I read one review who said the first two episodes were boring, tediously slow. You get to enjoy the scenery, stop and smell the flowers, and start pining away for that “far away land” whispered about in our own souls. You will drink in lush visuals, and the storytellers know better than to rush it. Rings of Power may not be chapter-and-verse Tolkien’s Silmarillion, Appendices, and notes, but it absolutely shares that wonderful rare-these-days palette. Tolkien’s rich tales paint with beauty, honor, bravery, grandeur, faith, platonic love, nobility, sacrifice, and scope. Tolkien painted his stories from an entirely different palette. The modern storytelling palette craved by many is fraught with gimmicks: blood, gore, action, frantic pacing, joke-telling dialogue, sex, lust, jump-scares, and more sex. If you come to Rings of Power with modern demands and even an inkling of entitlement, the show will disappoint you. I had a long conversation with my son this morning about Rings of Power, so many of these observations come from him, but I wholeheartedly agree. All of that and more speak to something spiritual within me. I was instantly taken by the breathtaking visuals, the magnificent casting and acting, the clever easter eggs, rich dialogue, and thought-provoking themes. I know there are Tolkien “purists” who have complaints, but honestly… so what else is new? You will never please everyone, and you’re mad if you try. Bezos, so far anyway, has not “F’d” the series up. I’m happy to report that, as of two episodes in, Rings of Power is an absolute marvel. I believe the quote was, “Dad, don’t ‘F’ this up.” I read somewhere that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ son took his father to task about the potential for the Tolkien series. I heard the fears and the accusations of how Amazon would turn Tolkien’s legendary work into “Game of Thrones: Middle Earth.” Knowing how wrong I was back in the late 90s, I kept a positive “wait and see” attitude. So when Rings of Power was announced, I heard all of the griping ahead of time. Jackson’s LOTR movies are my favorite movies of all time. Now, of course, I feel like a blooming idiot for those original misgivings.
Gandalf is supposed to have a pointy nose. When it was announced that Sir Ian McKellen had been cast as Gandalf, I gave birth to kittens. I must sheepishly admit that I had my doubts, sometimes vocally, about Jackson’s take on “my” beloved series. When the original Peter Jackson LOTR movies were being planned, I scoured and any other site I could, looking for all the intel I could get about the movies.
I’ve read The Hobbit at least a dozen times, Lord of the Rings somewhere north of twenty.
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