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Awful music choice.
I have Prime indefinitely so will watch it, some of the dialogue in the trailer felt a bit clunky may work better within scene. Its the sheer scale of budget and how well they realise Middle Earth is my primary motive for watching. Some of the characters seem a bit off.
If the world-building and scale are terrific and it's not a bloated mess of CGI and green screen 24/7, I'm totally in. Some of the shots look fabulous and others look overly produced or way too clean.
There is no substitute for real locations and I much prefer when CGI just enhances images. I do like the Hobbit films though there was way too much CGI. HOTD the first episode got that balance right.
Absolutely. CGI is at its best when you don't even notice it, whether it's lingering in the background or extending the size and scope of a particular location.
I enjoyed the Hobbit trilogy less and less as it went on. The first one was actually pretty great, sans a few moments, I didn't really care for the second but I thought the conclusion to the trilogy was by far the worst, like a video game cutscene or something. It felt like literally everything was computer generated in that one.
What those films could've been like had Jackson gotten another year or two of pre-production prep is interesting to think about.
The biggest issue I have with the first episode is it for the most part boring, some of the acting is a bit flat well most of the acting is, I am not impressed with the script. I felt like a passive viewer throughout, I did not connect with any of the characters. If I had left the room for 30 minutes I would not have missed anything.
The first episode of House of the Dragon made a far greater impression on me on first watch.
The Rings of Power will have to improve or I will likely give up on it due to boredom.
The score has a few good themes, I liked the piece of music playing through the end credits.
I will watch episode 2 in a few hours.
One of the biggest sins any film or series can have for me is boredom, so it's a shame hearing that the pilot (one of the most important episodes in a series' run) is dull. I didn't realize the show premiered at 9 pm last night, thought it was dropping today (not overly familiar with Amazon's release schedule) so I'll have to check the episodes out sometime this weekend.
Totally agree the biggest sin of any media is if it is boring, I have seen 'Bored of the Rings' banded about, another reviewer who thought the first episode was boring did say the second was much better and felt more like Lord of the Rings.
I have not seen the second episode yet so hopefully it will improve. It needs to as after the second episode that will be 2 hours and 15 minutes of the story gone already.
I've already seen a couple of reviews on Letterboxd this morning that echo your same thoughts: amazing visuals, terrible or boring storytelling. That's a shame to hear.
If it picks up steam, great, and it'll make the pilot look better in hindsight, but kicking off a brand new series with a dull introduction is never a good look.
Some audiences may be a bit confused as to what is going on without giving spoilers, I know the creators have there hands tide behind there backs as to what source material they can use though if they are going to make stuff up they still need to explain the significance of things happening.
The writers are only allowed to reference material of the first or second age from the appendices of Lord of the Rings and nowhere else. If some thing from the appendices also is in The Silmarillion its ok for them to use it though not the other way round.
Confusing is probably the wrong word though a huge character is prominent during the prologue that they kind of brush over, admittedly they can't say too much about the character because of legal rights, the foundation on which this show is built on is weak to say the least.
Just about to watch episode 2 now, hoping it improves its pacing.
Yeah, it really does.
Yes. That shot has a very celestial look.
Yeah, me too. I like it.
I already sense a lot of surprises coming, like the real identity of "meteor man" that is just obvious to me... open at your own risk:
Also, the soundtrack pretty much spoils the identity of another character...
I will stick with The Rings of Power as there is a through line story with a certain character I am interested to see develop. House of Dragon for me is the better show at the moment, though I do like political intrigue.
You could argue that the shows are very different from each other underneath obvious fantasy similarities on the surface.
Yeah, The Rings Of Power...it is.
I really need to switch my Tolkien brain off as I am finding this show very frustrating.