The Lord Of The Rings fans the day that many of us have dreaded is now finally here since after decades of conquering the big screen the franchise now takes it's aim at the small screen and well if the trailers were anything to go by that it was always going to be an uphill battle. So then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE first impressions of the show that none of us wanted or even needed with the freaking show in question being called simply just "The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power" enjoy.
The plot of this show so far seems to be that after an epic war Galadriel a solider seems determined to find out if the dark lord Sauron is indeed gone for good. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the issue because it's not all that good either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in these first two episodes is Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir , Nazanin Boniadi as Bronwyn and Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor. Also starring in these first two episodes is Beau Cassidy as Dilly Brandyfoot , Markella Kavenagh as Elanor Brandyfoot , Robert Aramayo as Elrond , Morfydd Clark as Galadriel , Daniel Weyman as The Stranger , Sophia Nomvete as Disa , Owain Arthur as Durin IV , Peter Mullan as Durin III , Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow and Sir Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue because this franchise demands great acting and great writing and sadly these first two episodes doesn't give us either one of those two things in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Doing the CGI for not only these episodes but for also the rest of this series is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Industrial Light & Magic. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty pretty bad with the CGI being being laughable at best even more so when you take into account how much Amazon invested into this series and as such you'd expect there to be better looking CGI effects in both these episodes and in this very show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
This show is for some strange reason a prequel to both the books and the live action Peter Jackson films. Which means that since this show features characters that appear in both the books and the films that we now already know where all of the characters are going to end up and it also means that those characters can't die because we've seen them appear in much better Lord Of The Rings adaptations and so then all drama and all threat and tension that could have been built up is now officially lost in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
These episodes really don't feel like that they belong in the world of the The Lord Of The Rings since there's nothing about these first two episodes screams J.R.R. Tolkien. Which given by what the actors have been saying when promoting this show it seems like that all of those involved weren't interested in making a faithful adaptation of Tolkien's world which is a shame because the world of Tolkien's Middle Earth is so rich and so full diversity that it could have made for a decent TV show as it already was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
If you saw my review of The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King then you'll remember that I said that that film was made by fans. Well this show and more espically these episodes are made by people who aren't fans and the difference so obvious because the films treated it's source material and it's characters with respect where as this show and these first two episodes aren't treating the source material with respect and it really does show through in both the writing for these episodes and how the characters are written. Like for example Galadriel isn't a warrior she's somebody who will only pick up a sword and shield if all other options have been exhausted first and she's not the kind of character to go on what is basically a revenge mission either this is just a sign that the makers of this show have no idea about the characters that there adapting for their very own TV show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then these episodes have a combined grand total running time of roughly two hours and fifteen minuets. With each episode coming in at roughly one hour and five (episode one) and one hour and seven (episode two) minuets long respectively which doesn't do these episodes any kind of favours whatsoever since both of these episodes are incredibly slow paced with there being very little plot or story and that really does make both of these episodes feel pretty boring in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then since there is alot of action in these first two episodes that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With the action that we get in these first two episodes actually being the best freaking part of both of the episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall these first two episodes aren't that good which is a shame because when these episodes want to be like Tolkien that's when we get the best part in the episode and both of these episodes are very visually stunning to look at in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well s all of the bad things that are in these first two episodes in this very post and since this only my first impressions of the show i'm not going to give this show a rating but I will review this show if i'm still watching by the time that the final episode is either released or aired.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official The Lord Of The Rings fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the official The Lord Of The Rings fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official The Lord Of The Rings fandom wiki page are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.