There’s a number of mysteries introduced by the show, but I find them more frustrating than anything. The acting is mostly competent, but none of it’s quite good enough to cover up how dull the writing is. See Finrod’s word-salad about boats and rocks. There are a lot of moments that clearly attempt to emulate the beauty and heart of Tolkien’s legendarium, but the writing isn’t strong enough to deliver, resulting in a lot of pseudo-spiritual babble that doesn’t actually mean anything. Rings of Power doesn’t have that same skill in its story-telling that allows the slow pace to work. Now I know a lot of people will say that’s also true of Tolkien’s original writings, and that’s technically accurate, but the depth and beauty of Tolkien’s writing carries it through. Meanwhile Durin is being portrayed as just another Dwarf, with so far no mention of his past lives or great significance to the Dwarven people.īut perhaps more importantly, it’s just not that interesting of a show so far. Galadriel has had her backstory and motivations altered so radically she’s essentially a completely new character. I was right that it’s not faithful to Tolkien’s writings. Unfortunately, so far it’s not even living up that standard. Going in, I had the feeling it wouldn’t be very faithful to Tolkien, but it would at least be an entertaining fantasy adventure series. Still, I would really like more good Middle-Earth content, so I tried my best to keep an open mind. I had a lot of skepticism going into Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power, based on some truly bizarre plot leaks (at least some of which have now been confirmed) and a lot of cringe-worthy quotes by the showrunners.
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