodes are boring and I did not recognize Tolkien lore & universe. Actors are not memorable to say the least. The story is poorly written and uninteresting, the motivations of the characters are cliché and we don't care what will happen to them. I find it difficult to understand considering the monumental money invested in the series, how did we arrive at such a mediocre result?… Expand
  31. Huemraz
    Sep 7, 2022
    1
    Если Властелина Колец от Amazon не связывать с Властелином Колец, Толкиеном, кольцами, эльфами, орками, хоббитами, Сауроном и Средиземьем, то можно смотреть. В остальных случаях это ё***ный стыд.
  32. SlavaUkaine
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    “Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made” - J.R.R. Tolkien
  33. Tolfaramir
    Sep 12, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This series could have been the most epic fantasy story ever told but it's not.

    Loosely based on the works of JRR Tolkien, a 3,500 year age has been compressed to a few years, with characters new and old that would never have crossed paths and some that are completely different. The story is not Tolkiens original work. Galadriel, the second most powerful elf only to Feanor, who is now portrayed as a warrior with all the toxic masculine attributes you don't want to see is on a random mission with "looks can be deceiving" Sauron. Elrond is playing a role he never was, traveling several hundreds of miles with no provisions or support except for Celebrimbor who he then turns back once reaching his destination. None of the factions make sense with mixed ethnicities in supposedly close nit off the map tribes who have hidden from the world for a thousand years. The elves don't look like elves, they're not tall or fair but short haired, mixed racial, human looking that you'd only recognise when they focus on the slightly pointed ears. For a fan, it's not Tolkien, for a casual viewer you're left with huge holes, no context, characters you dislike immediately and a very slow progression that's frankly pointless detours.    … Expand
  34. Psitivebomthis1
    Sep 14, 2022
    0
    USEFUL FOR INSOMNIA
    Forget everything you remember about the Lord of the Rings trilogy, this is nothing like it.
    Its the most boring load of twaddle i have seen in a long time. Very badly written with boring characters and mostly mediocre or bad actors. Most of the scenery appears to be CGI and there is a huge lack of any excitement or action. In my eyes this is a huge fail and cannot    USEFUL FOR INSOMNIA
    Forget everything you remember about the Lord of the Rings trilogy, this is nothing like it.
    Its the most boring load of twaddle i have seen in a long time.
    Very badly written with boring characters and mostly mediocre or bad actors.
    Most of the scenery appears to be CGI and there is a huge lack of any excitement or action.
    In my eyes this is a huge fail and cannot even be compared to the movies.    … Expand
  35. DexEngineer
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Unwatchable disaster, even when you forget about Tolkien's view of LOTR. Completely out of touch, empty, boring and worst of all... make you not care and feel nothing. Everybody knows now it was about activism, not good writing or good acting. Woke is destroying good cinema.
  36. McCorius
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    I never thought a company would spend a billion dollars just to say f$&@ you to a certain group of people but here we are.
  37. romelbaptista
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No le doy un cero solo por destruir el legado de Tolkien sino porque la serie es simplemente mala, actores horribles, terribles diálogos, mal guío, historia aburrida (más parece un fan fic) vestuarios y efectos tan sobrecargados que no parecen reales, ojalá cancelen esta basura ultraprogresista.… Expand
  38. PaddyIrish
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Just a quick note to those giving this faecal matter a score of 10.

    A score of 10 means the show was utterly flawless. Every aspect of what you watched and are now reviewing was totally perfect and could not be bettered in any way, by any person. EVER! The acting/actors, script, delivery, direction, score, backdrops, graphics/cgi - you honestly think they were all perfect. Now let    Just a quick note to those giving this faecal matter a score of 10.

    A score of 10 means the show was utterly flawless. Every aspect of what you watched and are now reviewing was totally perfect and could not be bettered in any way, by any person. EVER!

    The acting/actors, script, delivery, direction, score, backdrops, graphics/cgi - you honestly think they were all perfect.

    Now let us remind ourselves of the 10 movies commonly considered the best of all time;

    1. Shawshank Redemption - 9.3
    2 The Godfather - 9.2
    3 Schindlers List - 9.0
    4 One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest - 8.7
    5 Casablanca - 8.5
    6= Lawrence Of Arabia - 8.3
    6= Citizen Kane - 8.3
    8= Raging Bull - 8.2
    8= Gone With The Wind - 8.2
    10 - Wizard Of Oz - 8.1

    These are all timeless classics. You'll notice that they are all original and that no-one has copied, reimagined, imitated or otherwise bastardized any of them. (I mean, who would dare?).

    So in summary, by giving the aforementioned faecal matter a 10, you are suggesting said faeces is better than all of these works of art.

    Well, your opinion is your opinion and you’re entitled to it.

    For my part, I now know your level of standards – and they are waaaaaay below mine!

    P.s. I appreciate that a weekly serial and a movie are different beasts but the comparison/lesson/chastisement still stands up.    … Expand
  39. Ajeid
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    Я не понимаю, почему отходят от канона. И почему везде пихают эту толерантность. Вы самые нетолерантные люди, прикрываетесь этим, а сами проявляйте неуважение к истории властелина колец, вставляете свои желания и как ВЫ это видите. А нужно делать так, как видел это автор. Первая трилогия была великолепна. А этот новые сериал хоть и красочный, но видно, что выставляете никому ненужнуюЯ не понимаю, почему отходят от канона. И почему везде пихают эту толерантность. Вы самые нетолерантные люди, прикрываетесь этим, а сами проявляйте неуважение к истории властелина колец, вставляете свои желания и как ВЫ это видите. А нужно делать так, как видел это автор. Первая трилогия была великолепна. А этот новые сериал хоть и красочный, но видно, что выставляете никому ненужную повестку. Бесит! Вы постоянно говорите об этом, чтобы получить популярность. Но настоящие толерантность люди они не будут видеть разницы в людях, не будут желать получить популярность от каких то блм или лгбт сообществ. Они будут делать так, как задумывал АВТОР.… Expand
  40. TorontoMatt4
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    If Ed Wood had filmed Beowulf it would probably turn out better; at least it would have been endearingly hopeless, not just hopelessly bad.
  41. Small526
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Rings of Power is a boring series based on a scenario by elementary school students. The elves (indistinguishable from humans) with watchtowers scattered over a wide area and keen eyesight were suddenly all captured by the orcs and you didn't even bother to show it. And almost the entire show is filled with such illogical events. Pleasant only CGI (sometimes) and scenery.
  42. Picklerickyo
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Amazon is censoring IMDb and all the reviews under 6* are vanished. This has nothing to do with fighting review bombing — it’s corporate greed censoring the common folk like me to express free speech. Ugly company ran by an ugly man. Tolkien would turn in the grave to see on what hands his masterpiece got into.
  43. WokebackMtn
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    The writing, the acting, the creative license taken are basically an insult to the source material. Peter Jackson made Tolkien come to life. This show should be forgotten.
  44. Gouken128
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Wow...this was really hard to watch. I don't understand why they would do this.
  45. DaisyDuke
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Terribly boring, non-canonical fan fiction. Visuals and music are passable. Costumes, writing, dialogue, pacing, lore-keeping, and virtue signaling at its worst. Acting is vapid and passionless. It's a steaming pile of garbage with Tolkien's name slapped on top. A Soulless cash grab. A stain on Tolkiens name. This should have been aborted at conception. These show runners couldn’t writeTerribly boring, non-canonical fan fiction. Visuals and music are passable. Costumes, writing, dialogue, pacing, lore-keeping, and virtue signaling at its worst. Acting is vapid and passionless. It's a steaming pile of garbage with Tolkien's name slapped on top. A Soulless cash grab. A stain on Tolkiens name. This should have been aborted at conception. These show runners couldn’t write their way out of a high school critical thinking class. How dare they claim it’s their time to write this beloved ip. Amazon sucks.

    Also, it’s not review bombing to voice criticisms and displeasure with a show. In contrast, all you people positively reviewing this dumpster fire to counteract this supposed negative review bombing are taking part in your own review bombing. Bunch of hypocritical bootlickers. Get your tongues out of Bezos’ chocolate starfish.    … Expand
  46. FedeVarax
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    Il problema di questa serie non è il cast, neanche la becera infedeltà ai testi, ma il fatto che faccia proprio cagare come prodotto TV.
    In HoD hanno inserito attori neri ma la serie è perfettamente godibile, gli anelli del potere sembra stata girata per un target di 8 anni.
  47. Johnnywon
    Sep 11, 2022
    0
    This show seriously misses the point of Tolkiens aim in writing his lore and hence fails to deliver the visual representation of one of the finest story tellers to ever exist. It will soon be forgotten or remembered as the "apocrypha" amongst tolkiens avid readers. Its not even good fan fiction. And fyi as a black tolkien fan black people should feel insulted by their forcefull andThis show seriously misses the point of Tolkiens aim in writing his lore and hence fails to deliver the visual representation of one of the finest story tellers to ever exist. It will soon be forgotten or remembered as the "apocrypha" amongst tolkiens avid readers. Its not even good fan fiction. And fyi as a black tolkien fan black people should feel insulted by their forcefull and needless insertion to other cultures folklore. I can say this as a person i am from the only non colonized African nation which has its own vast and beautifully African folklore that can help black people connect with their cultural heritage and provide Hollywood with untapped interesting stories.… Expand
  48. Rubino
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Not even the slightest related to the masterpiece Jackson has created and truly undeserving of the title :The Lord of the Rings.
  49. capt_morgan
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Just boring beyond boring; super long shoots of faces and dragging drooling simpleton dialog covered up in old english.
  50. mari2k
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    1 Star for SFX. Everything else is garbage. No this is not Tolkien anymore... it has nothing to do with LOTR. Bad , boring, full of political correctness.
  51. Stevenlide
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    They spent a lot of money but the story is lacking. Doesn't even attempt to get the viewer interested outside of some cool special effects.
  52. leapeescape
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    There is no literary basis for any of this. The dialogue does not feel like Tolkein. All the $ in the world wont make this LOTR.
  53. Tonatiuh21
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    These two episodes are enough to check the bad things we all suspected, “Representation” characters so empty, forced “feminisms” in the back of Karendriel and no plot at all
  54. vonSpeck
    Sep 5, 2022
    3
    im givin 3 for few scenery done right, everything else is terrible, no long hair for elves, no elendil or isildur, no real galadriel, nothing, we got lazy writing and terible script, sorry to see this done to Tolkien
  55. PaoloLobos
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    The rings of cringe, uncomfortable to watch. Nothing much happens in the first episode until the last five minutes, “It’s just miserable. There’s visual spectacle – but only achieved through copious amounts of high-quality CGI. Galadriel, seems to be the main character and changed his personality with elrond, who, like all male characters, is useless, cowardly or miserable. a story fullThe rings of cringe, uncomfortable to watch. Nothing much happens in the first episode until the last five minutes, “It’s just miserable. There’s visual spectacle – but only achieved through copious amounts of high-quality CGI. Galadriel, seems to be the main character and changed his personality with elrond, who, like all male characters, is useless, cowardly or miserable. a story full of forced indoctrination.… Expand
  56. Cracker1
    Sep 12, 2022
    0
    Maybe when I die the showrunners can use a ouija-board to ask me for my opinion.
  57. Geralt66
    Sep 16, 2022
    1
    Rings of Power to najgorszy serial w historii, jest to zniewaga dla Tolkiena, kiedy pierwszy raz usłyszałem o Rings of Power miałem duże nadzieje, że to będzie wierna adaptacja, ale to nie jest adaptacja i z twórczością Tolkiena ma niewiele wspólnego. Kocham książki Tolkiena i czuje się tak jakby showrunnerzy i ludzie z Amazon Studios nie czytali książek Tolkiena poza fragmentami z WładcyRings of Power to najgorszy serial w historii, jest to zniewaga dla Tolkiena, kiedy pierwszy raz usłyszałem o Rings of Power miałem duże nadzieje, że to będzie wierna adaptacja, ale to nie jest adaptacja i z twórczością Tolkiena ma niewiele wspólnego. Kocham książki Tolkiena i czuje się tak jakby showrunnerzy i ludzie z Amazon Studios nie czytali książek Tolkiena poza fragmentami z Władcy Pierścieni i Hobbita. Od kiedy pojawiła się informacja, że Amazon nie ma praw do Silmarilliona stało się pewne, że serial okaże się porażką i tak jest.… Expand
  58. Zoe9000
    Sep 14, 2022
    0
    Suddenly the review manipulation began here too, with lots of fake 10 ratings. As expected.
  59. Luno_RD3204
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Scenario found in a dumpster, mediocre fight scenes and Tolkien books used as paper to piss on - and they dare call that The Lord of the Rings?… Expand
  60. bingbongbing
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    An insulting anti-White abomination of perhaps the greatest literary universe of White culture. Get woke go broke.
  61. playmorecs
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Even if you're treating this show a separate from originals movies, it's still very mediocre and just looks and feels like soap opera, horrible script and directors with practically zero experience really shows
  62. JD_Chambers
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    This is not the Tolkien universe. This is a co-opted, revisionist, poorly written, woke nightmare that's come to ruin yet another one of your favorite franchises. Don't watch if you don't want to have your blood pressure raised
  63. dudutisuvax
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Série ruim!
    Muito difícil gostar de algo deturpado como esses primeiros episódios foram.
  64. Toodlescae
    Sep 7, 2022
    1
    Aside from destroying established lore, which is bad enough, the first 2 episodes are just boring examples of bad writing. Dialogue is awful, storylines are boring,most characters are extremely unlikeable and the costumes look like they were bought on Wish.

    The only bright spits were some of the music, some of the cinematography and the dwarf couple, Durin IV and Disa. They were funny and    Aside from destroying established lore, which is bad enough, the first 2 episodes are just boring examples of bad writing. Dialogue is awful, storylines are boring,most characters are extremely unlikeable and the costumes look like they were bought on Wish.

    The only bright spits were some of the music, some of the cinematography and the dwarf couple, Durin IV and Disa. They were funny and actually sounded like a real married couple.    … Expand
  65. DanielMonc
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Let this be a lesson to everyone in the entertainment industry that the pendulum has swung. We don't want your leftist garbage here.
  66. denkker
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Incredibly a horrendous adaptation. How can something so disgusting be made from something so sublime? Everything is a real disaster: the script, the performances, the photography, the soundtrack. It's all one misfortune after another. We are facing a garbage of monumental magnitudes, I never imagined that they could annihilate something so beautiful in such a grotesque way.
  67. Ghost67
    Sep 15, 2022
    1
    Do you hear that sound? That grumbling sound from the ground? That's Tolkien rolling in his grave. Amazon has sodomized LOTR. This is a disaster of EPIC PROPORTIONS. It's reaching parody level bad. This truly feels like an amateur production. A BAD amateur production. The only good thing about this travesty are some of the pure cringe moments this show has already produced (just look upDo you hear that sound? That grumbling sound from the ground? That's Tolkien rolling in his grave. Amazon has sodomized LOTR. This is a disaster of EPIC PROPORTIONS. It's reaching parody level bad. This truly feels like an amateur production. A BAD amateur production. The only good thing about this travesty are some of the pure cringe moments this show has already produced (just look up the Galadriel horse riding scene). You have everything bad about modern filmmaking from the forced politics to the over use of bad CGI crammed into a stinking pile of poo. For so much money thrown at it, it looks cheap, the costumes look cheap, the sets look cheap, I could easily spot the points where the real set clashes with greenscreen. None of the characters are interesting, nothing really happens. This is not LOTR, its complete fiction and directly contradicts the lore. The hobbits are in a whole league of their own and completely laughable. The plot is utterly boring, its a snoozefest, nothing really happens. Actors are shot at bad angles, you have unflattering closeups, and the infamous Galadriel horse riding scene. Truly a masterful work...of utter tragedy that would make Rian Johnson blush. Congratulations, Amazon. I strongly suspect the positive reviews are astroturfing by paid bots. Beware.… Expand
  68. mk3123
    Sep 15, 2022
    0
    CGI is good, everything else is just bad from characters to the writing to the pacing, etc etc
  69. Aare25
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Dla każdego fana Tolkiena ten film to policzek. A sam film to Amazońskie fan-fiction nie warte nic.
  70. Edward468
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Worst acting I have ever seen. Even Green lantern movie is better than **** garbage.
  71. rexyhm
    Sep 15, 2022
    0
    Just another adaptation that has no respect to its sources. Forced diversity just for the sake of diversity is just lame.
  72. Lady_Amalthea
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    Meh, I didn't care for it. The cast look awkward like they don't want to be there and the writing made me cringe. These actors and writers would likely have been much more comfortable making a drama show set in a modern city. Everything just felt wrong. Ugh.

    I wish I'd never watched this. I wish the Second Age I'd read of and imagined had never been polluted with this Hollywood trashing    Meh, I didn't care for it. The cast look awkward like they don't want to be there and the writing made me cringe. These actors and writers would likely have been much more comfortable making a drama show set in a modern city. Everything just felt wrong. Ugh.

    I wish I'd never watched this. I wish the Second Age I'd read of and imagined had never been polluted with this Hollywood trashing of Tolkien.    … Expand
  73. Tyetan
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Boring, badly written, woke, activism. Don't bother w/ this trash. Do yourself a favor if you really want to dive back into Middle Earth, just re-watch the Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
  74. LakisUchiha
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Abomination.
    Stop taking successful material and corrupting it in the name of profit.
    Make something original and push your woke agenda there so noone sane watches it.
  75. Tubey
    Sep 11, 2022
    3
    I'm not 'review bombing' this - it's a genuine score.

    The good - it looks incredible. The money spent is right there on the screen. The bad - the characters are wooden, the actors portraying them simply lack the ability/gravitas to do justice to the source material. The writing is stilted and overstuffed, trying to sound Tolkien but is a million miles off from feeling remotely    I'm not 'review bombing' this - it's a genuine score.

    The good - it looks incredible. The money spent is right there on the screen.

    The bad - the characters are wooden, the actors portraying them simply lack the ability/gravitas to do justice to the source material. The writing is stilted and overstuffed, trying to sound Tolkien but is a million miles off from feeling remotely authentic.

    As for the 'woke' controversy/diverse casting, it's... whatever. As a Tolkien fan, I don't exactly like the lore being trodden on, but if it was done well and resulted in a decent show then whatever, can overlook it. Unfortunately, it misses everything it aims for. It's not an outright disaster, but it's bland, mediocre. Dull. And in many ways that's even worse, as this isn't even in the 'so bad it's good' category to become a cult hit.

    It's going to do well short term, as people will be intrigued by the budget and expecting a lot given it's Lord of the Rings. But this is LOTR in name only, and I expect people to tune out very quickly.    … Expand
  76. Xenophobe
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    Everything is terrible in this piece of **** starting with the script and directing, ending with the selection of actors and their acting. A mediocre product from mediocre people...
  77. Salmimio
    Sep 11, 2022
    1
    This show is boringly bad. Acting is bad, story is bad, plot is bad and has no continuity. All the elves have short, styled hair, funny I did not see a single Supercuts or barber pole in any of the towns. The actor that plays Galadriel is mis-cast, she is wooden. On a side note, I noticed that all of the 10/10 votes appear to be bots they all have one of these words in the first sentence:This show is boringly bad. Acting is bad, story is bad, plot is bad and has no continuity. All the elves have short, styled hair, funny I did not see a single Supercuts or barber pole in any of the towns. The actor that plays Galadriel is mis-cast, she is wooden. On a side note, I noticed that all of the 10/10 votes appear to be bots they all have one of these words in the first sentence: childish, stupid, racist, hater, woke, bomber, bot, cry baby. I guess any opinion/rating other than a 10 makes you one the proceeding.… Expand
  78. Nel142
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Woke Trash … Expand
  79. michev
    Sep 9, 2022
    2
    Three episodes. All it took to reveal this as yet another adaptation, that is only faithful to the original lore in name. At first I was hoping, that they might be potentially showing us few separate timelines, but alas, my expectations were too high. Hope it flops so they can stop butchering Tolkien's work.
    Two stars for some of the visuals.
  80. Aesir1
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    This is pure garbage. Even considering the series as a pure fanfiction (no respect for Tolkien whatsoever) it is a bad, annoying, nonsense product worh terrible writing and even more terrible acting. A pathetic attempt to steal Tolkien's universe.
  81. desertwayne
    Sep 2, 2022
    4
    Beware! Dangerously high levels of wokeness! They should put that as warning label. Otherwise it does feel like generic fantasy with LoTR named slapped on it.
  82. jameshowlett89
    Sep 11, 2022
    2
    well vast majority of Tolkien fan knew it was gonna end up like this but here we are regardless. now is it absolute zero worst show? absolutely not, in fact if this was not LOTR and just a generic fiction/fantasy show, it would be decent enough show but when you realize how badly they've butchered the source materials....sigh
    i can't look at a single elf and not laugh, they all look like    well vast majority of Tolkien fan knew it was gonna end up like this but here we are regardless. now is it absolute zero worst show? absolutely not, in fact if this was not LOTR and just a generic fiction/fantasy show, it would be decent enough show but when you realize how badly they've butchered the source materials....sigh
    i can't look at a single elf and not laugh, they all look like middle aged wanna be boy bad members with goofy haircuts, role swaps of Elrond from a battle master to a dweeb and Galadriel be the badass instead, not sure her powerful magic but brute force because modern kids are actually taught females are similar to males in feats of strength and combat and apparently that is their only worth, their other virtues don't matter? SMDH
    the good: beautiful visuals(better than the initial cgi we saw), out of the half dozens plots a few are interesting enough to follow and care about
    the cond: just read the rant above i guess, not faithful to it's lore, race swapped characters for sake of diversity when you could have just as easily had minority characters within human race, absolute made up creatures, elves that look ridiculous, too many plots mixed into first season, most are terrible and not interesting, i could go on but it's not worth the effort.    … Expand
  83. PHANTOMM
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    Bad acting bad script. The characters are all butchered. Feels like a common fantasy series and it would be ok if that was the case but it’s Tolkien that we’re talking about. The dialogues pretend to be profound but are just lame pseudo philosophical. The characterization of the elves it’s just meh they don’t look elvish at all. Cool visuals tho. The hobbits should not exist in the secondBad acting bad script. The characters are all butchered. Feels like a common fantasy series and it would be ok if that was the case but it’s Tolkien that we’re talking about. The dialogues pretend to be profound but are just lame pseudo philosophical. The characterization of the elves it’s just meh they don’t look elvish at all. Cool visuals tho. The hobbits should not exist in the second age.… Expand
  84. ThaMoor88
    Sep 5, 2022
    3
    I really don't want to take time to write 75 characters, on how this show already took hours from my life, and tell you how boring I found this piece of s****.
  85. Riteshroy
    Sep 5, 2022
    3
    I have not read the books, but I am a huge fan of the original trilogy. And I also understand quality.

    This show is a **** abomination. It tries hard to be deep and philosophical but fails horribly. It's cringe beyond saving. Do you know why a ship floats and a stone cannot? Do you know why a bird flies and a cat cannot? Do you know why you can drink water but not a banana? What a    I have not read the books, but I am a huge fan of the original trilogy. And I also understand quality.

    This show is a **** abomination. It tries hard to be deep and philosophical but fails horribly. It's cringe beyond saving. Do you know why a ship floats and a stone cannot?

    Do you know why a bird flies and a cat cannot?

    Do you know why you can drink water but not a banana?


    What a **** joke...    … Expand
  86. Blueovalman
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's **** **** amazon prime. If you like Pee pee and also poo poo then this is definetly the brand new **** tier show for you!… Expand
  87. TheStafflynx
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    I really don’t like the direction they took this series. Changing much of the established lore along with adding unnecessary “original characters” makes for a product that barely resembles the source material.
    I feel the compression of the timeline was also inappropriate.
    Also what the hell is with the Harfoot accent, it’s almost a caricature Irish accent and borderline offensive.
  88. dajif31574
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    predictable and boring first. but most importantly it doesn't follow the actual lotr lore, with a few embarrassing anachronisms
  89. Liberty7171
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    What an absolute disappointment. It's clear the creators of this show think they can do better than Tolkien. They are sorely mistaken. This show lacks the grandeur, dialogue, and pedigree of Tolkien's story. This is generic fantasy with a LOTR paint job. The acting is wooden and the story is vapid. They managed to make Galadriel unlikable and annoying, which is something I thoughtWhat an absolute disappointment. It's clear the creators of this show think they can do better than Tolkien. They are sorely mistaken. This show lacks the grandeur, dialogue, and pedigree of Tolkien's story. This is generic fantasy with a LOTR paint job. The acting is wooden and the story is vapid. They managed to make Galadriel unlikable and annoying, which is something I thought impossible. The bottom line is this show barely has any connection to Lord of the rings, the movies or books. This is fan fiction plain and simple. Tolkien deserves better than this poor imitation.… Expand
  90. Greywing65
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Love, loyalty, loss and lust were the main themes of the magnus opus which is the Lord of the Rings. Amazon's atrocity has no such themes other then to destroy and cheapen Tolkien's mythos. The main character, Galadriel was by far the worst part of this series. An angry and heartless Mary Sue that can't see past her quest for vengeance. Two hours of my life wasted watching this garbage.
  91. Aodhan
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    If you don't like this you are a RACIST! That's all I wanted to say I have to make this 75 characters
  92. Broyax
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    Les effets spéciaux sont ma foi très réussis, de même que la direction artistique générale et on voit bien -également parmi les décors et costumes- qu’une grosse quantité de pognon a été injectée dans cette série ! Bref, en ce qui concerne le plumage, on a bel et bien l’impression de se retrouver dans la Terre du Milieu…

    Cependant, ce beau plumage montre quand même ses limites, car il    Les effets spéciaux sont ma foi très réussis, de même que la direction artistique générale et on voit bien -également parmi les décors et costumes- qu’une grosse quantité de pognon a été injectée dans cette série ! Bref, en ce qui concerne le plumage, on a bel et bien l’impression de se retrouver dans la Terre du Milieu…

    Cependant, ce beau plumage montre quand même ses limites, car il faut bien des acteurs et des actrices pour l’incarner -tout n’est pas qu’effets numériques !- or, quelle bizarrerie, quelle infamie woke que de constater l’africanisaton au forceps de toute la distribution ! on a même des elfes (de la forêt) noirs… mais également des naines noires et ainsi de suite… ils sont partout !

    Les wokistes ont donc encore frappé et nous imposent leur diversité qui n’a pas lieu d’être dans ce monde de fantasy hérité et inspiré des cultures européennes séculaires et caucasiennes. D’ailleurs, les wokistes oublient systématiquement d’inclure des Asiatiques et pourquoi me direz-vous ?… parce qu’ils sont -encore- trop clairs !

    Alors évidemment, les Hauts Elfes sont quand même blancs mais c’est franchement tout juste… Mais ce n’est pas le seul souci de cette série de merde, car l’histoire se traîne lamentablement, les comédiens et comédiennes jouent mal -mal dirigés sans doute- et les bavardages incessants sont vraiment assommants tandis que l’action -rare- se laisse aller au cut & move.

    Les épisodes sont trop longs et malgré leur nombre restreint (8 en tout), il ne se passe rien et/ou lorsqu’il arrive éventuellement quelque chose, on n’y croit pas une seconde ! l’incrédulité demeure en effet constante et se mêle de temps à autre à un ridicule involontaire mais bien réel. Bref, quelle grosse daube !    … Expand
  93. razorac
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Total disrespect for the lore. Crap writing. High-school type theatre acting and boring and ugly characters. It would even be bad for a generic fantasy show, even the musical score is bland. The only good thing I'd give it so far some of the CGI effects, at least some of the money went into that... but the rest... oh lord, is all off the mark.
  94. jd999
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Conflict in the Rings of Power is not in Mordor. It is not in Middle Earth. The conflict is in the actors representing the characters. "Good and Evil" in this series is the fight against whiteness and men, typified by flying in the face of Tolkein's intentions with a creation that is based on nothing Tolkein wrote. The whole point of the Rings of Power is to showcase Black Equity andConflict in the Rings of Power is not in Mordor. It is not in Middle Earth. The conflict is in the actors representing the characters. "Good and Evil" in this series is the fight against whiteness and men, typified by flying in the face of Tolkein's intentions with a creation that is based on nothing Tolkein wrote. The whole point of the Rings of Power is to showcase Black Equity and Feminism, cue reverential capitalization. The plot is filled with Destiny style Manichean talk about "the light and dark," which is to say there is none of Tolkein's Christian themes at work here. How could they find a place in this Woke citadel? This show is not a bout "fantasy" or The Lord of the Rings. They used Tolkein's project precisely so they could defecate on its white male corpse, which is to say Tolkein is not the point. Blacks and women are. Middle Earth is just a prop for racial and sexual equity.… Expand
  95. cjalmeida
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Série horrível, uma fanfic woke que estraga a obra de Tolkien horrivelmente.
  96. Davefoster
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    I'm sorry but I watched the first two episodes followed by the P. Jackson trilogy and the amazon show is inferior in every conceivable way. There is zero soul to this show. I could go on and break it down further but there is no point. If you like lotr just watch the movies again o or read the books.
  97. ErrantBelle
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    Setting aside the books, ignoring all the negativity leading up to this, forgetting the existence of the two trilogies, and attempting to be as objective as possible, this series is still a massive failure on several metrics.

    The largest and most glaring problem is that it is boring. There is nothing special about this show, there are no characters to emotionally invest in, and the    Setting aside the books, ignoring all the negativity leading up to this, forgetting the existence of the two trilogies, and attempting to be as objective as possible, this series is still a massive failure on several metrics.

    The largest and most glaring problem is that it is boring.

    There is nothing special about this show, there are no characters to emotionally invest in, and the construction of the storyline borders on the incoherent.
    It is clear after mere minutes, that the individuals entrusted with this project lacked the skill and maturity needed to realize a meaningful adaptation of Tolkien's work.

    Bezos has a lot of reasons to be angry about this slowly unfolding disaster and some his ire should be turned inward, as he has admitted to not asserting his own vision for the series.
    However, the thing I would be most enraged about, if I were him, is the production value he got for his money.

    Despite years of technological advances and a gargantuan budget, the aesthetic of The Ring of Power comes across as a sad attempt to copy Peter Jackson's art direction.

    Consequently, while a visually intricate film, you do not see the full investment made into creating this show up on the screen.

    Alas, while you can explore The Rings of Power apart from Tolkien in theory, the reality is it has to be considered in that context at some point.
    The unfortunate truth is this is so far removed from the source material that devoted fan have a myriad of valid reason to be angry about it.

    This series sincerely is an exceptionally offensive abuse of the rights Amazon purchased from the Tolkien estate.
    The writers, directors, and actors appear to think their task was to "fix" Tolkien.
    Considering he is one of the most successful authors in all of human history, that kind of hubris was doomed to fail and so it has... spectacularly.
    It therefore makes perfect sense that those who have profound love for the lore are going to genuinely hate this; realistically, how could they not?

    Is this the worst show ever made? No.
    Is it entertaining?
    No.
    What the Rings of Power actually is is an abysmally bad translation of Tolkien, developed by individuals whose egos apparently vastly outstrip their talents.
    Making matter much worse, they squandered a record setting budget creating an aesthetically pleasing cure for insomnia.    … Expand
  98. spoonin
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Show is very bland like a teenage fantasy drama and the camera work feels like the whole show was shot with a cell phone camera.
  99. Alan077
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A serie descaracterizou os personagens. A forma como os personagens são roterizados é muito ruim, não empolga assistir… Expand
  100. Catperson9
    Sep 10, 2022
    2
    Good CGI. Terrible script, casting and acting. Definitely NOT LOTR! What is up with Amazon scrubbing/hiding bad reviews? Everyone trying to say all the bad reviews are review bombing, but most I have read are pretty well thought out. If anything most of the 10’s read more like bots to me.
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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
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  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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