I have loved to see the imperfection, the weaknesses of characters like Galadriel and Sauron himself who are almost in their beginnings and it is logical that they have many weaknesses. I think the fandom that thinks negatively is wrong because they see Galadriel omnipotent and she is not at all, if something has shown both, Galadriel and Sauron, is that they have suffered many defeats and from there they grow and are forged as characters almost Gods to whom we have so much respect and admiration.

Many negative criticisms are subjective and lack of vision but we know what will happen, Sauron... read the rest.

I think so far the show is wonderful. visually the is clearly the best look Tv show ever created, from the crisp resolution to the colorful, elaborate and beautiful scenery, and the great HDR colors. Man I love watching this show so far. Story so far. There is a lot of world building. Im not a Tolkien nerd so I'm not sure where this story is going, but I'm enjoying it so far.

Woke and horrible. When the woke crowd steals ideas from those they profess to hate, as they did here, they are in essence admitting that they have no good ideas of their own.

This is an abomination of Lords of the Rings. Elves are supposed to be white, it was always like that, but Amazon changed it ruined this TV show with its stupid woke agenda. Basically they used Tolkien's masterpiece world for their political purposes. They even went so far that the IMDb which is owned by Amazon and which is supposed to be a neutral (not anymore) website for reviews and ratings is clearly deleting any reviews that have less than 6/10 ratings. They simply delete or won't publish those reviews. They don't even hide how biased & corrupted they became. It's horrible how we, humanity... read the rest.

If you loved the final season of Game of Thrones, you'll probably love this trash. It has some impressive environmental scenery, but the story is terrible and the characters are rubbish.

It's a soulless money-grab with Tolkien's name pasted on it to try to give it some legitimacy. At best, it's a forgetable waste of time. At worst, it's a disgusting slap in the face to Tolkien, his fans, and his legacy.

This show is terribly written dreck. Even if this was called something else and didn't reference Lord of the Rings at all it still wouldn't be watchable. This feels like it was written by a group of 5th graders. The CG doesn't look real at all and doesn't match with the live action scenes. The field of view is way to wide and the lack of distance blur which gives the show a cartoonish effect. None of the characters are interesting or engaging and I can't find any reason to care about any of them or the story itself.

Anyone who "honestly" gives this 10 stars must have a childlike mentality.

This is a heinous abomination, a desecration of Tolkien's vision, and an insult to his work. Even if one ignores the fact that this show is supposed to be based on Tolkien's Legendarium and judges it as a stand-alone show, it is mediocre at best.

What is this supposed to be? Superficially, it looks like Tolkien's work but for me, that's where the similarities end.

Visually this is an impressive series.There are some genuinely talented actors in the cast, too. That said, Tolkien's work is, in every respect that truly matter's, absent. Really that's because this isn't Tolkien. Its a pretty but ultimately hollow,facsimile. Largely absent is the underlying message about courage,the battle between good and evil and the endless horror of war.

What we have instead, to my mind, is a rudderless, unsurprisingly slow show, that seems intent... read the rest.

This should be ashamed to use the Tolkien name and Lord Of The Rings title to market this pile of crud.

Occasional pretty visuals cannot hide the terrible acting, stilted and cheesy dialogue and the slooooooow plot that has nothing to do with the source material.

Read the books, watch the films but avoid this abomination.

Unbelievably bad.