Feb 12
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-D. Franich, EWThe two Rings of Power episodes I've seen feel more like an eight-hour Infinity War
this series is a special catastrophe of ruined potential, sacrificing a glorious universe's limitless possibilities at the altar of tried-and-true blockbuster desperation.
-Inkoo Kang, Washington Postcopious and choppily edited action in the first two episodes (those screened for critics) is bloodless and computer-effects-driven. Its defining influence isn’t “Game of Thrones’s” epic scale but Marvel’s neuteredness.
If the production design weren’t so spectacular (and the characters and settings bought up by Amazon), “The Rings of Power” wouldn’t be all that out of place on Disney Plus.
characters are phyllo-dough thin, and the plots not much more substantial.
The performances are serviceable but unremarkable, while the dialogue is particularly corny and inartful, with too many intoned monologues about the search for “the light” or the ever-vague nature of evil. The fate of many worlds hangs in the balance, but the uninspired opulence on screen spark in the imagination only visions of bills going up in smoke.
-Lacy Milas, Paste Magazine[Galadriel's] presence offers a welcome, necessary female perspective that, let’s be honest, this franchise has often struggled to include. One of the best things about The Rings of Power is how many female characters are in it and how integral they are to the story the show is telling.
-A. Sepinwall, Rolling Stonethe excitement level of the show leans much more on the spectacle than on the stories. Amazon showed the first two episodes to many critics (including this one) in movie theater settings, the better to emphasize those enormous production values; revisiting the series at home on a much smaller screen, some of the plots felt substantially less thrilling without that visual wow factor.
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