The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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Karadras-ccsSep 8, 2022

I Watched it finally, 2 episodes in.
I Almost fell sleep on the second episode. There were pretty cgi and landscapes, but story wise very boring generic. This has lord of the rings glues to it, and it barely feels like it. When I watched theI Watched it finally, 2 episodes in.
I Almost fell sleep on the second episode. There were pretty cgi and landscapes, but story wise very boring generic. This has lord of the rings glues to it, and it barely feels like it. When I watched the first lotr movie, i was simply amazed and fell in love immediately, but while watching this, it just felt whatever. I’ll continue watching, hoping for some improvement (but I doubt it).… Expand

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Odin-Sep 11, 2022

The only surprising thing about the Rings of Power, is Amazon’s apparent reach in buying positive ‘critic’ reviews. The rings of power is the very reason why you CANNOT rely on influencers and critics as a metric for whether something isThe only surprising thing about the Rings of Power, is Amazon’s apparent reach in buying positive ‘critic’ reviews. The rings of power is the very reason why you CANNOT rely on influencers and critics as a metric for whether something is subjectively entertaining or otherwise. Yet the show makers and paid critics have the temerity to cry foul at ‘review bombing’ – Oh the irony. This show is so bad I feel I need to apologise to all the Tolkien fans for ever doubting them. Tolkien fans, I sincerely apologise, your fears were 100% valid. I don’t think there is enough booze in the world to induce permanent forgetfulness of this intersectional feminist diatribe as a veiled ‘tribute to Tolkien.’ To anyone still considering watching this glorified catalogue of left-wing caricatures, stereotypes and tropes through a feminist lens I say, good luck and you’ll be sorry. My only hope is that these critics for sale charge a hefty price tag for abandoning any pretense of journalistic integrity – the cost of securing their pseudo intellectual insights making up the bulk of the supposed $1 billion of this self-indulgent, narcissistic, bechdel test passing tripe.… Expand

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IIIAHMIIISep 6, 2022

The wing of power is just a terrible woke cringe fest that needs to be removed from this earth.

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chrissyboi85Sep 7, 2022

Darn you Amazon you can go to hell. I've never wanted a company to die a horrible death as I do Amazon. Die Amazon die. I will never forgive you for bastardizing Tolkien.

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HeathenSep 11, 2022

The most boring trash I've ever watched. Reduced Tolkien's work into easter eggs and somehow expects people to know tolkien stuff when making sure tolkien readers will hate this fanfic.

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JfksjSep 7, 2022

Peter Jackson: "We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. In a way, we were trying to make these films for himPeter Jackson: "We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. In a way, we were trying to make these films for him (Tolkien), not for ourselves."

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unknown_no_knowSep 9, 2022

Elves are people, but with elf ears. They are never many-many years old.

Another fantasy...

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JobakaSep 12, 2022

I dont know where to start and where to end. It is so much wasted potential and so many bad writer decisions. If you want to know what the story should really involve you have the check this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9NR06-QtR8I dont know where to start and where to end. It is so much wasted potential and so many bad writer decisions. If you want to know what the story should really involve you have the check this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9NR06-QtR8
But honestly, I thought it was awful. The first scene left such a sour taste in my mouth, and it just kept getting worse from there. As a Tolkien adaptation it's pitiful. 1/10 is a generous score.
By the end of the second episode I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could go to bed. With one or two exceptions, I found the characters astoundingly unlikeable, the plot was unengaging, and I really really didn't care about any of it.
The series should have been just some different fantasy story and not pretending to be a Tolkien story. And I know this may sound like a hateful review, but it's not. I'm not hateful, I'm not emotional, I'm not angry. I'm just blown away by how dumb the whole thing was. I genuinely can't fathom how anyone can watch it and consider it Tolkienian.… Expand

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wmurphy011Sep 6, 2022

The is the best example of purposely destroying art for corrupt political/Marxist ideals, in existance. It is the polar opposite of Tolkien's vision and ruins his work at every single turn. Most of the characters have been completely changedThe is the best example of purposely destroying art for corrupt political/Marxist ideals, in existance. It is the polar opposite of Tolkien's vision and ruins his work at every single turn. Most of the characters have been completely changed in order to be "woke". Also, new characters were made up while important main characters Tolkien created were deleted. Races were changed, sexes were changed, the appearence of certain fantasy races were changed, the story was heavily changed, and character's personalities are completely different from what they're supposed to be. No one should be supporting this, or anything like it. The people who made it are Marxist political radicals.

Besides the fact that it's an overtly woke mess, which made a point to purposely destroy Tolkien's vision (apparently they believe they are better at writing fantasy than Tolkien), but the production values are all over the place. Some scenes look incredible while others look very poorly put together. I blame that solely on the directing. It's a directors job to oversee the entire production and make sure the final product is the best it can be. There was a big failure here, in that regard.

The acting is one of the shows weakest technical aspects, however. Some of the actors are so inept with their abilities that they come across like people who you'd find on a WB channel television show. For a 1 billion dollar budget I have no idea how the production values are as bad as they are. While they're not terrible, they're not nearly as good as anyone was expecting. Maybe it's the fact that instead of seeking out incredible talent to portray Tolkien's art accurately they, instead, focused all their efforts on trying to shoehorn in as much woke/Marxist programming as possible.
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jason94Sep 8, 2022

There are parts of ROP that I like. I don't even mind the bad writing. Neumenor looks great. But the woke diversity of the show ruins it. That's coming from a nonwhite person. There is massive bot activity and review manipulation happeningThere are parts of ROP that I like. I don't even mind the bad writing. Neumenor looks great. But the woke diversity of the show ruins it. That's coming from a nonwhite person. There is massive bot activity and review manipulation happening here. After one day, a bad review gets over 100 downvotes and a glowing review gets over 100 upvotes? Amazon, you're just making yourself look bad by doing this. Come on Amazon bots, do your worst and downvote me already.… Expand

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szymonzssSep 5, 2022

Boring and plain even as generic fantasy. As adaptation of Tolkien it is abomination.

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LorigaSep 20, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good visual effects from afar, but non-existent acting and a storyline Incomprehensible if you have no basis for Tolkien's novels. A ruined and forgettable adaptation and a betrayal of the original work.… Expand

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nightfall1021Sep 11, 2022

If you removed everything that was "bad" or "could have been better" you'd have some nice scenery and a bit of music. Slow and boring, poor writing and direction. Just sad.

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CoreGamer1408Sep 10, 2022

Fan baiting show with gaslight marketing. I am apathetic to updating my review for this show beyond season one. Hey Amazon a life long Tolkien fan who doesn't care about a season two of this show. Good job, not...

Tolkien lore wise theFan baiting show with gaslight marketing. I am apathetic to updating my review for this show beyond season one. Hey Amazon a life long Tolkien fan who doesn't care about a season two of this show. Good job, not...

Tolkien lore wise the depiction of Guy-lad-riel, Nuemiaroians and the Southlands are all wrong. Yeah I get normies don't care about the lore, but the writing, acting and story still sucks in TROP. The non lore ideas behind the creation of Mithiral and Mount Doom are laughably bad. Oh my all the big reveals at the end!!!??? This a prequel we know who is who and when live and when they die. The show has no surprises beyond the dumb lore breaks.

My gold standard for a reimagined IP that is well acted and well written is Ronald D Moore BSG. The WB Shadow of Mordor game has a way better Tolkien vibe than TROP. I finally figured a more apt name for this show. "The Repurposers of Power" just like in the creatively bankrupt vein of Star Wars TFA.

This show is no different than the dumpster fires of Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr Who, Predator, Aliens, Terminator, MCU, etc.. It is the current trend for talentless hacks to ruin well crafted franchises by talented artists of yesteryear. Like the Star Wars sequels did for prequels well I am betting TROP will do that for the Hobbit trilogy. Amazon spent nearly billion dollars all to elevate the WB Hobbit movies lmao. This is only season one of five oh deary me, better luck next time, oof!?… Expand

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beschissenSep 9, 2022

I really wanted to like this but the episodes are meandering along with hollow characters, goofy dialogue, and esoteric nonsense. They could do a better job of explaining things to a casual LotR fan. I will give the show some credit forI really wanted to like this but the episodes are meandering along with hollow characters, goofy dialogue, and esoteric nonsense. They could do a better job of explaining things to a casual LotR fan. I will give the show some credit for looking very pretty, but it is also VERY hollow. Considering that each episode costs about $60 million, it adds another level of sadness to how this show is turning out. As a result, I can only give it one star. Given that the new Game of Thrones is out at the same time, I consider GoTR to be a vastly superior product to this LotR iteration. While the plot might improve, I am afraid the bad acting in LotR will remain the same.… Expand

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JimmyMcGillSep 24, 2022

The morons calling this show "Marxist" don't seem to understand this show is the product of pure end-stage capitalism.

This show has sporadic insanely good visuals, good action, and then is drowned by something that looks like a 13 year oldThe morons calling this show "Marxist" don't seem to understand this show is the product of pure end-stage capitalism.

This show has sporadic insanely good visuals, good action, and then is drowned by something that looks like a 13 year old with a camcorder back in 1999 making baby's first movie. I don't care about "muh elves aren't white and don't have long hair," the black elf is the coolest person on the show period. But everything else is bleh. How they gonna have my man whipping chains around like the coolest dude on the planet, flying around like a G, catching arrows and cucking orcs, and then Galadriel in the next shot looks like she has no health insurance and doesn't want to get hurt while swinging a lil plastic sword around?

Episode 4, Galadriel does some shuffle karate chop thing and teleports four guards into a prison cell. That was the breaking point for me. It was more entertaining to say "deez nuts" after every line of the show. It made the people watching with me laugh and not fall asleep. This show is literal peak corporate "culture," there's nothing there. Galadriel can apparently teleport up a tower wall, I guess they can't show it cause it's too expensive or whatever despite 1 billion dollarinos thrown at it.

CGI looks okay until it's terrible. Like the scenes on the boat, you can practically see the school gymnasium they filmed the "ship" in. Also how does Elrond teleport between the Dwarf kingdom and the old elf's tower, how does that work. And why does the orange light from fire look like someone photoshopped an overlay layer onto the scene. The scenes in Numenor are comical. Such a huge city with 30 extras in each scene. All that an Gal walks away with what, 120 soldiers to take on the orcs?

There are some beautiful shots for sure, extremely gorgeous stuff, but then you get scenes with pig-wolves that last all of 20 seconds before they are deleted from memory.

I can't even remember any of the character names because I literally just don't care cause they're all boring. I don't even care about the "woke" parts that these alt right incels are whining about. The diverse casting choices are actually the only ones putting in an effort ironically. Everything is reactionary these days, yes the alt right Trump idiots and "we wuz Tolkien purists" conservatives are annoying but so are the people making these shows lazily hoping to just get away with it and shooing all criticism off as the work of incels (which it may or may not be).

It's just that there's not much effort going into the writing or planning, the show feels half-finished or something I dunno. I tried SO HARD to like it, I loved the first two episodes and thought people were exaggerating with the hate. Like bro if they took the black elf and made a show about him just going around beating on orcs for 45 minutes I'd watch the sh*t out of that.

Then episode 3, 4 then 5 rolled around. I just can't.… Expand

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ChancewiJun 20, 2023

This is not Lord of The Rings, this some SJW/Self insert. This will be a case study some day in business school on how to waste a billion investment along with Budlight and Disney.

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GuibeyJul 21, 2023

Wathed lord of the rings 1000x. Im a fan of all Tolkiens writings and this serie is a total garbage.

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ZuzaG95Jul 21, 2023

The series is simply abysmal. Apart from the fact that it's not an adaptation and more like a generic b-grade cinema fantasy, the story is just weak. Meagre, not engaging, after the first episode you can figure out what big plot twist isThe series is simply abysmal. Apart from the fact that it's not an adaptation and more like a generic b-grade cinema fantasy, the story is just weak. Meagre, not engaging, after the first episode you can figure out what big plot twist is going to happen at the end of the series. Furthermore, the characters are shallow and the main characters are unlikable. The most expensive failure in the history of the series...… Expand

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JeffSoberJul 22, 2023

I don't even know if I say everything I want to say, I've watched the hole season, just finished rn, I'm just disappointed and so sad, not actors fault, but, the development of most of the characters, their presentation, and the charactersI don't even know if I say everything I want to say, I've watched the hole season, just finished rn, I'm just disappointed and so sad, not actors fault, but, the development of most of the characters, their presentation, and the characters themselves, are really bad, so it kind of messes with my judgment about their performance, you can't tell if they are bad, or if everything was just very poorly written/directed/scripted, I love the extended editions of the first trilogy and the second one, I don't even blink, they are wonderful, but, in this series, it is difficult to finish an episode, many times I fell asleep in the middle of the episode, or, I ended up getting distracted playing with my cat, or, fiddling with my glasses, disappointing, bad script, poor dialogues, bad scenes, very predictable, dull, not involving and boring, characters without charisma and many even kinda annoying, I liked the effects, which are good, but nothing too out of the ordinary, the Hobbit trilogy was very beautiful too. (It's not racial or about female characters leading, the show is just bad, as I said, for other reasons! Nothing to do with the representativeness, I love Kora, MIB...… Expand

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cmsaunliJun 24, 2023

God damn it's awful. I physically couldn't stand making it to the end. Is there a season 2? I desperately hope not. Painful.

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immrholidayJun 11, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where do I begin?

Galadriel is an unlikeable Mary Sue with an ego rivaling Vladimir Putin. She's untouchable and perfect in every way, a group of elves struggle with a troll? No problem! Here come Galadriel! Wanna jump off a ship in the middle of nowhere and survive? Crazy idea right!? Not for Galadriel, who not only survives, she runs in a mysterious man who obvious isn't Sauron. Want some terrible fight choreography? All of the fight scenes, there was even a training scene where she states the obvious... "Stab, twist, gut." I mean she did forget slash... but how can you blame her? She's Galadriel, the golden child of the elves. Let's talk Hobbits, just kidding there is nothing to tell besides they find some wizard dude who is totally not Gandalf. Which is weird because he doesn't show up til the 3rd age. Then lets talk about Dwarves, being the best trash inside a junkyard isn't much praise but we get golden lines like - "give me the meat and give it me raw." I thought I was watching the wrong rings of power and started to wonder where is Brooklyn Chase fit in this scene? There is no sense of scale or time in this show. The armor all looks cheap and poorly designed. Not to mention one of the most legendry smiths in all of Middle Earth, doesn't understand metal alloy. They gave a terrible origin story to mithril that it somehow is going to save the tree, so the elves can live and all they gotta do is wear those rings of power...

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tai_fungJul 3, 2023

I wish I could rate this season lower. It's an abomination. It's a betrayal of Tolkien's work, and a shoddy, attempted-member-berry farce that contains such basic, almost-CGI generated quips/lines that one wonders if this was made as a vanityI wish I could rate this season lower. It's an abomination. It's a betrayal of Tolkien's work, and a shoddy, attempted-member-berry farce that contains such basic, almost-CGI generated quips/lines that one wonders if this was made as a vanity exercise. The writers showing making us think they're not that creative, but then showing us that they ARE is a bold strategy . . . I guess?… Expand

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TrolisjwJul 22, 2023

This is the most awful show ever done. A disgrace to tolkiens legacy. Not a good show

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GojoItadoriJul 23, 2023

This is the WORST show on TV right now not even taking into the account the obscene budget. The dialogue is non-sensical and showcases how little the marketers *COUGH*, I mean "writers", are in tune with basic human conversation as theyThis is the WORST show on TV right now not even taking into the account the obscene budget. The dialogue is non-sensical and showcases how little the marketers *COUGH*, I mean "writers", are in tune with basic human conversation as they spend their time surrounded by fart sniffing intellectuals, celebrities, and greed. Even in a fantasy setting, the lines are so horrendously out of place, juvenile, and contrived. There are a handful of, not just 1 or 2, "wait what? How is that even possible?" moments in every single episode. Also, this version of Galadriel has to be the most insufferable, 1 dimensional, entitled, outright nasty, and painfully corny character to have been created for TV since the beginning of the streaming era. Almost nothing she says or does is remotely believable, not bathed in a petulant tone of outright meanness or superiority, or not meant to demean, properly educate, or "one up" whoever she's interacting with. It's a rusty, vanity soaked dagger in the back of Tolkien. A shameless pandering to normies that lap up their nutritionless store brand kibble media fed to them on a daily basis. A self congratulatory fornication of egos, agendas, and $. Not to be harsh... oh hell why not, but the same people loving on this show and claiming the hate is rooted in character flaws of the reviewers are likely the same people that thought Jurrasic World Dominion was wonderful. Like that unfortunate cash grab, Rings of Power insidiously rides in on the back of cherished nostalgia and intrigue all the while abusing and mutating that which carries it into a poorly conceived, barely recognizable amalgam of unprovoked errors. The real hate, the real disrespect, lies in the hearts and minds of the hack creators and the monied interests behind them who play on society's joys, divisions, and previous works of art to make a quick buck.
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indi01Aug 3, 2023

It has nice CGI, but the show has almost no bearing on the world Tolkien created.

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enut_butterAug 14, 2023

Absolute garbage. Probably the worst adaptation of anything I’ve ever seen. I genuinely don’t have the words for this absolute disgrace but I wish the worst upon everyone involved in the creation of this abomination.

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Saracen7Jul 27, 2023

Hire good actors, find some talanted directors and writers, put some effort into your work and just tell a good story. You do have money for that Jeff. Do not take chances, just put a honest effort. Pays off better than reliance on trends and luck.

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BlizzardsukksAug 7, 2023

most expensive dumpster fire today. thank you, amazon! i hope we will see more of this train wreck

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AntiCringmoviesAug 7, 2023

Massive lord of the rings fan here, so sad to be majorly disappointed by this show. Every character that is cannon has been bastardized by amazon, and every new character is a characature. Bad irish accents being imitated by non-irish actors,Massive lord of the rings fan here, so sad to be majorly disappointed by this show. Every character that is cannon has been bastardized by amazon, and every new character is a characature. Bad irish accents being imitated by non-irish actors, the same for scottish, non-scottish actors trying to do scottish accent. Its incredibly cringe. Then you have galadriel my favourite character from the lore/books, now my least favourite character from the show. So annoying, horrible and angry towards her friends / soldiers 'one track minded', everything galadriel isn't. Then we come to the action scenes, a troll attacks the entire group one shotting multiple men on the way over, then galadriel has a 1v1 'dance sequence' spinning her sword about in front of a green screen until the troll dies instantly to just her attacking. Some of the worst combat choreography i've ever seen. The only positive is the visuals/sets and I feel sorry for the talented few who were in charge of these decisions while amongst the children writing the scripts. Feels like a fan fiction that has had 1b$ thrown at it.… Expand

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Achilles997Aug 17, 2023

The worst that happened to JRR Tolkien, his story, his fans, his family and every human being who got in touch touch with this trash. The worst TV show even if you discount that it rapes the source material. The worst advertisment ever.The worst that happened to JRR Tolkien, his story, his fans, his family and every human being who got in touch touch with this trash. The worst TV show even if you discount that it rapes the source material. The worst advertisment ever. Making sure every LOTR fan hates it by calling us names. I hope it gets canceled but I'd rather the show runners commit suicide and leave an apology note to everyone.… Expand

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pdubyanzlOct 6, 2022

It's very difficult to watch and remain engaged. At a base level it is boring, lacks cohesion or characters that compel the viewer to invest and care about them. Their personalities are wooden, and lack any redeeming features, and one findsIt's very difficult to watch and remain engaged. At a base level it is boring, lacks cohesion or characters that compel the viewer to invest and care about them. Their personalities are wooden, and lack any redeeming features, and one finds oneself rooting for Sauron and the Orcs... The plot is non-sensical, everything happens in the nick of time, and is very predictable. Different storylines intersect in the most implausible fashion. It's as if the writers looked at a map of Middle Earth and decided events would take place all over it, without any consideration of the vast distances. There's no sense of grandeur, or scale that one associates with Tolkien.
As a huge Tolkien fan, I cannot fathom how anyone can enjoy this show, For casual viewers I can understand how it may seem like a half-way decent show, but at the same time, I am so disappointed. I was incredibly hopeful for this show.… Expand

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BootyBangJun 6, 2023

If they want to feel empowered/respected, they should stop stealing, and start creating.

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andmyaxediedOct 13, 2022

This show is the antithesis of The movie trilogy by Peter Jackson.
I have honestly enjoyed watching the youtube reviews of the series that are ripping it to shreds for it's lack of logic, lack of continuity, complete and utter disrespect forThis show is the antithesis of The movie trilogy by Peter Jackson.
I have honestly enjoyed watching the youtube reviews of the series that are ripping it to shreds for it's lack of logic, lack of continuity, complete and utter disrespect for the lore and legacy of Tolkien more than watching the series itself.

Tolkien and his wife's tombstones in real life are marked with the names Beren and Lúthien and this show decided to take that beautiful tale and give it to Galadriel - who this show seems to completely misunderstand and misrepresent. They have made her the villain with no reputable or remarkable traits and nothing redeemable about her character. Just a sociopath dead-set on a mission to kill and doesn't care who gets in her way - elves, humans, orcs, doesn't matter - everyone must die and anyone any my way is just collateral damage.

Imagine being 2000 years old and needing to be lectured by a 30 year old human on diplomacy?

Imagine be being filled with revenge for 500 years and the second a little boy seems to have that same trait you lecture him on how it's not good for the heart to carry revenge and celebrate the deaths of others - mind you this is literally hours after she just threatened to bring the orcs out into the sun to watch them suffer or later kill all of Adar's Children in front of him so that he can feel pain before she finally kills him...but now just hours later "It is not good to have hatred or revenge in your heart or to celebrate killing evil". Honestly, WTF. The show's dialogue somehow looks like a play written that would barely make sense on Broadway - it gives you the same feeling as Anakin in Star Wars explaining that he "hates sand, it's coarse and it gets everywhere".

Almost all dialogues and scenes end with you as the viewer thinking - WTF are they serious? And then we get to the worst of it all - a character ask a question, looks to the sky, and then letters appear on the screen to answer the question like it's a Garfield Sunday newspaper comic.

The characters that die on the show have no backstory and so therefore us as viewers don't care at all, nothing is sad, nothing is happy, if fact - it's almost as if you feel sorry for the 'bad guys' throughout the whole show.

Everything that has transpired could have taken place in 2 episodes, if they had taken the extra episodes for character development, backstories, flashbacks etc. then we might would have carried some emotion with the characters but instead everyone gets about 2 sentences of 'tell not show' (which is the opposite of good storytelling) and then we are following their current timeline.

Pure waste of time, obviously a huge waste of money for Amazon prime - I hope that the Tolkien family has the right to ask Amazon to cancel the show for all of our sake.… Expand

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Luka1998010Oct 9, 2022

The critic score on this website for this heap of trash and disrespect is beyond bizarre...
Tolkien made a fantastic world and characters, only for Amazon to buttf*ck his legacy to no end.

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Luis91Oct 11, 2022

I could say so many things, but I'm not going to bore them........well a little yes, ONLY (so that they say that it is a series of the Lord of the Rings: if they removed what they wanted, they added those who wanted and interpreted order andI could say so many things, but I'm not going to bore them........well a little yes, ONLY (so that they say that it is a series of the Lord of the Rings: if they removed what they wanted, they added those who wanted and interpreted order and time as they wanted!!!?) They would have better called it ("Of The Rights of the Lord of the Rings: A series we invented")… Expand

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IahnosOct 11, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ho aspettato il sesto episodio per dare una recensione. Purtroppo a parte l'ottima computer grafica questa serie ha ben poco di buono e non mi riferisco alla canonicità. Non essere *canonica* è l'ultimo dei problemi in quanto fosse stata una bella serie sarei stato comunque contentissimo di vederla.
I dialoghi sembrano scritti da dei bambini dell'asilo e sono spesso piatti, inconcludenti, superficiali e spesso mancano di logica.
Le sceneggiature, sopratutto le scene d'azione sembrano uscite da Xena principessa guerriera ed il cringe straripante sembra un mix tra Underworld, Blade ed il peggio del cinema blockbuster anni 90/2000 ma con più budget.
Mi chiedo ora (spoiler) come è possibile che una spada magica ricercata in lungo e largo sia solo una chiave e serva semplicemente a distruggere una diganed accendere il Monte Fato come se fosse una cucina a gas? … Expand

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TropiOct 12, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unlike LOTR, where each scene was memorable, a masterpiece designed to transmit a message and fill you with emotions, Rings of Power is... lacking content, to say the least. The conversations are plainly stupid. Galadriel has just one face filled with anger. I don't really care if it is just bad acting on her part or an overly simplistic character. She basically plays a spoiled brat with a temper who always throws a tantrum. I've imagined her as a wise person, managing always to avoid a fight rather than look for one with the mindset of a teenager... The show is a complete disappointment, probably the worst screenplay I have ever seen. I think that it was intended for a very stupid audience, otherwise I can't explain how it can be so bad. Only if you really want you can create such a **** otherwise you would still get some things right.… Expand

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Alonso_4138Oct 12, 2022

At some point, I thought that now the idiotic pretentious pathos of this series will pour out of the screen. For a long time I have not seen a more incoherent wasteful plot, coupled with absolutely mediocre moronic dialogues. A monstrousAt some point, I thought that now the idiotic pretentious pathos of this series will pour out of the screen. For a long time I have not seen a more incoherent wasteful plot, coupled with absolutely mediocre moronic dialogues. A monstrous failure on the part of the so-called creators and just wasted time.… Expand

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Fiedler10Oct 9, 2022

Has nothing to do with Tolkiens Books. Sometimes the show feels silly, and sometimes it seems like a (bad) LOTR parody.

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TsuriomOct 7, 2022

I can't accept this Warrior Galadriel
The writing is horrible and boring Characters don't have any logic

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DSotoOct 2, 2022

The show is very generic. Not what I was visualizing when Amazon said they spent so much money to make this. Costumes are simplistic. Actors are mediocre. Writing is horrendous. It reminds of 2004 miniseries Earthsea. This is just a bad show.

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giddioOct 9, 2022

Exceptional VFX for an ugly TV show. Nothing is where it has to stay. Everything is bad, and is missing of significance. My delusion is great. This could have been a great TV show, the greatest maybe. But is going on the way of the poorest.Exceptional VFX for an ugly TV show. Nothing is where it has to stay. Everything is bad, and is missing of significance. My delusion is great. This could have been a great TV show, the greatest maybe. But is going on the way of the poorest. Wasted resources. Sad.… Expand

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reynev4nOct 13, 2022

Giving this a 1 just for the few nice landscape shots. When looking at the downvotes on negative reviews - they're all around 190, Amazon really can't pay more people than that lol? A tip: if you want to spend your time with something usefulGiving this a 1 just for the few nice landscape shots. When looking at the downvotes on negative reviews - they're all around 190, Amazon really can't pay more people than that lol? A tip: if you want to spend your time with something useful and feel better after that, yeah, do something else, something more meaningful, like... watching the bare wall for hours.… Expand

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DESIGRONSep 28, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show is a pure joke… Absolute waste of time and money. I can’t find any reason to watch this piece of modern art.… Expand

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ElkarOct 2, 2022

I can't believe how bad this serie is. The writing is abismal, full of plot holes and all characters behabe like complete retards. The dialogs are cringe the pacing is extremely boring, the world doesn't look like Tolkien's Middle Earth. AndI can't believe how bad this serie is. The writing is abismal, full of plot holes and all characters behabe like complete retards. The dialogs are cringe the pacing is extremely boring, the world doesn't look like Tolkien's Middle Earth. And "Galadriel" is the worst thing of all, hope she dies soon.… Expand

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GrahamSteiner44Sep 28, 2022

Jumping Jackrabbits! What a steaming pile of feces, just what were the writers, director, and producers, thinking? Even just taken as a generic fantasy show with no connection to Tolkien, It's still an abomination. My son lasted 20 minutes ofJumping Jackrabbits! What a steaming pile of feces, just what were the writers, director, and producers, thinking? Even just taken as a generic fantasy show with no connection to Tolkien, It's still an abomination. My son lasted 20 minutes of the first episode before walking. I kept watching, I wish I hadn't bothered.… Expand

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joshuacolemanOct 11, 2022

Watched it with my girlfriend. Both of us agreed that it's not good. There's so much runtime padding. We don't feel much for any of the characters. The only reason we didn't stop after episode one was that we're Tolkien fans. DefinitelyWatched it with my girlfriend. Both of us agreed that it's not good. There's so much runtime padding. We don't feel much for any of the characters. The only reason we didn't stop after episode one was that we're Tolkien fans. Definitely not worth the watch!… Expand

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alyosikiOct 9, 2022

This is, by far, one of the greatest fail for the past 20 years. I never ever watched so bad performed tv show.EVER. And they have the whole Tolkien universe. Please, watch only if you interested how you can blow the entire world into hatred.This is, by far, one of the greatest fail for the past 20 years. I never ever watched so bad performed tv show.EVER. And they have the whole Tolkien universe. Please, watch only if you interested how you can blow the entire world into hatred. Sh*t show, company, directors and top managers.… Expand

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rahul869Oct 10, 2022

This is the worst piece of cinematic craft I have ever witnessed. It is funded by the titular armies of Mordor with infinite coffers of looted jewels. There is no substitute for good taste. Peter Jackson must be rolling in nightmares. AnywaysThis is the worst piece of cinematic craft I have ever witnessed. It is funded by the titular armies of Mordor with infinite coffers of looted jewels. There is no substitute for good taste. Peter Jackson must be rolling in nightmares. Anyways its a free country. And money talks, BULLS&*T walks. Formally and Linguistically speaking, this is the death of form, in the worst way conceivable.… Expand

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tschopenOct 8, 2022

This is the worst! Acting bad. Plot bad. Character development bad. Battle scenes super bad.

On the bright side some of the landscapes are amazing so while sucking as a movie, it could be a great computer desktop background generator.

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veggie9000Oct 12, 2022

Take something with 0 soul and wrap it up with millions of dollars worth of CGI. Slap the tolkien name on it and cash out. Possibly the worst show I've ever had the misfortune of watching.

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Mediocrates1Oct 12, 2022

Rings of Power is disappointing in every way. How could they spend so much to produce so little?

Galadriel is deeply unlikeable, the proto-hobbits are psychopaths, and there don't seem to be many characters whose actions drive the story.Rings of Power is disappointing in every way. How could they spend so much to produce so little?

Galadriel is deeply unlikeable, the proto-hobbits are psychopaths, and there don't seem to be many characters whose actions drive the story. Galadriel kind of floats around--sent to Valinor, picked up by a raft, picked up by Numenor, white-tree blossoms convince Numenor to go to war, etc. Instead of interesting characters making choices that push the story in unforeseen ways (like HOTD Rhaenyra choosing to fake Laenor's death and marry Daemon), stuff just happens and the characters float along.… Expand

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minaminiOct 10, 2022

So many plot holes and generally not good writing. The dialogue doesn’t sound good and the plot is implausible, not true to the lore and boring. I would have loved this show to be good. But I am so disappointed.

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AshslillianOct 9, 2022

The characters are all unlikable. Within 5 episodes, they couldn't create any depth to the show. In their attempt to make a strong female character, they turned Galadriel into a one dimensional Karen. They made Elrond into a weasel. EveryoneThe characters are all unlikable. Within 5 episodes, they couldn't create any depth to the show. In their attempt to make a strong female character, they turned Galadriel into a one dimensional Karen. They made Elrond into a weasel. Everyone else in the show is so poorly written, you can't make any connection with them. The pacing of the show is terrible. Even if you forget that they didn't make any use of the source material, it's extremely obvious that none of the budget went into the script. But that certainly didn't stop them from trying sprinkle in some not some witty one liners. The worst part is, we all know what they spent on this garbage.… Expand

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lordalaricSep 27, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILER ALERT: THEY RUINED IT LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO… Expand

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BilbitleHoboOct 1, 2022

Six episodes in and I'm giving up ! With one question though.
How in the hell can one studio, with a half a billion budget manage to deliver such p*ss poor spectacle ? It is puzzling.
We're certain the money didn't go to the casting or theSix episodes in and I'm giving up ! With one question though.
How in the hell can one studio, with a half a billion budget manage to deliver such p*ss poor spectacle ? It is puzzling.
We're certain the money didn't go to the casting or the writing ! Cringe inducing dialogues delivered by amateurs in the service of a snail paced plot, probably written by a 16 years old who focused way too much on shoehorning modern tropes such as ethnic diversity or the strong woman figure into the story, to a point it becomes absolutely ridiculous (and polarizingly counter productive).
And the more they try to emulate what Peter Jackson did with Tolkien's material, the more it falls flat and make this show failing miserably at being even remotely entertaining.
The ridiculous horse acrobatics of miss-clenched-teeths AKA Galadriel just definitely signaled me I was done wasting my free time with this borefest of childish gimmicks.
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DatojetOct 14, 2022

This is the first time I can safely say that I absolutely HATE the show. This thing should never have seen the light of the day and everybody who participated in the creation of this show should be ashamed of themselves. It is the mostThis is the first time I can safely say that I absolutely HATE the show. This thing should never have seen the light of the day and everybody who participated in the creation of this show should be ashamed of themselves. It is the most mindless, superficial, pale, uninspired, disrespectful, and talentless media product of all time. Even in a million years I would not be able to gather all the necessary words to fully describe the disgust I feel after experiencing the Rings of Power. I can`t even start delivering a constructive criticism, because this show simply doesn`t deserve the effort. 8 episodes of sheer torture. Dialogues are simply words gathered into sentences. No substance, no purpose. Characters are just empty shells that find themsleves in situations. They don`t act like living beings. Mindless tools of the script, nothing more. Visuals - mediocre at best. The secenry flourishes with fakeness and CGI. Action/battles - just pathetic and too few for a BILLION dollar show. The plot - a giant, unfunny JOKE. I sincerely hope that the 2nd season will never ever come out. I could somehow cope with Netflix butchering The Witcher, but seeing Amazon butchering Tolkien`s meticulously crafted world is simply too much for me to bear.… Expand