The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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  1. rodrigo666
    Sep 2, 2022
    4
    Bad casting, flat and highly dull plot with some absurdities, and no compromise with the original material. The direction has little to do with such poor written material.
  2. keshka
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Terrible show. Boring and has nothing to do with Tolkiens world. I don't understand why do they have to push the political agenda into fantasy worlds.
  3. e1sky
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    I am very upset about this **** I can’t even imagine that someone can make something bad like that about Tolkien’s stories. It’s only about SJW and nothing about this wonderful world and characters.
  4. Lucen
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    I was willing to give this show a chance despite all the criticism. There have been examples of other fantasy shows with non-cannon diverse casting that turned out great. For example The Witcher. Unfortunately TRoP managed underperform even my lowest expectations.

    There are some good things about the show. The music and visuals are incredible. They also did a great job with the Dwarves.    I was willing to give this show a chance despite all the criticism. There have been examples of other fantasy shows with non-cannon diverse casting that turned out great. For example The Witcher. Unfortunately TRoP managed underperform even my lowest expectations.

    There are some good things about the show. The music and visuals are incredible. They also did a great job with the Dwarves.

    Sadly the negatives greatly outweigh the positives. Galadriel's character is a bit too heroic and almost feels like Indiana Jones. However, I expect her to change throughout the show as her character develops.

    However, the real deal breaker for me is the blatant and obtrusive allegory. Particularly the historic relationship between elves and humans being compared to whites and blacks in the USA. Some of the dialogue is so on the nose that I physically cringed while watching the show.

    Before anyone claims what I'm saying is racist please understand. I believe it is incredibly important to educate people about slavery in the USA and for them to understand that the impact of that era can still be felt today. However, this type of messaging has absolutely no place in LoTR and is a disgrace to Tolkien in my opinion.    … Expand
  5. robert-omb
    Sep 12, 2022
    4
    Flimsy cardboard cutouts set in a diorama of superficial beauty. Inconsistent tone, inane dialogue, disregard for the source material, and an aura of soullessness. It's bewildering how something so expensive could feel so cheap. Stick with Peter Jackson or read the books.
  6. Wildwitch
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    The scenery is amazing. The music is ok. The acting is ok. The main character should be the monster of the show. She is rude, nasty, arrogant, mean, selfish,vicious and unlikable. The REAL Galadriel is a sorceress. NOT a warrior.

    I watched all of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings to refresh my memory. It was confirmed - these 2 episodes are fan fiction and NOT Lord of the Rings. We sat    The scenery is amazing. The music is ok. The acting is ok. The main character should be the monster of the show. She is rude, nasty, arrogant, mean, selfish,vicious and unlikable. The REAL Galadriel is a sorceress. NOT a warrior.

    I watched all of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings to refresh my memory. It was confirmed - these 2 episodes are fan fiction and NOT Lord of the Rings. We sat in a group of 4 viewers and discussed it afterwards. We all nearly fell asleep during these 2 long and boring episodes.

    She is a monster. She is not a hero. She was a sorceress. Not a warrior. It's OK to be feminine in 2022.

    We won't waste another minute of our time viewing this trash when there are MANY better shows to watch. Yes - Prime has some great shows and movies. THIS is not one of them.    … Expand
  7. Worrywort
    Sep 11, 2022
    2
    Here's my rapid-fire review: A few good actors here and there but most feel like they were hired off the street, or are miscast entirely. Galadriel is an emotionless Karen, acted with the passion of a dry potato. Some musical cues are nice but it mostly sounds like they just followed a manual, it is expensive-sounding but ultimately soulless and mostly uninspired. Visually it looks veryHere's my rapid-fire review: A few good actors here and there but most feel like they were hired off the street, or are miscast entirely. Galadriel is an emotionless Karen, acted with the passion of a dry potato. Some musical cues are nice but it mostly sounds like they just followed a manual, it is expensive-sounding but ultimately soulless and mostly uninspired. Visually it looks very expensive and is rich in color and light effects, but poor in actual cinematography and camera work - again they just followed a manual. Somehow they managed to make it look fancy and fake at the same time, cgi can't replicate all the tiny little imperfections and details and random texture of real life - and this show uses a LOT of cgi. Enough has already been said about the often embarrassing dialogue, by-the-numbers screenplay and general story that deviates completely from the source material. Half of the characters are pure fanfiction with mostly pointless and unimportant subplots which the show tries to make seem important and is all the worse for it, 'filler' is a drastic word to use but it seems appropriate here. One of my biggest problems is the language, or rather lack thereof; it's just plain straight-up modern day english. Where is the elevated old-english language that Tolkien wrote so beautifully? And why do they pronounce elvish+adunaic names and places in the most forced and unnatural way possible? It sounds like they practiced to make it sound practiced, especially the actor of Galadriel. The total dumbing down of the language is the biggest reason why this show feels empty to me, and in combination with soap opera-level acting it compounds that even further. TRoP largely feels fake and empty, because there is no true inspiration or artistic vision behind it. It is just very expensive confetti, that spits in the face of arguably the most loved and revered work of fantasy that has ever been created, and that is why I give this show a rating of 2/10.… Expand
  8. teebow
    Sep 9, 2022
    2
    Thought the writing acting and overall pace was very poor. Plus the characters are just not very convincing
  9. moler
    Sep 11, 2022
    0
    No vale ni como salva pantallas. Actores malos. Guión malo. Coincidencias con Tolkien son pura coincidencia. Cgi 5 min bien luego aburre igual que los diálogos hechos para gente de 7 años. El sonido se hace pesado
  10. entitet
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Creators of TRoP: Hey, Tolkien fans. We're simply gonna take your beloved inherently racist and sexist saga, change it and infuse it with our political ideologies.
    Tolkien fans: Why can't you just create something new, instead of bastardizing something established with your politics?
    Creators of TRoP: Shut up, racist white sexist incel! We're the GOOD people here and everyone who    Creators of TRoP: Hey, Tolkien fans. We're simply gonna take your beloved inherently racist and sexist saga, change it and infuse it with our political ideologies.
    Tolkien fans: Why can't you just create something new, instead of bastardizing something established with your politics?
    Creators of TRoP: Shut up, racist white sexist incel! We're the GOOD people here and everyone who criticize our will and actions are PURE EVIL!

    Honestly tho. Let them waste all those millions on this show. I simply don't understand the delusional logic of just using an established title, which mostly only appeal to passionate fans who don't like changes to well established lore.    … Expand
  11. iskatu
    Sep 2, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Galadriel trying to swim across the ocean? Are you serious ? So this doesn't seem strange to anyone? I mean screenwriters. It's really a pity.… Expand
  12. Zhoasbull
    Sep 2, 2022
    4
    Great visuals, but no characters grabbed me. The writing was pure formula and the acting was wooden.
  13. PapaRoyal
    Sep 10, 2022
    1
    Reeeally should've taken a page out of Peter Jackson's book and made a show true to Tolkien not true to whatever whims blowing through Hollywood at the moment.
  14. loderunner
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Trashy fan-fiction. Hobbits are black. Elves are black. Watch at your own risk, this **** has nothing with original lotr atmosphere and aesthetics.
  15. Cufa
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Visualmente esta muy bien pero es algo que se espera por el alto presupuesto, luego nos encontramos con que el prologo es lo unico canon de todo lo que vimos. La trama es aburrida, actuaciones de malas a regulares, el guion infantil y con mensajes hasta en algunos puntos politicos no es lo que uno espera de una historia de Tolkien. Incluso si hicieramos de cuenta que la serie no esVisualmente esta muy bien pero es algo que se espera por el alto presupuesto, luego nos encontramos con que el prologo es lo unico canon de todo lo que vimos. La trama es aburrida, actuaciones de malas a regulares, el guion infantil y con mensajes hasta en algunos puntos politicos no es lo que uno espera de una historia de Tolkien. Incluso si hicieramos de cuenta que la serie no es "basada" en las obras de Tolkien podriamos decir que es mala, los elfos parecen hombres comunes, los hobbits no tienen relevancia alguna en la historia de esta absolutamente NUEVA fantasia que estan creando, el arco narrativo de Arondir parece mas interesado por estar con Bronwyn que por las amenazas a la Tierra Media. en fin, podria seguir asi con mas argumentos de porque la serie resultó ser un fracaso lamentablemente para nosotros, los fans reales.… Expand
  16. jjnoahjames
    Sep 10, 2022
    2
    3 ⭐ Nickelod--n show. if you take away the visuals you're leget with a 2 ⭐ show. Beyond rotten, unfortunately, fermented
  17. Skylar71
    Sep 10, 2022
    1
    As a fan of both Tolkien and the fantasy genre I wanted to give an honest opinion of the Rings of Power. I really wanted to like this show but I have to say this show is truly awful in every aspect.
    Dialogue – Whoever wrote the script for this show should never be allowed to write a script again. It was cringeworthy, amateurish and so bad and clichéd that it resembled something a school    As a fan of both Tolkien and the fantasy genre I wanted to give an honest opinion of the Rings of Power. I really wanted to like this show but I have to say this show is truly awful in every aspect.
    Dialogue – Whoever wrote the script for this show should never be allowed to write a script again. It was cringeworthy, amateurish and so bad and clichéd that it resembled something a school child would have written. I cannot believe that someone proof read this and thought it was good enough to use in a billion-dollar production. It was reminiscent of a bad Dungeons and Dragons game. Acting – Did they actually have auditions for this show, or did they go to the nearest amateur dramatic society. The acting in this show is subpar, wooden and I’ve honestly seen better acting from school productions. The delivery of lines is clumsy, awkward and unbelievable and dispels any reality they’re trying to create.
    CGI – In places it was ok but in other scenes it was awful. Decent background visuals don’t make a decent show.
    Politics – One thing that is certain to kill a show is the inclusion of identity politics. Personally, I want a show that allows me to escape the real world for awhile but I guess we now live in a world where amateurish activists make shows/movies and don’t care what works of literature or beloved characters they ruin in their rush to push a political agenda. Tolkien – I don’t know why Amazon would spend so much money in buying the rights to certain elements of Tolkien’s work and characters and then make this abomination of a show. Every aspect of what Tolkien wrote has been ignore and ruined by the rabid need of activists wanted to virtue signal. Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, Marvel, DC, Charlies Angels, Terminator, Ghostbusters, Men in Black, Mortal Kombat….how many more works of literature and pop culture will be ruined by these people. If you want to make a generic fantasy show then great but don’t use the name of Tolkien to push a show that has little to do with what Tolkien wrote.

    It's also obvious to me that a lot of the positive comments are bots and woke people trying to protect a show that is pushing their politics, if not it staggers me that people are so easily pleased with being fed substandard garbage like this.    … Expand
  18. wagnernasc
    Sep 15, 2022
    2
    Série fraca, mal consigo assistir. Tive que volta algumas vezes pois estava dormindo de tanto tedio. Não quero mas ver os outros episódios, só assisti 3
  19. DukeBalek
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    well ... everything is already said.. i can't believe how they could choose this cast and write this **** i think there is a very big issue in amazon headquarters... every project, games or tv shows, are always catastrophes. only good to enslave their workers i guess
  20. erkh
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    Honestly the cringiest dialog and acting I have seen in a long time! Feels like a B-movie when it comes to casting, but has beautiful CGI.

    Story? I don't know. 2 episodes in and it just "forbidden love story" and "Who is the bad guy?" absolutely horrific.

    I gave it a shot, tried to watch it like a new unknown Fantasy series, but no. I'm done! AWFUL!
  21. Iden
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Boring and nothing like LOR. just another PC matteral. Wish I never wasted my time watching the first episode.
  22. ClayLamm
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    I have a deep hatred of how disrespectful this team has been to those who simply genuinely love the source material, just this arrogant flippant idea they are going to improve the source material and make it more relevant today by modernizing it. I repeat, the way Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and so forth, do not need to be modernized because they are written to be timeless. To say thisI have a deep hatred of how disrespectful this team has been to those who simply genuinely love the source material, just this arrogant flippant idea they are going to improve the source material and make it more relevant today by modernizing it. I repeat, the way Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and so forth, do not need to be modernized because they are written to be timeless. To say this even simpler, if you make a period piece it's jarring to shoehorn modern ideas into it because anyone who knows that ancient culture will be brought out of the suspension of disbelief. I could not be more disappointed, and for the record, my personal complaints have zero to do with diversity casting, it has to do with a shameless disregard for source material and a general hostility to those who do. Remember, Lord of the Rings was considered for ages an un-filmable series of books. Even Tolkien was against it, to be fair. Regardless, Peter Jackson did an admirable job, and was asked to give notes on this series, was sent a pilot script, sent notes, and in his own words, was ghosted. Pure hubris and the only answer I can conceive of is, Pride!… Expand
  23. pjbarkdull
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Why are we expected to give a mega corporation that thrives off of sweat shops the benefit of the doubt? And why is negative feedback considered bad faith reviewing and review bombing? Aren't companies supposed to be driven by supply and demand based off of their customers? Here's the deal, plain and simple: people DO NOT LIKE what is being made, how it's being handled, and many do notWhy are we expected to give a mega corporation that thrives off of sweat shops the benefit of the doubt? And why is negative feedback considered bad faith reviewing and review bombing? Aren't companies supposed to be driven by supply and demand based off of their customers? Here's the deal, plain and simple: people DO NOT LIKE what is being made, how it's being handled, and many do not want this product in the first place. Tolkien is Tolkien and can't be franchised in the same way Star Wars or Marvel have because it's the life work of one man who has long since passed away. People want Tolkien and like what he made. JD Payne and Patrick McKay along with corporate executives, producers, shareholders, and modern writers making up things and attaching them to purchased names is not Tolkien. They can buy rights but they can't buy love or acceptance from the public at large. I for one am not liking any of what I've seen so far.… Expand
  24. antonio34
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    Technically it's great, but story-wise it's embarrassing, they should have spent a little more on an experienced scriptwriter.
  25. porks2011
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    this is below a fanfic, it's a shame so much lost potential.
    It is so easy to do something good even with Tolkien's appendices, but to many experts the correct prediction, the screenwriters fall short of the grandeur of the professor's work.
  26. BaronAsh
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    My first metacritic review: first read LOTR in 70's. I have read some of the reviews here of RoP, many negative. First my take then a general remark.
    My take: visuals are excellent, writing is poor. OK that it starts slow as long as some coherent narrative emerges with character-driven plots and journeys. If the dialogs don't improve I might lose interest. This was sub-par writing.    My first metacritic review: first read LOTR in 70's. I have read some of the reviews here of RoP, many negative. First my take then a general remark.
    My take: visuals are excellent, writing is poor. OK that it starts slow as long as some coherent narrative emerges with character-driven plots and journeys. If the dialogs don't improve I might lose interest. This was sub-par writing.
    Remark: the same sort of sub-par writing that happened with Jackson films which started off great in #1 (because they largely kept to the book), worse in #2 and worst in #3 during which latter they hardly kept to the original dialogues at all. I don't mind that film-makers need to make changes but when they do so and the result is uniformly much worse than the original, it shows the film-makers don't have a good feel for the original. For me the Jackson Trilogy was more bad than good. They didn't convey the evil of the Nazgul, nor the fear they generated, not even close. Aragorn rarely manifest any royal or kingly presence, most of the time he was unempt, unwashed, dirty-looking. That said, Gollum was maybe better than in the book and many scenes in the film and much of the acting was excellent. Just a lot of flaws and unnecessary rotten dialog.

    This Rings of Power is like moving on from where Jackson's poor dialog and editing left off. I fear the story is not going to have a core. Part of the appeal of LOTR is not just the fantasy aspect but that it depicts a world that is different from our modern world, a world with more depth and integrity shown both by the good and evil characters. It rings true somehow. The young screenwriters (much like with Game of Thrones final seasons) do not understand the depth and wisdom in the original work and continually undermined it it in LOTR and since here they are making up most of the scenes with character and dialogue, and given how the first two episodes went, I suspect they are not up to it.

    The music, costumes and settings were great. It's going to be worth watching. But they will have paid far too much for something whose writing is far too shallow.    … Expand
  27. Ivars70
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Dear Amazon, I do not understand how you managed to spend hundreds of millions on that "garbage" that I saw today. Good computer graphics in some scenes and with that all good things end.
  28. CriGim
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    Not Tolkien at all. Boring generic fantasy with intersectional feminist and gender ideology crowbarred in. Bad acting even worse writing. Do yourself a favor and give it a miss, you'll never get that time back!
  29. iggipop
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    In simple words, this is so far from Tolkien's original works, that it becomes painful to watch.
    This isnt helped by the shows slow pace, horrible dialogue and unlikable characters, for which I believe comes from the back scripts and directing, more than the actors abilities.
  30. KnupRebyc
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    Cringe worthy. Tolkien would not approve. This feels like sad attempt to capitalize on the Lord of the Rings name. Corporate greed run amuck
  31. EduardeRossell
    Sep 7, 2022
    1
    I don't understand indifference amazon has for tolkien's work.
    It is one of the greatest literary works of all time.
  32. Haiy89
    Sep 7, 2022
    1
    Disappointing and pointless adaptation. Fake story has nothing to do with Tolkien’s works.
  33. ArcaneSoap
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    it should be illegal to put Tolkiens name into the credits.... just sad....
  34. eamonnb
    Sep 7, 2022
    1
    For me, RoP is an embarrasing failure. Turgid, dull, a hateful and infuriating lead character and a script that sounds like it was written by children. In places it looks good, but looking good isn't nearly enough.
  35. jonesy10
    Sep 9, 2022
    3
    It ain't great at all. The writing and dialogue is shockingly bad. Wooden acting and all the current day tropes of man bad - woman good that Hollywood pumps into all their tv shows and films these days. Gets boring real quick. Found myself nodding off during the second episode before shaking my head awake to carry on. What a slog with each episode over an hour long. It seeks to destroyIt ain't great at all. The writing and dialogue is shockingly bad. Wooden acting and all the current day tropes of man bad - woman good that Hollywood pumps into all their tv shows and films these days. Gets boring real quick. Found myself nodding off during the second episode before shaking my head awake to carry on. What a slog with each episode over an hour long. It seeks to destroy Tolkien's magnificent novel Universe, but if you really are a gatekeeper for the great old books and Peter Jackson's legendary trilogy, the Amazon series won't put a dent into it, no matter how hard they try. By all means watch it, but you'll only watch it once never to return to this cheap looking expensive paid tv show. I'll say this, it does show me that TLOTR was meant to be a filmic experience on the big screen and not a weekly small screen affair - doesn't work even if it attempts to ape Game of Thrones, that started on the small screen and the world has had over a decade to get use to that show even if it was filmed cinematic for large screen battles. Amazon have the money to plow through their 5 season planned run, only the ratings will fall through the foundations at this rate. Terrible show, unlikeable characters.… Expand
  36. Kennethplaynose
    Sep 14, 2022
    3
    What a total mockery of Tolkien's beloved fantasy world. They got almost nothing right. And on top of that, the main character is a blend and unbelievable character. A mary sue, sadly. And if you combine that with things, not in the correct timeline. Total invented and unnecessary stuff you get a huge disappointment. If you are any kind of Tolkien fan, you can just skip this!
    Some of the    What a total mockery of Tolkien's beloved fantasy world. They got almost nothing right. And on top of that, the main character is a blend and unbelievable character. A mary sue, sadly. And if you combine that with things, not in the correct timeline. Total invented and unnecessary stuff you get a huge disappointment. If you are any kind of Tolkien fan, you can just skip this!
    Some of the scenery and CGI are very well made, so that deserve a 3. Rest is just very bad.    … Expand
  37. EliaT
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    El guion y los actores, son de lo peor que vi en mucho tiempo. Los diálogos repletos de frases hechas. Las historia son simplonas y sin gracia. Los actores no poseen una sola expresión facial y tienen el carisma de un árbol. a donde se fueron los mil millones, en la estética?? La serie se ve muy bien, pero no tiene nada que ver con El Señor de los Anillos. Y no hablemos de la puesta deEl guion y los actores, son de lo peor que vi en mucho tiempo. Los diálogos repletos de frases hechas. Las historia son simplonas y sin gracia. Los actores no poseen una sola expresión facial y tienen el carisma de un árbol. a donde se fueron los mil millones, en la estética?? La serie se ve muy bien, pero no tiene nada que ver con El Señor de los Anillos. Y no hablemos de la puesta de cámara y los cortes entre planos que es para aplaudir con las orejas. Madre mía. Donde esta el dinero, porque en guion, actores, vestuario y caracterización no esta.… Expand
  38. Sondergaard
    Sep 4, 2022
    3
    Dull. Can't believe I'm saying that about a series set in Middle Earth. I could go on about the lore inaccuracies, writing, dialogue, acting etc but that has already been exhaustively covered elsewhere. Hugely disappointed. Looks pretty though.
  39. Durathror
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    Didn't like it. It's badly written and the black elf actor ruins every scene he's in. This show spits at Tolkien's legacy.

    If you're a Twitter SJW, a Marxist, an Anglophobe, an Amazon shill or just someone who laps up woke content and doesn't care about quality you'll love this.
  40. dat_doge
    Sep 5, 2022
    2
    The truth is that I was looking forward to this series and after seeing the first episodes I was quite disappointed. My reasons for feeling this way are my personal opinion:
    The performances are mediocre.
    The script doesn't make much sense, at times it seems to have been written by an intern or someone who hasn't written a script before in his life. Visually it is beautiful but it does    The truth is that I was looking forward to this series and after seeing the first episodes I was quite disappointed. My reasons for feeling this way are my personal opinion:
    The performances are mediocre.
    The script doesn't make much sense, at times it seems to have been written by an intern or someone who hasn't written a script before in his life.
    Visually it is beautiful but it does not seem that they have spent more money than in Game of Thrones, but much much less. Maybe in future episodes we'll see that billion dollars they've spent.
    As for the story, it seems that it is not the original of the books but rather it is a story invented by them. This does not matter to me if the series is good and entertains me, but it is not the case because the simple concepts are explained ad nauseam, but the complicated concepts are never explained.
    At the end of the day it is a boring and soulless series. A missed opportunity to do something great, down the drain.    … Expand
  41. philt
    Sep 7, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Watched both episodes do not know why after half hour of the first I knew it had nothing to do with Lord of the Rings. It’s awful the dialogue alone makes it unwatchable. As for the main character Galadriel well the acting is wooden and what’s an high elf sorceress with (almost goddess like magical powers doing running round in armour and killing trolls with a knife when 10 male elves also in armour can’t kill it with bows and swords? Oh Galadriel jumps off a boat and tries to swim back to Middle Earth like that swimming New York to Liverpool? Did I mention she’s a powerful sorceress Why are all the halflings dirty? Why is there a female dwarf without a beard (On race she’s a dwarf I don’t care about her colour). Don’t remember anything about elves with human single mums as girlfriends in any of the books. After saying all this it’s taken 20 hours to watch 2 episodes because I kept falling asleep it’s that boring. No story, no likeable characters just tragically bad.… Expand
  42. davidkendrick
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    J.R.R. Tolkien's or not Lord of the rings or not this tv show is pure trash
  43. interlider
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    I have two main criticisms against this show that make it unwatchable to me: firstly, they bought the name of the universe and its characters and then created their own characters with those names (therefore they butchered the story and lore of the IP they bought to begin with); secondly, they made it clear they wanted to make a political show and proceeded to step on the toes of theI have two main criticisms against this show that make it unwatchable to me: firstly, they bought the name of the universe and its characters and then created their own characters with those names (therefore they butchered the story and lore of the IP they bought to begin with); secondly, they made it clear they wanted to make a political show and proceeded to step on the toes of the community they bought into (from which I am a part of). The show itself is bland and deserves no praises; that, allied to the complete and utter disrespect the show runners had for their audience made it lose the few points it could've had. It's a Zero for me.… Expand
  44. asm1991
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Feminism + men are like idiots and no good.... Amazon : bad . And the serie IS boring. Men deserve respect. Unsuscribe of Amazon here.
  45. gregwilson3468
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    The acting is poor. The writing is terrible. I feel like the amount of money spent on this travesty of show should have better effects. The main thing missing from this Tolkien story is...Tolkien. This is a terrible show. Just watch something else.
  46. alvarofst
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Just like the Resident Evil series. This series is any series of medieval fantasy, it is not a series inspired by Tolkien.
  47. Madddman
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    The ultimate act of misogyny is transforming one of the most powerful Elves (nevermind a female) into a mere warrior/action hero..Galadriel had her hand in the dealings of middle earth for 3 millennia as well as founding Lothlorien and protecting it and her people without picking up so much as a stick.
    This will not see a second season when we're done with you..#youeffedwiththewrongfandom
  48. laughingal
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    This is like a 4-year old telling you about a movie they watched: then they went there, then they jumped over the monster, then that fell off, then, then, then ...
    Too bad, I had my hopes up.

    2 points for scenery.
  49. zaclinmac
    Sep 2, 2022
    5
    I think Amazon made this show so you’d get bored while watching it and go on your laptop to browse Amazon. Big brain move.

    It’s not that bad, but it’s certainly not entertaining. Wouldn’t have watched it if it didn’t have LOTR branding on it. Super mid.
  50. Autumn_Dream
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Tolkien's works have been ruined by woke identity politics and it breaks my heart. I will not be watching further. My Amazon Prime will not be renewed.
  51. Maraud30
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    I absolutely HATE IT. The cast is sexist and the main actress is terrible in my opinion.
  52. HipstersBane
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    Message to the positive review bombers, do you realize you need to double the score of bad reviews to make a dent in the total score in a positive way? give up!
    The show is awful. Bad characterization not according to lore, writing is terrible fanfic level terrible. Don't waste your time.
  53. LukeLL
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    I was sososo hopeful and the beginning really blew me away.
    The looks of it are truly breathtaking - of course with that budget!
    If you think about the content, the actors, the plot, the writing its really not good. First the indroduction to the world - people who know tolkiens world will be mad, and for beginners its anyways confusing. The aesthetics of the elves are horrible,    I was sososo hopeful and the beginning really blew me away.
    The looks of it are truly breathtaking - of course with that budget!

    If you think about the content, the actors, the plot, the writing its really not good.

    First the indroduction to the world - people who know tolkiens world will be mad, and for beginners its anyways confusing.

    The aesthetics of the elves are horrible, sorry- , No long hair, nothing, really nothing noble, nowhere close to how they were described. I feel like the elves are not fitting and not worthy of tolkien AT ALL. Besides that theyre all written like normal humans.

    Especially Kelebrimbor looks freakin horrible (while he should be still younger than Galadriel!)

    What is this fighting scene against the snowtroll? That move from galadriel, was like straight out of an indian action movie.

    Why Galadriel can swim from Valinor back to middle earth? This is really such a rubbish scene and close to got season 8.
    Why she can be saved from underwater and they swim back to a non moving raft in the middle of a storm?

    The Harfoots - whyyy are they inside this series? Really the most uninteresting plot and not even existing in tolkins lore.

    So all in all besides the visuals a huge disappointment. Its not enough to just throw money at such a beloved franchise!    … Expand
  54. edmondhonda304
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Nothing can sum up better my opinion about this TV Show than this quote:
    "Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made"
    Tolkien
  55. Cantongamer
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Where to start... Bad writing, bad acting, stupid story, moronic dialog... FX were really good (that's why I didn't give it a 0). Now the icing on this turd is how it crapped all over the property we love. Tolkien's story was not about modern people or races of this Earth. It was about the history of Arda.
  56. iragelac
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Não é Senhor dos Anéis. Um desrespeito com Tolkien. Série chata, sem entusiasmo.
  57. 6speed
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This is a hard pass for fans of the books and Tolkien. It's really a shame to see how far Amazon is going to silence any critique. It shows you how much knowledge and respect they lack for the story itself.
  58. Tha_Likely_Lad
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    Very Boring after 2 hours. Won't be watching the rest. Elves are not Elf like at all and I mean that from an intelligence point of view as well as asthetics. Scenes look nice but that should be a given considering the budget.
  59. esorokin
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Doesn't respect the original at all. A series can be inclusive, but it was done in a wrong way.
  60. zacas
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Opening:Ainulindalë only this.Ainulindalë in the opening was the only good thing of these 2 episodes, old Celebrimbor and galadriel annoying and extremely annoying, the elves are not faithful and the story does not hold at all they were horrible the showrunners managed to destroy galadriel
  61. Nathantootill88
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    Probably the most boring fantasy series I've ever seen, was falling asleep trying to muster my way through this garbage
  62. Buggiesdaddy
    Sep 9, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The changes to Galadriel and Elrond are a perversion of Tolkien!  Galadriel is a Mary Sue in every sense of the term.  She is the best at everything, no weaknesses, smarter than everyone around her and stronger than any man.  This "Warrior Galadriel" is a complete joke and totally unlikeable.  It took the entire Fellowship to take down the cave troll in the Mines of Moria and she takes down a snow troll singlehandily, Matrix Style in seconds.  Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, Boromir, Legolas and all the hobbits barely took down the cave troll.  Elrond is now a scholar and a politician and a Cuck as well.  Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings to create a mythology for England because most of England's mythology was lost due to all the times they were conquered.  It makes no sense for such a diverse casting set in this region and time frame.  And seeing it completely pulls you out of the story.  Tolkien was pretty damn specific when he described all the different races.  If you put some white guys in Wakanda tribes in Black Panther most people would be in a uproar.  Not to mention it would be absolutely ridiculous!  If this was a newly created fantasy show with no connection to Tolkien then I think most people wouldn't have a problem with it, but calling this The Lord of the Rings in the title is where Amazon is pissing off Tolkien fans.  Attacking us as "Toxic Fandom" is getting so old and played out.  "Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made”… Expand
  63. SniperFury
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    This isn't Tolkien, and we learn Galadriel is shown to be a terrible commander in at the start. She is far above her company and then watches her company get whipped out when she could have defeated the Troll whenever she wanted...Watch the Peter Jackson movies, and the BBC Audio Drama. Don't watch this.
  64. weasel11889
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    A clear cut example of a soulless company taking a beloved IP and trying to squeeze some money out of it. Not worth your time.
  65. VonDraco
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    I didn't seen Tolkien in this...nice scenes ...that's it. Galadriel is unlikable ,Elfs are missing masculinity.Tolkien lore (as well basic fantasy logic) went out of window.... so disappointing.For examp.: Swim across Belegaer ocean is even for elf impossible, you know whats the chance you find any-kind of vesssel on open sea ?!
  66. Luca_Roma
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    This TV show doesn't respect the original Tolkiens writings.
    It should not be called LOTR.
  67. GutsAkimbo
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    Re-posting my review here because IMDB (owned by Amazon) deleted all negative reviews left there. What a lovely company.

    Summary: Fundamentally broken and irredeemable. In terms of the storytelling structure, it's a kiddie version of Game of Thrones jammed into middle-earth and it absolutely does not work. The structure, tone and style is completely different from the stories Tolkien    Re-posting my review here because IMDB (owned by Amazon) deleted all negative reviews left there. What a lovely company.

    Summary: Fundamentally broken and irredeemable.

    In terms of the storytelling structure, it's a kiddie version of Game of Thrones jammed into middle-earth and it absolutely does not work. The structure, tone and style is completely different from the stories Tolkien wrote and doesn't mesh properly with the world he created. Besides this, I feel to take the mans work, the amazing and beautiful world he created and simply use it like any old vehicle to tell your own story is just so disrespectful, perhaps even immoral. There really is nothing of any value or substance to review here, it's empty and meaningless and not worth watching.

    Because the show is built on these rotten foundations, the high production value does not matter at all, none of the music, none of the expensive cgi, props or costumes, none of it matters. It's all just meaningless fluff trying to cover up a horror.

    How Amazon managed to spend a billion dollars to make something totally worthless, I will never know. It's an abomination that should never have been made. If I could rate it -10, I would.    … Expand
  68. LeJeanJean
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    J'vais essayer de faire une récap' du nombre d'emmerdes que cette série ce tape et qu'elle va continuer de ce taper.
    1. Non respect du travail de Tolkien et cela non sans un mépris uniquement égalé par l'ignorance de ceux derrière cette série.
    2. Amazon N'A PAS les droits du SDA/Hobbit/Silmarillon, juste les droits d'une collection de notes de Tolkien. Ils n'ont donc pas le droit de cité    J'vais essayer de faire une récap' du nombre d'emmerdes que cette série ce tape et qu'elle va continuer de ce taper.
    1. Non respect du travail de Tolkien et cela non sans un mépris uniquement égalé par l'ignorance de ceux derrière cette série.
    2. Amazon N'A PAS les droits du SDA/Hobbit/Silmarillon, juste les droits d'une collection de notes de Tolkien. Ils n'ont donc pas le droit de cité des choses ce passant dans ces bouquin, ce qui va détériorer la clarté du récit et des évènements.
    3. Elf africain/d'Harad lointaine. Ridicule et forcé car tous les elfes sont décrit comme ceux présenté dans les films de Peter Jackson, c'est à dire avec des visages assez fin, européens et avec les cheveux longs. De plus ils viennent tous d'une population assez limité en nombre et du même endroit géographique à la base. Il n'y a jamais d'autres elfes que ces derniers, c'est pas Donjon&Dragon/Pathfinder avec des demi-elfes du sud ou des elfes africains comme dans Shadowrun et c'est pas parce qu'il y en dans ces univers-là qu'il peut ou doit y en avoir ici. 4. Pareil pour les hobbit. C'est pas parce que Tolkien n'a pas précisé "Il n'y pas de hobbit africain" qu'il faut ce sentir obligé d'en rajouté. La consistance ethniques chez des population dans un univers fictif a de l'importance et si vous vous en foutez tant mieux pour vous mais vos standards claqués ne regarde que vous(à bon entendeur).
    4.5. Apparemment Elrond est gay maintenant. Allez demander à l'acrtice de Galadrielle, vous allez pas êtré déçu du choix de langage. 5. Ce n'est pas une "adaptation". Ici la régle de "Do not repair what is not broken/Ne répare pas ce qui n'est pas cassé" ou simple "Ne touche à des choses qui n'ont pas besoin de l'être" n'est absolument pas respecté. C'est même PIRE vu qu'ils font volontairement apparaitre des peuples à des moments ou ils ne devraient pas, condensent des évènements qu'ils ne devraient pas alors qu'il y amplement la place de créer quelques chose d'original à d'autre endroit au même moment. Il y a des limites en toutes choses et ces dernières ont été largement dépassés.
    5. Les films de Jackson était très peu fidèle sur certains aspect(Gimlie, The scouring of the Shire, etc) mais avaient la qualité d'être de bon divertissement et bien réalisés. De plus Jackson et son équipe n'avait pas ce genre de mépris envers Tolkien et son travail. Pas de tokenism, les grandes lignes étaient suivie en grande majorité, pas d'insultes envers le publique et le dévoiement des personnages n'étaient pas aussi horrible ou abusé.
    6. Nombre de sortie des acteurs et d'une partie de l'équipe marketing de cette série laisse assez peu de doute sur leurs intentions racistes, belliqueuses et méprisantes à l'égard du travail de Tolkien et des gens qui apprécient son travail. Oui nan mais désolé, généralement prendre de la fierté à remplacé des populations d'un univers fictives parce que tu trouve qu'ils sont trop blanc/noir/jaune/uniforme c'est pas sensé être positif.
    7. Cette volonté raciste de vouloir caser des "gens de couleurs" comme des pions ne plaira pas à tout le monde(désolé les gens, certains d'entre nous n'aimons pas trop les manipulateurs racistes, le tokenism et la propagande raciale), surtout quand cela dévoie le travail de Tolkien. Comment certains appellent ca déjà ? De l'appropriation culturel ou du colonialisme culturel ? Bref.
    8. D'après une partie des retours c'est surtout assez ennuyeux et l'écriture est assez grossière voir même de hors-de-propos à certains moments. 9. L'effort de chorégraphie des combats est... pas très bonne. Rien que la scène du troll ont dirait une scène de baston de Scary Movie, ca en fait des tonnes pour rien et c'est encore pire que le Legolas du Hobbit, un véritable exploit. 10. Belles images et bon son, cependant, au même titre que l'outrage qu'Amazon cherche à provoqué, cela ne portera la série qu'un certain temps. 11. Les costumes, y'a un certaine effort pour qu'ils aient une apparence "ancienne" ou "antique", cependant est-ce que quelqu'un sait ou est passé le budget pour du coup ? 12. L'acting c'est en dent-de-scie. Que ce soit une mauvaise direction ou les acteurs eux-même j'entend. Galadrielle à certain moment a la même énergie que Gretta Tumberg, nan mais vraiment il fallait le faire. La naine africaine est correcte mais encore une fois elle est aussi bien choisie que Jet Li pour jouer Shaka Zulu. Y'a quand même un certain gachi.

    Ce machin n'est ni le Silmarillon, ni le SDA, ni le Hobbit ni quoi que ce soit de Tolkien. Si une adaptation a très peu en commun avec la travail originel alors c'est qu'elle n'est en rien ce qu'elle prêtent être. Les mots ont un sens, une définition et il y a des limites en toutes choses. Ces dernières ont été largement dépassés pour pouvoir qualifier ce travail comme prenant place dans l'univers de Tolkien.    … Expand
  69. Jonas_1
    Sep 4, 2022
    3
    I have now seen the first two episodes;
    Although I read the books a very long time ago, I hardly remember anything... Furthermore, I don't usually care how similar a TV/movie is to the books. If it's good, it's good. Then you might wonder how wise it is to pay a lot of money for the rights and then remake it too much. There is often a reason why a book is good, take it away and the point    I have now seen the first two episodes;
    Although I read the books a very long time ago, I hardly remember anything... Furthermore, I don't usually care how similar a TV/movie is to the books. If it's good, it's good. Then you might wonder how wise it is to pay a lot of money for the rights and then remake it too much. There is often a reason why a book is good, take it away and the point is lost. Watched the episodes on an 85" TV with a Dolby Atmos system.

    Really good:
    Photography and CGI, it's mostly really, really good. Sure there are scenes that could be better, but it was never so bad that I was put out of the mood.

    Ok but not bad:
    The music, ok but doesn't take advantage of the 7.1 system, barely 2.1 if you're going to be picky.. But nothing I was bothered by like the music in the trailer.

    Bad:
    The dialogue is downright bad. Feels like it was written by theatre students. The way the Elves talk feels absurdly stilted, could be in an amateur theatre in a Shakespearean play.

    Maybe nothing wrong with the pacing, I like "slow" stories, but it was unengaging... Several times I fast-forwarded, and that's not a good rating.

    But then there's the issue... casting/diversity... Sorry, but it doesn't work for me. The problem isn't that there are dark actors in the show, but how they exist. The issue becomes hard for everyone to understand and even talk about, Racist vs. Leftist... If the show had made some effort and wanted to include dark actors, they could find a way to make it natural. Like there's a dark race/group/harfoots coming from "the lands beyond the desert" or similar who are running from evil, or something like that. Or make all the harfoots black... I'd buy that too... Took me about 1 second to come up with the set up that would make it make sense.

    But as far as I know, most breed in the normal way, and normal biological laws apply, i.e. black parents = black children. So it's more incredible that there is diversity of appearance in a small group than that there would be dragons in reality. The above does not make anyone racist, but provides a simple explanation for why different groups have different appearances.

    he alternative is to completely ignore biology and assume that children's appearance is randomized at birth, which would also be ok if the show gave that as an explanation...

    If you are going to devote 50 hours to the series, if diversity is so important, you could have spent a few minutes on a better presentation that would probably have removed 95% of the criticism of diversity. In other words, give an explanation and make it credible. Rating: 3 out of 10 , will not continue watching. Doesn't feel engaging enough.    … Expand
  70. Martulas
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    It began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the firesIt began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a master flop. And into this show he poured his money, his greed and his will to dominate all film. One show to ruin them all.… Expand
  71. Xmks
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you love Lotr and love the hobbit and love Tolkien. You will hate this show.… Expand
  72. Nicknevets
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Absolute Disaster. From poor acting to poor choice in storytelling, it’s not worth your time and money.
  73. Jennerwein
    Sep 5, 2022
    3
    Some beautiful landscape and scene pictures and the music is really nice, but after the first two episodes there is a big feeling of disappointment. The characters are weak portrayed, the dialogues are abysmal and pseudo-intellectual, not a glance of the beauty of language from Tolkiens works is in this show. Up until now, the plot is just shockingly dull.
  74. Pyter
    Sep 10, 2022
    2
    I used to giving this show 0 points now after watching 3 episodes I'm starting to like or at least tolerate southern elves and numenor visuals. I try stay positive so i give "2" because I care more about plot as nice visuals and CGI. Episodes are still too long and quite boring after half an hour. OF course I dont try see it as Tolkiens adaptation only random fantasy show with catchy names.
  75. Tazer357
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    This is easily the worst show in the history of Amazon Prime. Special effects are worthless garbage. The acting marginal at best. It is so far from Tolkien Canon it might as well be based on any book not written by Tolken. Tolkien might as well be going through the same woodchipper that Roddenberry ,Lucas and every other show that strays so far from the source material. Save your timeThis is easily the worst show in the history of Amazon Prime. Special effects are worthless garbage. The acting marginal at best. It is so far from Tolkien Canon it might as well be based on any book not written by Tolken. Tolkien might as well be going through the same woodchipper that Roddenberry ,Lucas and every other show that strays so far from the source material. Save your time and your money. Avoid this nightmare at all costs. Your intellect will thank you.… Expand
  76. kratosmuscle
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First I will mention the good parts so far opening scène where we can see sauron etc that looked tolkien to me. Music is another thing this series does well just not as good as the LOTR trilogy but better then expected. Also scenery looks nice and I liked the actor that plays Durin the 4th. Now onto the bad part which is all the other stuff. Galadriel is not a likeable character and does really dumb stuff in this series. She is also super strong for some reason which asks the question why does she even need a team. The story is just bland and boring. I really had trouble watching the first episode without falling asleep, second episode was a bit better in my opinion. The dialogue is horrendous and they all speak with a weird accent for some reason. Most of the characters are just boring and forgettable. The harfoots don't belong in this world and you can tell its almost like they came from some other fantasy show. There are also some really questionable scènes in this like elrond and celebrimbor travelling a huge distance only to leave celebrimbor behind so he can travel back like what?? And this is only my problem with the show on itself and I'm probably forgetting some stuff. Besides this it doesnt feel tolkien and just feels generic fantasy. They also butchered the Lore but that was expected if you only have the rights to so little. To be honest I didn't expected this show to be this bad. So much Money was spent to make this and all I can say is wow what a borefest. The acting also feel lifeless. I really have no clue what happened here but for a show this expensive this is outracious.… Expand
  77. Rufo
    Sep 9, 2022
    2
    Mega cursy. I made my honest effort to see the first two parts and just didn’t pass it.
  78. MorganCrimson
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Un insulto para la obra de Tolkien del señor de los anillos, Amazon se burlo, mancillo escupió la obra original y el cara de los fans...
    Solo es un panfleto político, con el nombre de la obra de Tolkien... su "inclusión" es vomitiva, el elenco unos vulgares que atacaron a los fans...
  79. DodgyBiden
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Far left anti-White trash. I hope Amazon loses billions and goes out of business.
  80. OneEyedWilly
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Not in the spirit of Tolkien. A popular property hijacked by ideologs to push agenda.
  81. KeithON1979
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Embarrassing & boring! What a farce! The writing is terrible and the acting is awful. I was praying this would turn out to something I could enjoy, I found myself cringing. This is not Galadriel from the books, it’s a joke!
  82. Gaalril
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    When you take a previously made fictional infrastructure and monetize it, you ought to respect its story. But changing it to nonsense and badly written, no round characters with ideological intent, that's another level... It really doesn't merit a view. And that's something terribly sad.
  83. DanielMoncada
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    God awful. When will get back to entertainment just being entertainment instead of mixing a bunch of modern-day politics into it.
  84. daLira
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    Well... what to say, despite all it's controversy, trying to ignore it, there's the hard fact of the lore... and it's reduction to a teenage drama is bad, really bad.
    But you can watch it.

    TL;DR: If you like Witcher season 2, you can witch it. If you're rather a book fan, do not.
  85. william_homyk
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    An absolute abomination. I'm not sure what's worse the dialogue or the plotlines
  86. max-009007
    Sep 2, 2022
    1
    This is a disgrace to Tolkien's creation, but there is one plus, after this series, Peter Jackson's trilogy seems even more brilliant
  87. selloween
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Fancy effects, terrible writing, bland and boring. A total disappointment. Tolkien would turn in his grave.
  88. 4em
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. .
    If Amazon did one thing right, it's spliting Tolkien fanbase in half.
    I was so angered, more and more after each trailer by them trying to forcefully push their agenda through the show. I was determined not to watch it, not to spoil the amazing world but I talked myself into checking it out. Im glad I did, so I can actually give a proper reviev but I hate myself for spoiling the world to my eyes and memory...

    This is not the Middle-Earth we wanted...

    The camera was good, outside combat. During combat, it was really chaotic with too much cuts. The music is quite decent but doesn't really stand out. (The music during dwarf scenes was, on the contrary, really terrible, childish, like in some fairy tale, not epic fantasy world..), the scenery during harfoot scenes is nice..

    Some actors acting was good, like Halbarand, Celebrimbor, the giant, the innkeeper, even Elrond occasionaly but it was mostly bellow avarage. I was especially disappointed by Gil-Gallad, Arondir and mainly by Galadriel herself. Her lack of expression, be it either facial or gestures, is big. She is like a robot, programmed to say what what was given to her. Overall, too much time spent on boring scenes like eating snails, while moments of interest are short or left out completely...

    The clothing was all wierd and wrong. Galadriel's light shirt on ocean was fine but her armor was too much. Galad's gold was too much, arondir's armor was too much. Harfoot clothing was decent, even though I have no idea why they had to make gipsies out of them...

    Dwarves are just one big NO. Music was childish, they made them swing from side to side when walking and look all dirty and homeless..

    Clothing was my third biggest concern proved right...

    Ny second biggest concern was, as said, their agenda. I love me some good actors of colour and I was kinda fine by them placing them among humans but mixing them even into dwarves and elves was another big NO. Thats not how they are portrayed anywhere and if they thought they can get through with it under such famous and loved LotR logo, no. No one seems to learn from the dislikes and by destroying one franchise after another by these choices...

    But my first and biggest concern was the amount of CGI. In the trailers, every second shot was made of pc effects and it is the same with the show... even though they look mostly great, they are still CGI. The hobbit was denounced by the fanbase because of it yet they did not care and threw the effects into every second location... pc effects should be used when creating things that cant be get by normal means like dragons or a meteor shower but no make your whole world built on it..
    Smaller details like elves with no long hair, really fast pace without giving people much time to sink something in and the ever present oversaturation dont help either...

    I watched the first two episodes, sadly, and I wont be watching anymore, nothing in there cought my eye to go on...

    Also, I do not like Galadriel's actor but thats just my personal feeling. And if you are annoyed every time the main character walks into the scenes, there isnt much else to really enjoy    … Expand
  89. Shanrodia
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    A series that is just there to surf on the renaming of the universe by spitting in the face of this universe to integrate the American woke propaganda. No thanks.
  90. dawadu
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    It's not Tolkien, it's just a woke waste of my time. I don't understand for they have to put politics in the lord of the rings.
  91. siki11683
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Absolutely horrible, can’t believe after all the wait this is what we finally got.
  92. Beelzejow
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Terrible acting, retcons everywhere, poor visuals and established characters being portrayed poorly.
  93. funkata
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Watched the first episode and I don't even want to continue. Absolute snooze-fest.
  94. jameswatza
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    Really lame. Bad acting, bad writing and a boring story. Tolkien deserves better.
  95. Masawrath
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    An absolutely terrible "adaptation" of Tolkiens work. Pays no attention to the lore and is only using Tolkiens name to drum up interest in a bland, badly written, badly acted generic fantasy show. If Amazon had the intelligence or creativity come up with their own IP and made this show it would have been mediocre at best. However, piggy backing on Tolkiens name and then producing thisAn absolutely terrible "adaptation" of Tolkiens work. Pays no attention to the lore and is only using Tolkiens name to drum up interest in a bland, badly written, badly acted generic fantasy show. If Amazon had the intelligence or creativity come up with their own IP and made this show it would have been mediocre at best. However, piggy backing on Tolkiens name and then producing this drivel is beyond the pale.… Expand
  96. Theris
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    The main character cannot even be called a pale imitation of a greater women. She is so much of a twisted parody of what the character should be as to have been born from the mind of a no talent hack.

    Visuals, 1 point, the visuals are beautiful, though this does not redeem this series for the butchery of Tolkien. Writing, horrendously bad if not completely nonexistent Acting, terrible,    The main character cannot even be called a pale imitation of a greater women. She is so much of a twisted parody of what the character should be as to have been born from the mind of a no talent hack.

    Visuals, 1 point, the visuals are beautiful, though this does not redeem this series for the butchery of Tolkien.

    Writing, horrendously bad if not completely nonexistent

    Acting, terrible, a grade school theater performance has better acting then this drivel.

    Characters, bad. The creators have butchered every Tolkien character they got their hands on, and replaced those they couldn't with shallow original characters.

    In closing, if you believe yourself a true Tolkien fan, then pick up the books once again my friends, or watch the Peter Jackson Films. The greater story has already been told, and this drivel is worth no more of our attention.    … Expand
  97. hypnotized_unic
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not LOTR, evil can't do anything good, it's just doing **** there's no reasons to watch one more series… Expand
  98. Aryann
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    Another woke and racist at the same time tv show that is insulting for every human being who can think on its own without brainwashing nonsense. Hope it will end with season one.
  99. LittleDemon
    Sep 5, 2022
    1
    A disgrace to Tolkien's legacy. Horribly wokified non-canon story writing and acting.

    The only positive point is the CGI, the looks of the created world Not the worst show in the world but its plain to see that the writers took the source material and are creating a story to pander for an agenda. It's almost to the point its just disrespectful. Every female character is strong and    A disgrace to Tolkien's legacy. Horribly wokified non-canon story writing and acting.

    The only positive point is the CGI, the looks of the created world

    Not the worst show in the world but its plain to see that the writers took the source material and are creating a story to pander for an agenda. It's almost to the point its just disrespectful. Every female character is strong and empowered. Every white man is dumb or evil. Randomly sprinkle in black people to make sure the show aligns with ESG scores. I doubt it will get any better.    … Expand
  100. Everynameistakn
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    My previous score and review were deleted even tho there was no insults just my opinion on the show, so I'll just say f*ck you
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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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