The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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farrelldidiSep 8, 2022

Bad acting, terrible screenplay that seems to be written by a 4 year-old, they made a mess of Tolkien's lore while saying in interviews that they kept going back to the book... Yeah..right. Khazad-Dum looks good, dwarves look good and theirBad acting, terrible screenplay that seems to be written by a 4 year-old, they made a mess of Tolkien's lore while saying in interviews that they kept going back to the book... Yeah..right. Khazad-Dum looks good, dwarves look good and their actors are the best actors so far, a couple of decent shots, but these are the only good things i managed to find about this disaster of a tv-show.… Expand

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Ch3nt3Sep 5, 2022

To be honest the production of the serie is amazing, some movies would like to have this level of production, but men the script, it's just a piece of crap, the whole world move around and in the interest of the main character. Galadriel isTo be honest the production of the serie is amazing, some movies would like to have this level of production, but men the script, it's just a piece of crap, the whole world move around and in the interest of the main character. Galadriel is total unbearable and generates a total antipathy towards her, she is the fusion of two horrible personas defined as Mary Sue and Karen… Expand

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MortgageHedgeSep 5, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really one of the worst adaptations of any sort of existing lore of any kind available. Dialogs are nonsensical at times, and constantly describe what is on screen ["look a hole in the ground", "you don't know what's down there" ect]. Physics are consistently in question. Scenes draw my unintentional laughter. There's no real reason to watch this. House of the dragon is an infinite ly better watch… Expand

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the_cornSep 5, 2022

The show is very pretty and has high production quality, the acting is decent and the music is good. The script is bad at times. The dialogues are inconsistent, some of them are good, some of them are extremely weird/nonsensical. The storyThe show is very pretty and has high production quality, the acting is decent and the music is good. The script is bad at times. The dialogues are inconsistent, some of them are good, some of them are extremely weird/nonsensical. The story has several logical flaws and only a few interesting arcs so far, but if you don't think about it too much you can live with that. Overall I'd say: you can clearly see they put a lot of money into this, but ultimately it feels a bit like Amazon itself, empty and soulless. Purely on the quality I'd give 4.5/10, but I have deducted two point because Amazon is actively censoring IMDB/Rotten Tomatoes reviews and ratings (I saw reviews and ratings disappearing with my own eyes). Don't believe any ratings you see on these sites, they are manipulated.… Expand

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PsychoticrowSep 7, 2022

Cheap Game of Thrones knock off, using LoTR IP.

I'm grateful none of this will ever be considered Cannon. As it basically destroys every character and ever place and ever thing in the original works to make it more "game of thrones" feeling.

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Skipper81GerSep 7, 2022

how can there be mixed peoples and colorful elves in this series when they have disappeared again in the lord of the rings? was a genocide committed after the age of the series and the trilogy on the colorful mixed dwarves, elves and humans?

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306alex306Sep 5, 2022

So there you go, evil try corupt and claim another great art witch ther ideology.

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SwaquilinoSep 5, 2022

Absolutely terrible show. No inspiration, bad casting and acting. 1 star for the visuals Imdb is removing all reviews under 6 stars Because imdb is OWNED BY AMAZON!!!!!

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WitchcraftSep 6, 2022

Everything visual and auditory about the show is excellent. The CG, effects, sets and costumes are all great. The music and sound design, great. That's where the greatness ends. And now for the terrible... The story is uninteresting.Everything visual and auditory about the show is excellent. The CG, effects, sets and costumes are all great. The music and sound design, great. That's where the greatness ends. And now for the terrible... The story is uninteresting. The writing is cliche, bland and predictable. The acting is mediocre. The battle and fight choreography looks very staged and amateur. I didn't mind most of the modern day updates, like diversifying the skin colors, but the gender inequality and pro-girl-power plugs were so portrayed with such over-used scenarios and contexts that it felt un-original and lazily implemented.

Sadly, the only way to enjoy this show is with dubbing set to a language you don't understand, and by skipping half the action sequences.… Expand

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kepb1aSep 7, 2022

Boring a boring can be. A derivative snoozefest with lazy writing. Fake female Frodo (how unorignal) is called Nori Brandyfoot and fake Gandolph is called the Stranger. Morfydd Clark is miscast as Galadriel. Clark haz zero range, literally aBoring a boring can be. A derivative snoozefest with lazy writing. Fake female Frodo (how unorignal) is called Nori Brandyfoot and fake Gandolph is called the Stranger. Morfydd Clark is miscast as Galadriel. Clark haz zero range, literally a single facial expression (a scowl) for 2 entire episodes.… Expand

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emZee1994Sep 6, 2022

They tried so hard to make it "woke" that they didn't have any time to make it good. Don't bother. Tolkien would be ashamed

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LillyCDSep 5, 2022

Not worth calling it Lord of the Rings. It’s something else, it’s another universe. It lacks every single point that made LoTR what it is today.

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DersteirerSep 6, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a fan of the books and the PJ movies, i really wanted this to be good, but it isn't.

This modernisation of Tolkien doesn't make sense at all, it's a story written a long time ago and was made to be a mythos for england and was inspired by norse mythology.

The acting really isn't anything special, kinda meh at best.

The visuals are good, which is to be expected with this kind of budget (bit to bright for my taste).

The actions of the characters don't make much sense in my head (like Galadriel jumping of the ship, which is basically suicide) and i don't even know why i should like any of them.
Heck, i still don't have any clue about like 90% of the Story, which viewers should have after a ton of trailers and two whole episodes.

Dialogues are kinda dumb and not very good.
(You haven't seen, yes i have, no you havent', yes i have,...)

The lorebreaking just makes me cry aswell.
You could just change a few names here and there and there wouldn't be any Tolkien related stuff left at all, it really is that far gone from the books.

Didn't enjoy it at all, was bored all the way through.

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poiuytrewq1066Sep 8, 2022

If you are a Tolkien fan, this isnt for you, if you are a LOTR fan, this isnt for you, if you are a game of thrones fan, this isnt for you. The visuals are great (they should be for a billion dollar tv show) The acting is like a stage showIf you are a Tolkien fan, this isnt for you, if you are a LOTR fan, this isnt for you, if you are a game of thrones fan, this isnt for you. The visuals are great (they should be for a billion dollar tv show) The acting is like a stage show written by a bunch of students who read the books when they were at uni. Howard Shores music score was a massive part of Peter Jacksons films and made them resonate with the viewer. The music on this show is like 3/4 leauges below his. Morfydd Clark attacked fans before it was even released. Lenny Henry is unnecessary. The Hobbits/not hobbits have a blatant fake irish accent,borderline racist to the Irish, Galadriel is driven by revenge and can apparently swim 100s of miles in the sea. Travelling in general is with a snap of the fingers. ( think of Indiana Jones on the plane without the cross fade of him sleeping) IMDB is not allowing reviews below a 6 Amazon owns IMDB. ( Just saying) 1/10 purley for some of the visual shots… Expand

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ZamtarSep 4, 2022

There is absolutely no way this series deserves a 10 or a 100, so that is why it gets a 0 from me. We are dealing in extremes here and both myself and partner being very avid fans of the books and universe have chosen to memory hole this one.There is absolutely no way this series deserves a 10 or a 100, so that is why it gets a 0 from me. We are dealing in extremes here and both myself and partner being very avid fans of the books and universe have chosen to memory hole this one. I won't even be watching to see how bad the remainder of the series is, and we are considering boycotting amazon as a whole because this is very obviously a cash grab investment that has been pushed by investors to take elements of a superhero series to try and reach as wide a market as possible. To amazon the fans are nothing but a number on a financial spreadsheet. And they have been cast aside as an acceptable loss in pursuing higher returns.… Expand

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User66Sep 4, 2022

Terrible writing. I'll say it again terrible writing. Terrible story telling. People teleporting across middle earth like if it was nothing and so on... I really don't want to write 5,000 words so that is about it.

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curranickusSep 7, 2022

Garbage writing, it's a disgrace that not only have they trampled all over the lore - this is only LOTR 'themed' not actual LOTR, they don't even have an entertaining show with all the creative liberties they have taken. They've taken one ofGarbage writing, it's a disgrace that not only have they trampled all over the lore - this is only LOTR 'themed' not actual LOTR, they don't even have an entertaining show with all the creative liberties they have taken. They've taken one of the greatest high fantasy literary worlds and turned it into a tacky, b-rate dungeons & dragons-esque generic fantasy series with cringeworthy dialogue that looks and feels like it's been cast by a bunch of Los Angeles suburbanites. I'm not just disappointed this show is such a let down, I'm genuinely amazed at how such terrible writing made it on to the screen considering the significance of the intellectual property and size of budget with which it was made.… Expand

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BlackIsleSep 6, 2022

This is a reaction to a perceived "evil" of the Tolkien universe. The false masters of morality will revel in this nonsense.

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EmirgondSep 5, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My heart is bleeding...

From the beginning, the Amazon Rings of Power series wanted to put itself on a par with Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. Amazon does not live up to this claim, paid for with 1 billion dollars. Money is not everything. So I'll start with the positive aspects:

-With the money, tremendous and partly even coherent images were created. Valinor and Khazad-Dum look very good. One wishes for slower camera movements to absorb more details. And here we come to the limit of the short CGI sequences: They are just facades. (Khazad-Dum was a bit more detailed due to the longer scenes.) Still, it's no comparison to the companions' journey through Moria (Khazad-Dum) and Gandalf's arrival at Minas Tirith in the original Lord of the Rings films by Peter Jackson. -The images in the series are accompanied by good music. Sauron's theme sounds intimidating and threatening - great! At other points, however, the music falls short of expectations. An example: Everyone will still have the atmospheric sound of the Shire of the Jackson films by Howard Shore in their ears. The ancestors of the hobbits of the Amazon series have their own theme. It's quite cute, but it doesn't invite to dream like the masterpiece of Howard Shore.

-The acting of Disa and Durin in the presence of Elrond in the second episode was a bright spot. Unfortunately, the imposing images described at the beginning can't hide the negative aspects of the series.

Weak dialogues and partly very weak storytelling (our main character jumps off the boat in the middle of the ocean with no chance of rescue and of course she gets lucky when she meets the remains of a ship's crew). On the whole, I have to admit to myself that the presentation of the story around Galadriel (our main character) is so weak that I don't even know where to start. The actress can't do anything for the narration. In the films of Peter Jackson, Elves were rehearsed choreographies. Posture, elegance, and expressiveness. In two scenes that I personally noticed, the actress of Galadriel loses face. She plays a millennia-old, high-born Elf who has seen a lot... bad Quote incoming (you have not seen what i have seen) and she seems unfortunately simply - human. Driven by revenge for her brother without putting the greater good in the foreground.

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If you love Tolkien's books and appreciate Peter Jackson's first trilogy, then you probably won't have an easy time diving into Tolkien's world with Amazon's new series.… Expand

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EdsalvoSep 5, 2022

This is my review of The Rings of Power which I posted on Amazon that I'm sure will be deleted.

As a person who read all of Tolkien's books, who owns all of Peter Jackson's movies and watch them over and over, what have you done! All AmazonThis is my review of The Rings of Power which I posted on Amazon that I'm sure will be deleted.

As a person who read all of Tolkien's books, who owns all of Peter Jackson's movies and watch them over and over, what have you done! All Amazon had to do is to stay true to Tolkien's characters and story and you would have had a winner! Why did you spend 1.5 billion on this disaster.

Now as it's easy to blame the fans for your failure, but the truth is your writers blew it and you have no one else to blame but yourselves. How hard is it to listen to fans because it is the fans who pay and support your products and your company.

After watching both episodes, I spent last night telling fellow Tolkien fans to watch both episodes to judge for themselves, so I'm not surprised that you've had 25 million viewers because people just love to see a disaster in progress. Once word of mouth spreads it's all over for your views.

As a Prime member for decades, I'm no troll or bot so if this review gets deleted, I will not be surprised after all I see you've disabled your rating system.

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ElielvisSep 5, 2022

What can I say, she jumps into an ocean with no supplies and no water thinking she’ll be able to swim across an ocean to another continent. Or what about a journey w no supplies and no horses in dresses Elrond and groomer Kel take that looksWhat can I say, she jumps into an ocean with no supplies and no water thinking she’ll be able to swim across an ocean to another continent. Or what about a journey w no supplies and no horses in dresses Elrond and groomer Kel take that looks like it will take weeks only for groomer Kel to turn back alone and in a dress dejected like a scorned lover. Or what about not caring about any of the characters because they skipped thousands of years and didn’t even show the big bad battle properly in the beginning? It’s so superficial it’s insulting. Instead we get great lines like, ‘you haven’t seen what I’ve seen’
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SailnirSep 7, 2022

OOOOOOhhhh... Shiny. This show has some incredible CG landscapes and cities. That said, the very depiction of the characters and the actions that are credited as being valiant is an absolute inversion of the world Tolkien creates. GaladrielOOOOOOhhhh... Shiny. This show has some incredible CG landscapes and cities. That said, the very depiction of the characters and the actions that are credited as being valiant is an absolute inversion of the world Tolkien creates. Galadriel changes from honorable and wise, as she should be at thousands of years old, to impulsive, vengeful, and spiteful of authority. The Harfoots are shown as simpletons and the daughter is spiteful of their tradition and worries treating them with a similar lack of respect. Arondir abandons his post and defies his orders. His love interest, Bronwyn abandons her child to go on a potentially dangerous adventure. Every human is depicted as a bigot, every male as toxic, the world is darkness. It is very much the opposite of what Sam said, “There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.”… Expand

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JoshP83Sep 4, 2022

As appears to be the case with modern streaming services, they hope visuals and liberal casting in their TV and film will somehow cause everyone to come together, regardless the lore, true/original descriptions of people, places, events andAs appears to be the case with modern streaming services, they hope visuals and liberal casting in their TV and film will somehow cause everyone to come together, regardless the lore, true/original descriptions of people, places, events and racial groups, and regardless acting ability. So long as visuals and diverse casting is met, everything else can fall by the wayside. This move toward "inclusiveness" based on reality and co-opting someone's work to fit someone else's agenda is, and has always been, at the expense of fiction. Fiction is what it is because it doesn't need to fall in line with reality. Reality can influence fiction but exists apart from fiction, and fiction apart from reality. If this weren't the case, we'd be discussing non-fiction. Fiction is not non-fiction.

People often seek fiction to leave behind reality, even if only for a moment, because our real world problems are not what we want to focus on. We want to see another world's problems from another person's perspective, and come out of the fictional world with new insights.

What's beautiful about fiction is that events, people, and places in fictional worlds are unique to the creator. They might sometimes be based (in varying levels) on reality, but they're different from reality and different from one creator to another. Tolkien's world was based on medieval Europe, but is a place with all colors of skin, all levels of height and weight, all varieties of accents and speech, but a (general) separation of peoples for various reasons. They do come together to accomplish great things, but they are not normally intermingled together.

Forcing those things beyond the creator's vision muddies and sullies the story that was built up around those things, and will almost always invariably result in bad reviews by unpaid critics (your average viewer), especially those who were great fans of the original works. You can chalk it up to racism, sexism or some other -ism, but that's mostly fiction. The reality of the matter is that you co-opted someone else's vision to suit your own agenda, and people don't like that, regardless the social or political gang colors they wear. Diversity of actors, in terms of color, gender, or sexual identity is perfectly fine. Take stories that already include the diversity you're looking for, and build that world. Or create new ideas with the amount of diversity you're looking for, and build that world. This is only as difficult as creators want to make it. If it's "too hard" to build something new with the ideas you're looking for, that's on you. Not the story or the world that needs to be built. Build your own worlds, or use worlds that closely match what you're looking for in a story. Don't steal from others and pretend for, whatever reason, that it's "okay" or "this is what he would have wanted". You're mixing up fiction with reality and all you'll end up with is a broken, poorly reflective imitation of reality and truth, and if it's not true reality, it's fiction. Co-opting TV, film, and streaming services are living in fictional worlds while destroying other people's fictional worlds. And that's why you'll continue to see bad reviews on stories that ventured too far beyond the creator's vision. At least what DC and Marvel have is alternate realities, that have explored variations in timelines and people. These companies and creators did that. So it's easy to incorporate all the possibilities across universes. Tolkien's world does not have alternate universes, and this world of make-believe is not his vision anymore. It's become someone else's agenda.… Expand

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BLAGnobeSep 6, 2022

This show is a joke to anybody who is actually a fan of Tolkien's work. Shame on the Tolkien estate for greenlighting this uninspired and creatively bankrupt cash grab. I cancelled my Prime subscription immediately, because it's literally theThis show is a joke to anybody who is actually a fan of Tolkien's work. Shame on the Tolkien estate for greenlighting this uninspired and creatively bankrupt cash grab. I cancelled my Prime subscription immediately, because it's literally the only thing I can contribute to make my voice heard. This one really hurts to be honest.… Expand

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ValinorSep 6, 2022

The creators of this series have no respect for Tolkien and his legendarium. Amazon needs to be held responsible for this terrible abuse of intellectual property.

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skepticckSep 6, 2022

Writing in this series is terrible, this script seems written by people who never read a book in their lives and were more interested in injecting themselves and their politics into the script instead of writing a good story, not that theyWriting in this series is terrible, this script seems written by people who never read a book in their lives and were more interested in injecting themselves and their politics into the script instead of writing a good story, not that they would even know how to. Scored 2 for the visuals because the rest is abysmal, the story and the acting are just bad.… Expand

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TzarockSep 4, 2022

It was bland and boring, bad writing, dialog and acting, complete and udder disregard for Tolkien and his world. Only thing alright about it is the music, the music is alright if not generic.

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AbonismippleSep 7, 2022

The only thing positive about this mess is the visual effects.

Bad dialog delivered poorly. Nonsensical story. Pacing issues. Zero resemblance to Tolkien's work. Obvious focus on identity politics. Nothing timeless or even human aboutThe only thing positive about this mess is the visual effects.

Bad dialog delivered poorly. Nonsensical story. Pacing issues. Zero resemblance to Tolkien's work. Obvious focus on identity politics. Nothing timeless or even human about it.

Could go on but it's really not necessary. Just a bad show.… Expand

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GarStaziSep 5, 2022

Awful acting and writing which don't reflect the show's ridiculous budget. Read the books instead.

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ak92Sep 7, 2022

Painfully bad. The dialogue writing is CW level. The acting is very wooden. The special effects are good, but most of the sets look fake. They totally miscast Elrond as well.

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SomeCriticSep 7, 2022

In the same way that Films Schools are able to point to Disney's Star Wars Trilogy as an example of how to trash a beloved franchise, we are now able to point to Amazon Prime's intersectional 'retelling' of JRR Tolkiens beloved stories andIn the same way that Films Schools are able to point to Disney's Star Wars Trilogy as an example of how to trash a beloved franchise, we are now able to point to Amazon Prime's intersectional 'retelling' of JRR Tolkiens beloved stories and say 'This is how you **** up another major franchise. It's obvious tokenism over Tolkienism, done in the pursuit of viewership, and has nothing to do with the LORE of The Rings. It is unbashedly dull and slow. The writing is generic and vanilla and the writers do not know how to show and not tell. Galadriel is both a Karen and a sulky Mary-Sue more concerned with her 'feelings' than how to be a beacon of hope to her people. Men are portrayed as either whiny beta cucks or 'patriarchal' oppressors. Just like the autistic kid at sports day, this show doesn't even get over the start line.… Expand

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RubemWOLFSep 7, 2022

Ao contrário do que dizem, o fracasso da série não tem nada a ver com Racismo; o principal problema é o roteiro que foi escrito baseado em um filme do Vandamme dos anos 80, onde o personagem só quer vingança. Atuações medíocres nãoAo contrário do que dizem, o fracasso da série não tem nada a ver com Racismo; o principal problema é o roteiro que foi escrito baseado em um filme do Vandamme dos anos 80, onde o personagem só quer vingança. Atuações medíocres não conseguiram convencer nem o fã mais apaixonado por qualquer coisa que carregue o nome do Senhor dos Aneis sem qualquer critério.

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wuecitySep 4, 2022

A black elve and a black hair foot actor... Cancel culture is on lotr. I would like to See a white Shaft.. ... Not a good show after 2 episodes

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JdanksSep 6, 2022

This is a shameful attempt of amazon to destroy one of the great cultural assets of western literature.

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Zakg77Sep 7, 2022

RoP is a trash bastardization of Tolkien with terrible characters, even worse writing, and modern political BS at the expense of canon. No matter how much money they put into spectacle or PR articles attacking fans, it will not make itRoP is a trash bastardization of Tolkien with terrible characters, even worse writing, and modern political BS at the expense of canon. No matter how much money they put into spectacle or PR articles attacking fans, it will not make it anything other than the most expensive fan fiction ever shat upon on TV screen.… Expand

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Asha_MiovaSep 4, 2022

The series is not about anything. So much to offend the universe, you still have to try and they did it perfectly. I wish the screenwriter and director of this **** to buy an original story in books and read it inside and out.

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anabellusSep 5, 2022

It is so bad it hurts, but actors have beautiful faces with good CGI, some average fancy dresses, and a a wonderful tree in the backround. All artifice. The script is some poetry that means nothing at all, just word salad, and the tory goesIt is so bad it hurts, but actors have beautiful faces with good CGI, some average fancy dresses, and a a wonderful tree in the backround. All artifice. The script is some poetry that means nothing at all, just word salad, and the tory goes nowhere except some cliches, like two handsome young man and woman alone in a boat. Well, a little more happens with the dwarfs but not enough to keep me interested. It is ok if you are folding clothes or doing other chores, just as a background.… Expand

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BorjooSep 7, 2022

Just woke. .

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SigonSep 7, 2022

They say that changing lore so that it can fit modern views, then what is the purpose of lore?

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Kuroneko87Sep 7, 2022

They made sure this dumpster fire has a higher critic score than House of the Dragon.

The corruption of libtards is beyond me.

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anarion321Sep 4, 2022

The show have good things, the most obvious, is a high budget production, good looks, feels nice to see big elves and dwarf cities in their prime. I enjoyed also the beauty of simple things, the manners of the language, talking about how toThe show have good things, the most obvious, is a high budget production, good looks, feels nice to see big elves and dwarf cities in their prime. I enjoyed also the beauty of simple things, the manners of the language, talking about how to enjoy things like light, feels, the use of methaphor....it's nice.

But there are to many bads in the show to give it a good grade, to put it in one word, sadly it's woke. Seems like the enemy all the time is society, the characters are settled in their little universes, elves, man, hobbits....the characters want to do things and the people close to them let them know that is not wanted, they must quit their dreams and join the fold, which they do not and they are righteous to do so, even when they're not. Galadriel may as well and up triumpht for pusuing the evil and not giving up, but she does not come relatable at all to me, she's just stuburn and entitled.

You can see also interacial relationships everywhere and mixed color people everywhere, and it just puts out of place, at least for me as a fan of the books. The world of Tolkien is vast, the regions of Middle Earth that wee see on the movies and in this TV show are really a small part of the world which would be the equivalent of Europe in our world, to the East and south there are plenty more regions in which other men live. I could get people from the East visiting and being there, but the show presents it like the settlements have mixed etnicities as a normal thing, and, again, it puts you off, does not feel natural.

I would feel the same if the show took place in the East for example (which I would welcome to see, a story of the blue mages for example), and suddlendly you see the cities filled with white people.

And seeing woman dwarves with no beard..... The story so far does not catch you anywhere. You can pass the time watching it and it's obviously selling you that something is going to happen, Sauron returning and all but I don't really care much for any of the storylines.

Laslty, if you know about the books, you'll see that the show is quite different, the map and events from the first age are wrong, the whole Sauron story is wrong (he was not haunted for example and considered to be good), the king of the elves was not so blind and careless, he was actually the one thinking a danger was coming, the elves did not need permission to go back to Valinor, they did not have elves watching people accross middle Earth, no things falling out of the sky, Mithril was already being discovered, the gate of Kazad dun did not exist yet, the one with dwarf friend was Celebrimbor.....Many many things that are wrong and they are like that because the showrunners chose to, and they also chose to use original characters instead of canon ones, which they are not in the show.

Honestly, there's nothing wrong about doing something new and original, but if you want to do that, do something entire new, don't take an already made story and change it to something else. It seems that you only do that to exploit the already stablished fame of that art and get an easy cash grab.… Expand

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SharkiieSep 4, 2022

We know women are the main client now of streaming, and that those clients prefer woke content. But seriously. We are going to have to say goodbye to all content? as every male depiction in modern content will be feminized, incompetent or evil.

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GeenanSep 7, 2022

This show isn't merely bad -- it is offensively bad, and therefore deserves the lowest possible score of 0.

The show deliberately subverts Tolkien's Middle-earth into something that reflects Amazon's own vision. Some of the changes wereThis show isn't merely bad -- it is offensively bad, and therefore deserves the lowest possible score of 0.

The show deliberately subverts Tolkien's Middle-earth into something that reflects Amazon's own vision. Some of the changes were made for obvious political reasons (race-swapping characters), but other changes have no rhyme or reason (why are the elves short haired?)

Elves are such a quintessential, memorable part of Tolkien's Middle-earth, but instead of the beautiful, long-haired elves described by Tolkien, this show gives us LARP elves that are ugly or old, with short hair and bad teeth.

I also need to highlight how cringey the dialog is: It is the worst sort of "As you know, Bob" expository dialog I've ever heard. In order to inform the viewer, characters are constantly talking about things that everyone in the room already knows. Even worse is the linguistic register, which sounds like some schoolkid trying (and failing) to write in a "Ye Olde" Tolkienesque style. Other problems include a main character who is an unlikeable jerk, slapstick comedy that feels out of place, and badly choreographed fight scenes with obvious wirework.

Other reviewers have commended the beautiful scenery and VFX of the show. I agree that the show looks good, but that does not change my 0 rating. I can easily find even more beautiful scenery and VFX -- without the horror of seeing Tolkien despoiled -- by watching a nature documentary or browsing fantasy paintings online.… Expand

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BirdieSep 7, 2022

I feared they’d destroy it by wokeness and nonsense. Rubbish! Plains and simple. Rubbish! Plains and simple. Rubbish! Plains and simple. Rubbish! Plains and simple. Rubbish! Plains and simple. Rubbish! Plains and simple.

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sleazy898Sep 9, 2022

I understand the "muh representeshun" because they have no culture of their own but at least they could have casted a good looking fairy.

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kozub91Sep 7, 2022

Толкин переворачивается в гробу
Толкин переворачивается в гробу
Толкин переворачивается в гробу

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Fl4kattackSep 8, 2022

This is so difficult because I really wanted this show to work, firstly a massive positive the shows settings visually stunning and it has vast amounts of potential. The show itself is very lazy writing, it has little to no feeling factorThis is so difficult because I really wanted this show to work, firstly a massive positive the shows settings visually stunning and it has vast amounts of potential. The show itself is very lazy writing, it has little to no feeling factor like lord of the rings, 2 of my favourite characters Elrond and Galadriel have been turned I to the most boring unlikeable characters on TV. Episode 3 needs to sort this crap out… Expand

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NothraesSep 7, 2022

It might, maybe, very maybe, have been an kinda meh generic fantasy show if they hadn't tried to market it as lord of the rings. The kind of show you'd watch when you've exhausted your supply of good shows, mildly entertaining shows and "wellIt might, maybe, very maybe, have been an kinda meh generic fantasy show if they hadn't tried to market it as lord of the rings. The kind of show you'd watch when you've exhausted your supply of good shows, mildly entertaining shows and "well I need some background noise" shows.… Expand

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SkekmalSep 6, 2022

Yet another poorly written modern day dumpster fire capitalising on the good will off a massive fandom and calling any detractors or critics of the serious ( people with a brain) racist or sexist, further diluting the already watery meaningYet another poorly written modern day dumpster fire capitalising on the good will off a massive fandom and calling any detractors or critics of the serious ( people with a brain) racist or sexist, further diluting the already watery meaning these words now have as they are thrown around by pathetic nothings who can only defend their awful “art” by calling such words.… Expand

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hrussSep 6, 2022

Bad characters, bad story, bad writing. Not holding true to the Middle Earth world.

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tremaultSep 5, 2022

I was going to wait before reviewing it, but Amazon is trying to manipulate review figures on their website so I'm reviewing with my current impression. This show is a pox on tolkien fans. It all feels completely wrong.

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erkhSep 5, 2022

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?"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!… Expand

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shivvaidSep 6, 2022

Its Lord of the Rings, not queen of the Rings! Focus too much on Galadriel who can do basically do anything while all the male characters are pretty much incompetent. In the movies, she was at best a side character, nowhere to be seen nearIts Lord of the Rings, not queen of the Rings! Focus too much on Galadriel who can do basically do anything while all the male characters are pretty much incompetent. In the movies, she was at best a side character, nowhere to be seen near the battlefield when Helms Deep and Gandor were on the brink of annihilation. This has nothing to do with Tolkien's plot!… Expand

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The_YlemDec 23, 2022

Totalne rozczarowanie, zawód i smutek jak można było tak zmarnować taki potencjał. Płakać się chce jak bardzo zgwałcono świat Tolkiena

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makaraszSep 4, 2022

Expensive visuals. Great marketing. But that’s about it. Nothing exciting if you’re not a fan of Tolkien. Disappointing if you are… Watch “The Boys” instead.

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SantjagoSep 4, 2022

Exactly as bad as your thought watching the trailers. Bad acting, bad directing, bad storytelling, bad everythings except dwarfen beards.

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thesaidblackSep 4, 2022

Bueno no es lo que esperaba, realmente creo que los planos y los paisajes son muy bueno, pero el problema es la historia la cual a mi parecer no es muy buena y para colmo vomita inclusión forzada por todos lados. Aclaro que no soy un fan delBueno no es lo que esperaba, realmente creo que los planos y los paisajes son muy bueno, pero el problema es la historia la cual a mi parecer no es muy buena y para colmo vomita inclusión forzada por todos lados. Aclaro que no soy un fan del Señor de los anillos (ni siquiera e leído los libros), por lo cual yo aperaba encontrarme con algo similar a la trilogía de las pelicular que tanto disfrute de niño, pero desafortunadamente me tope con algo totalmente distinto que no cumplió mis expectativas de disfrutar de nuevo de este mundo, bueno una decepción mas!… Expand

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AesirthSep 4, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. kudos to the VFX artists, you guys should find jobs in other companies.
The nerve of amazon calling this Tolkien-inspired, cringe-forced diversity, awful acting, and flashy pointless anime combat, hope this does not succeed or the future of Loved Franchises is doomed.… Expand

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BraddishVSep 6, 2022

I really don't even know what to say. This doesn't resemble anything Tolkien would have envisioned. Bland, boring, one-dimensional characters. The main protagonist is exceptionally unlikable; even though it is "based" on one of the mostI really don't even know what to say. This doesn't resemble anything Tolkien would have envisioned. Bland, boring, one-dimensional characters. The main protagonist is exceptionally unlikable; even though it is "based" on one of the most beloved characters from the LOTR. This is a travesty of biblical proportions. 5 seasons of THIS? Who are the viewers going to be? Inmates and people in mental institutions? This rightly deserves a 0/10.… Expand

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HappyMappySep 6, 2022

It was terrible. "Why does the paper float but the rock sinks? Because the rock only sees down"

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GschmimoSep 7, 2022

There is little to like about this show so far, and that little is mostly contained within the landscape shots. Also there are some scenes of actual good acting in this show, but more on that later.
Now for the negatives:
1) The story isThere is little to like about this show so far, and that little is mostly contained within the landscape shots. Also there are some scenes of actual good acting in this show, but more on that later.
Now for the negatives:
1) The story is sometimes hard to follow due to some neglected plotpoints. Example: The elves consider returning to Valinor a great honor but it is never explained why they don't all go back at once (in the books its because they were banished but this goes unmentioned in the show).
2) The actors are really struggling with the script. A script which includes more pseudo-philosophical methaphors that don't work half the time instead of some genuine relatable dialog. I remember being captivated by the interactions of the Fellowship in the LOTR-movies but here its just boring and hollow...and the actors seem really uncomfortable saying those lines.
3) The character designs. Did you ever notice that in the PJ-movies each realm (Gondor, Rohan, Imladris, Lorien, Dwarfs, Haradrim, Easterlings) has a very distinct style of clothing and hair? Like the people of Rohan are tall with unkempt and brighter hair-colors and a brown-green color scheme and the gondorians are rather dark-haired with more silver-blue clothing. In this show all styles are mixed across elves and men and even withing those cultures which does not give a strong sense of identity to them.
4) Celebrimbor looks way older than Galadriel eventhough he is a lot younger. Weirdly enough some elves actually look rather old, despite the fact that they should possess some form of ageless beauty. The weird hairstyles do not help in that regard.
5) Just to emphasise this point again, the dialogue is just weird. Characters are saying lines instead of talking to each other. Also some appear to be braindead: e.g. Galadriel finds a clue to Sauron still being around and EVERYONE dismisses it. Even Gil-Galad who sanctioned her very mission to look for said clue just brushes it aside. People are complaining that Galadriel is unlikeable in this series, but I kinda can relate because every character she interacts with is just a douche for the sake of it.… Expand

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Eldritch75Sep 6, 2022

This is a disgrace of Tolkiens work, a testament of disrespect for the characters of Middleearth and in the most cases a poor cast of below mediocre actors.
If you never have read or saw anything of Tolkien you get an average fantasyThis is a disgrace of Tolkiens work, a testament of disrespect for the characters of Middleearth and in the most cases a poor cast of below mediocre actors.
If you never have read or saw anything of Tolkien you get an average fantasy entertainment, but i would advise pretty much any other medium if you are really interested in the setting.… Expand

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Macross21Sep 5, 2022

Standart generic fantasy without a soul. Since I have heard that Amazon will put so much money in the project I was excited but its the same thing they have done to "The wheel of time" and the sad continuation to Eragon. People that areStandart generic fantasy without a soul. Since I have heard that Amazon will put so much money in the project I was excited but its the same thing they have done to "The wheel of time" and the sad continuation to Eragon. People that are completely out of context try to make a "new thing" and it couldnt get worse. Elbs are to small, speak like humans act like humans. Everyone has just anger and angry dialogues that kinda makes no sense but its cheap dramaturgy. Its nothing to the masterpiece that Tolkien once wrotes and its miles away from Peter Jacksons Trilogy. A total other level and simply sad that hey wasted so much money. Someone like Peter Jackson would have made an Opus Magnum with this bunch of money.… Expand

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Joey217Sep 6, 2022

Episode 2 was better than the first, and the dwarves feel more authentic than the elves, but that’s not saying much. The dwarven rock crushing ritual of sigin-tarag, seriously? That kinda stuff might get a pass in Klingon fan fiction. AndEpisode 2 was better than the first, and the dwarves feel more authentic than the elves, but that’s not saying much. The dwarven rock crushing ritual of sigin-tarag, seriously? That kinda stuff might get a pass in Klingon fan fiction. And dwarves live 300+ years, so the whole where’ve-you-been-for-20-years Durin/Elrond spat disrespects canon. I liked Princess Disa, Durin’s wife. “He’s staying for dinner” is the best scene to date, but that kinda underlines my fundamental beef with this series: JRRT wrote almost nothing about female dwarves, so I’ll give the showrunners leeway, and they did a good job with it. But where Tolkien did write things, you have to stay true to his vision, or it’s not Middle-earth.

As a generic non-Tolkien fantasy, RoP might be passable - there’s surely worse fantasy out there - but then why pay million$ for the rights?… Expand

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RhygarSep 4, 2022

From the very beginning, when Galadriel suffers bullying in the "paradise", everything goes down. A beautiful eggshell, without substance. Even if i'd never read anything of the Legendarium, the first two episodes would be mediocre at best,From the very beginning, when Galadriel suffers bullying in the "paradise", everything goes down. A beautiful eggshell, without substance. Even if i'd never read anything of the Legendarium, the first two episodes would be mediocre at best, generic and with poor dialogues. Galadriel is a totally flat character with boring lines… Expand

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dddefaSep 6, 2022

It is a disease, an epidemic of the mind. The media are sick and are now infecting even the highest of intellectual works.

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LakisUchihaSep 5, 2022

Abomination.
Stop taking successful material and corrupting it in the name of profit.
Make something original and push your woke agenda there so no one sane watches it.

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ParzivaISep 9, 2022

Es una serie que no representa el Universo Tolkien, con la moda de meter a calzador razas y mujeres que no pegan ni con cola en los personajes, es una pena, podría haber sido una gran serie y por esta moda progre se va a quedar en unaEs una serie que no representa el Universo Tolkien, con la moda de meter a calzador razas y mujeres que no pegan ni con cola en los personajes, es una pena, podría haber sido una gran serie y por esta moda progre se va a quedar en una decepción cara, muy cara. No la recomiendo para nada.… Expand

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RealityReviewsSep 4, 2022

Avoid! Really bad acting, nothing like the movies. The icing on the cake…. Go woke go broke!

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Lewisc_729Sep 5, 2022

Why buy the right to Tolkien’s appendices from LoTR and then tell a completely different story to fit an idealistic narrative. Whatever this is, it’s not Tolkien, read the books or listen to the audio versions especially The Unfinished Tales,Why buy the right to Tolkien’s appendices from LoTR and then tell a completely different story to fit an idealistic narrative. Whatever this is, it’s not Tolkien, read the books or listen to the audio versions especially The Unfinished Tales, I won’t be watching this after seeing what I’ve seen… Expand

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BeauWSep 6, 2022

The show tries to do something that fails in the most epic way. Not getting into the casting, because the actors have nothing to do with the issue at hand. The writing is the issue. It is abysmal. Those that think this is good writing is,The show tries to do something that fails in the most epic way. Not getting into the casting, because the actors have nothing to do with the issue at hand. The writing is the issue. It is abysmal. Those that think this is good writing is, need to watch the other show that is it's completion. There is a clear winner here and it isn't The Rings of Power. The first two lines at the start of this show set the tone for garbage story-telling. What a monumental disappointment.… Expand

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ChuckchubsSep 4, 2022

It looks like a bad soap opera, Galadriel was totally ruins, arrogant, looks like a child.
I really don't like it

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madnedySep 4, 2022

“Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made"

J. R. R. Tolkien

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NotSharedSep 4, 2022

Has no business comparing itself to J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing, and should in no way be considered in comparison to Jackson’s trilogy. This is the absolute worst interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy. This is an amateurish attempt at badHas no business comparing itself to J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing, and should in no way be considered in comparison to Jackson’s trilogy. This is the absolute worst interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy. This is an amateurish attempt at bad stage acting at best, and an insult to every Tolkien fan in the world at its worst. This is pathetic in every way.… Expand

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Ay-zSep 4, 2022

I love Ciri from the Witcher ….Tolkien would be proud! Not really sure what they were all smoking but it looks like Tom Bombadil was in the directors chair.

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Kralazar_MallusSep 7, 2022

Я такого убожества давно не видел. Я прочитал "Колесо времени" и был разочарован вышедшим сериалом, но это... Это за гранью. Пришлось даже тут зарегать акк, дабы впаять жадным Амазонам 0 из 10, за их толерастические наклонности. НеЯ такого убожества давно не видел. Я прочитал "Колесо времени" и был разочарован вышедшим сериалом, но это... Это за гранью. Пришлось даже тут зарегать акк, дабы впаять жадным Амазонам 0 из 10, за их толерастические наклонности. Не пользуйтесь их сервисами. Не покупайте их продукцию. В наказание. Пускай таких нас будет много и Безос с прихлебателями разорятся. Уверен из них выйдет отличный пример для всех прочих, кто решится на переписывание истории.… Expand

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crw1962Sep 4, 2022

After 2 days I am still trying to finish episode 1. There is nothing of Middle Earth in this show. For instance the elves seem like humans with pointy ears. It does not feel at all like Tolkien's world. Morfydd Clark is a piece of wood in theAfter 2 days I am still trying to finish episode 1. There is nothing of Middle Earth in this show. For instance the elves seem like humans with pointy ears. It does not feel at all like Tolkien's world. Morfydd Clark is a piece of wood in the roll of Galadriel.
Weather it is the writers or her portrayal they have no idea who Galadriel is.

They really missed the mark with this one.… Expand

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MetaDigital22Sep 9, 2022

This Amazon bastardization isn't genuinely Middle Earth inspired, it's a pollution of that Lore. Additionally, the writing and plot is weak. There are some nice visuals, but the costumes, and character depth is very lack luster.

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JSX117Sep 6, 2022

Worse than expected, which shouldn't have been possible. Every single aspect of the just wrong. The timeline has been "compressed", meaning that literal thousands of years are now crammed into roughly a single human lifetime. Characters haveWorse than expected, which shouldn't have been possible. Every single aspect of the just wrong. The timeline has been "compressed", meaning that literal thousands of years are now crammed into roughly a single human lifetime. Characters have been relocated in the world and the timeline, and others have been "adapted" into entirely new characters. Entire arcs have been discarded and others wholly invented. Simply put, this is not Galadriel, this is not the Second Age, and this is not Tolkien's Middle-Earth. Worse still, even if you remove every reference to Tolkien, you'd still have a fantasy show more incompetent and less coherent than the 8th season of Game of Thrones.… Expand

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MattchewHawkSep 4, 2022

Boring. Forced woke agenda. Wrong tone. It seems like it’s trying to please all the wrong people. It doesn’t feel like Lord of The Rings what so ever. It’s absolutely awful. I struggled so badly to force my way through the first 2 episodes.Boring. Forced woke agenda. Wrong tone. It seems like it’s trying to please all the wrong people. It doesn’t feel like Lord of The Rings what so ever. It’s absolutely awful. I struggled so badly to force my way through the first 2 episodes. It’s so bad.… Expand

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ronramdamnSep 4, 2022

I almost did not finish the first episode. Boring, uninspired, terrible cast. And let us quickly forget the miserable design of the halflings.

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GazamonSep 6, 2022

Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.

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ivanshvedkoSep 9, 2022

What is this? No, I am serious - what is this? Who did the cast? What is wrong with this person? How could this happen? Who created these dialogues? Why? Who could ever approve it for making? OMG

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RonGiantiSep 5, 2022

For over a year they advertised this as something that fans of the books (and movies) would like. But the details made the fans question the direction of the story. Then they called us racists or sexists. Now that the show is out andFor over a year they advertised this as something that fans of the books (and movies) would like. But the details made the fans question the direction of the story. Then they called us racists or sexists. Now that the show is out and everything that the fans said looked wrong with the story (once again, a Mary Sue in charge who is just so much better than all the men, yikes!) is exactly wrong with the story, here we are. IMDB (owned by Amazon!) is removing all negative reviews and they won't even allow allow reviews on Amazon itself. Garbage, garbage, garbage.… Expand

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PlaymaxxSep 7, 2022

Lovely how amazon completely butchered the great world of LotR. Thanks for the Woke **** that "needs" to be in every new movie and series, just stick to the fricking books!

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Georg1337Sep 4, 2022

At the beginning, I didn't even realize that this was actually a professional film! I thought it was a student parody, and with stupid humor. Tolerance cannot replace logic.

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AlmightygriffinSep 7, 2022

I gave to show an honest chance, but it's insistence on ignoring everything Tolkien wrote about his own world is impossible to overlook. All that being said, even if this show had nothing to do with Tolkien, It would still be bad. The actingI gave to show an honest chance, but it's insistence on ignoring everything Tolkien wrote about his own world is impossible to overlook. All that being said, even if this show had nothing to do with Tolkien, It would still be bad. The acting and dialog are CW quality along with the cheep costumes which constantly litter the beautiful backdrops which are obviously where all of Amazon's money went. Truly abysmal.… Expand

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JosuaCSep 6, 2022

Me hice una cuenta por esta serie nada mas y es para decirles que una basura infecta que destruye todo lo que Tolkien habia creado, me da mucha rabia que estas cosas sucedan odio esta serie.

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FunderSep 4, 2022

Producers are deliberately setting mediocre content as the new standart for quality so people won't demand the 2000's quality in entertainment..