Review Roundup For LOTR: The Rings Of Power -- Here's What The Critics Think
Amazon Studios' fantasy show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is finally premiering this week, after a lengthy shoot and hundreds of millions of dollars spent on its production. But what do critics think of Amazon's big-budget TV series?
Reviews have begun to stream in, at least for the first two episodes, and the general consensus is mostly positive. Here at GameSpot, we said in our Rings of Power review that «the elements of something genuinely special are all here...»
GameSpot sister site CNET, meanwhile, said The Rings of Power «makes a steady return to Middle-earth, offering all the things that endeared the originals to so many of us those many years ago: the breathtaking vistas, the latex prosthetics and even the occasional bouts of ponderous dialogue delivered to some point on the horizon.»
The Rings of Power is set thousands of years before the events of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film franchises. Some characters from those films appear in The Rings of Power, including Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo). Another famous Middle-earth character, Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards) appears in The Rings of Power.
The show, which is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, tells the story of the forging of the Rings of Power by Sauron, including the all-powerful One Ring.
You can see more review scores and excerpts below. For more on the critical reaction The Rings of Power, head to GameSpot sister site Metacritic.
Payne and McKay have five seasons of The Rings of Power mapped out, including the final shot. Season 1 was filmed in New Zealand, but production is shifting to the UK for Season 2.
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