O Senhor dos Anéis: Os Anéis de Poder

As a Lord of the Rings fan, I was eagerly awaiting the origin stories of Middle-earth. Of course, I have high expectations after Lord of the Rings, which is close to perfection in terms of time and fiction. Because they have a considerable budget and opportunities, that's why I gave my points by watching the first episode right away. Although it is the beginning part, I can say that I liked the first part very much. The character of Galadriel could have been more strong, but she is still successful. We will warm up to the characters better over time.

Characters: 8 Story: 10 Decor and venue: 10 Costume: 10 Music: 10.

A pleasant surprise, the cinematography is impeccable, the characters quite well done, the plot looks like a link between the stories of the First Age, the Silmarillion and the stories of the Lord of the Rings of the Third Age, the rhythm of narration is pleasant albeit a bit slow. If the outcome of the series will be to narrate how Sauron forged the Rings of Power, it will definitely be something to watch. Until this moment, I think that in general terms, at least the first chapter delivers. I think enough to be cautiously optimistic about what the next 7 episodes might turn out to be. I must add, again that I am pleasantly surprised.

We all know liberties were taken with this series so my review is not based on faithfulness to the source material.

A lot of the marketing for this show led people to fear it would be woke. I didn't see anything like that. I wasn't rolling my eyes or cringing at any virtue signalling.

The pace is a little rough in parts but since it's the beginning of the series I almost expect a little dawdling. There's a lot going on, things to be set up and introduced etc...

The characters and the story is engaging though, the cinematography was well done, and the score seemed to fit... so I'm honestly excited to see where this series goes.

Definitely give this a shot and decide for yourself.

Currently, there isn't much to enjoy here and though the directors have attempted to emulate the movies (which is clear to see for all), they have overdone it with the dialogue without providing much substance.

Dialogue within the series lacks rich ideas and it's sense of adventurism is tied up often in an over poetic substrata.

The CGI was acceptable in some parts though mostly transparent. For example, using CGI rats instead of the real thing was lazy and tacky.

Whatever this series is based on is clearly non existent because the direction and the ideas laid do not seek a sense of Tolkien atmosphere. The casting is good, though sometimes, they should have rethought who they employ. Lenny Henry was pretty decent but the rest need to be rethought for the most part.

I'm wondering what the billion was spent on. Hopefully we see more of that later on. But for now, it's not looking good.

If you're creating a sense of fantasy, you still need to make it realistic in the sense of the world it is built in. And that hasn't happened.

This show looks more fan fiction than official.

Everything you heard online is true - gorgeous visuals, terrible writing, bad acting, even worse dialogue.

There's just one episode that can be considered good and just a couple of actors who actually seem to be willing to deliver a piece of art rather than the sloughfest of a bastardization this series is. And that actor already left the show.

Coincidentally, Adar's storyline is the only one that i actually compelling and fits with the canon. The stark contrast between his scenes and the rest of this atrocity serves to show exactly how bad the series is. Adar gets a passable but understandable reason to exist, and being a new character for the show he doesn't clash with canon. Everything else is a deliberate corruption of Tolkien's work wrapped in terrible lines and disinterested actors. Blatant callbacks and carbon-copying galore serve to mock rather than inspire the viewer.

What is worse, the internal logic of the series is problematic - timelines and character consistency are worse than GoT S8.

If it was an original work it would be a gorgeous but deeply flawed and forgettable piece of TV. As the adaptation of one of the greatest fictional universes ever created it will go down in history as an unmitigated disaster.