A new era has begun in Middle-earth. On Friday, September 2, the first two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” arrived on Amazon Prime Video and, although professional reviews have been more expansive with the start of the series, a sector of fandom has been trying to sink it since the main casting was announced and it has been more varied than they could handle.
“The Rings of Power” is undergoing bitter review bombing in Internet review aggregators. On Rotten Tomatoes it has only 35% positive reviews with over 10,400 ratings. at the time of this writing. On Metacritic it has a 2.3 out of 10. On IMDB it saves a little more with a 6.2 out of 10 but 25.5% of the votes gave it a 1. With opinions so different from those of the critics, and especially so extremely visceral, everything indicates that we are facing another case of “review bombing”, that movement of “protest” made to show indignation for an adaptation that does not satisfy what that sector of viewers expected.
The vast majority of negative reviews are based on a weak script and a boring pace. Although the visual aspect convinced them, they feel that the series does not have a soul, that it is difficult to connect with the characters and that it is an example that all of Amazon’s money is unable to buy a good story. Many point out that the plot is “an insult” to Tolkien’s work and that it directly contradicts or destroys the author’s mythology and work. Of course, there are also a large number of these types of users who point out their problem with having enhanced female characters or non-Caucasian actors and actresses in the lead roles.
Reviews quarantined for 72 hours
Amazon has decided to intervene in the face of this attack against the most important and expensive title of its streaming platform, although it had already started to be distributed a few days earlier, from the premiere of ‘Ellas dan el coup’, a series that could attract too many. sexists and homophobes. As reported by Variety, The platform has put a 72-hour delay for reviews of the series on Amazon Prime Video, with the intention that they all go through an evaluation process and discard those that come from bots or trolls.. This decision was met with criticism for the attempted censorship, but in Middle-earth with Sauron and the bows they have enough to deal with trolls too.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” premiered. a new chapter every Friday on Amazon Prime Video.
Source: E Cartelera
