Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Rotten Tomatoes opened the second season of the series on its website on a more positive note than its predecessor. While critics continued to praise Prime Video’s epic journey to Middle Earth with a 92% Tomatometer rating, fans have now added their own thoughts. While there’s still a gap between the two sets of reviews that even the Bridge of Khazad-dûm couldn’t bridge, the first few episodes of season two have been a significant improvement over the first.
Rings of power It became one of many TV shows and movies that fell victim to a bombardment of reviews by those unhappy with some of the changes made to Tolkien's works. Along with these complaints were one-star reviews citing bad dialogue, a slow plot, and, more often than not, some reference to race or gender.
Now, season two has arrived on Prime Video, and it’s managed to secure a relatively strong 56% approval rating from viewers. That’s a big improvement over the 38% the first season got. Basically, the big complaints about race and gender seem to have diminished this time around, replaced by more detailed plot- or dialogue-related reasons for the “bad” reviews. Whether season two can continue to gain more fans as new episodes arrive is something we’ll see very soon.
What are the audience saying about The Rings of Power season 2?
Like any adaptation of a popular novel, Rings of power This film was sure to face opposition from those who claim to be true Tolkien fans. Unlike Peter Jackson's trilogy, Rings of power It is not based on a detailed set of novels, but instead on the outline of the Second Age of Middle-earth, which is found in Tolkien's appendices. Lord of the RingsThis has allowed Amazon to fill in the gaps as it sees fit, and this hasn’t always been popular with some. However, the second season has attracted a fair share of positive reviews for the opening episodes.
Among the first reviews, Will M commented: “After a slow first season, I think the second season has improved in all aspects, and while it's still far from the original trilogy, it seems to have finally found its footing. This season doesn't deserve hate and is a huge step forward compared to the first season.” Joseph S. added. “After a rather weak first series, the second season packs a punch. Finally, a story is being told that now feels like we’re in Tolkien’s world, with Amazon starting to connect the dots.” This is something that is echoed in many of the positive reviews, indicating that Rings of powerThe second season of The Last Jedi did exactly what it promised and immediately built on the work done in the first season to set up this version of Tolkien's world.
However, there are still those who have not joined the multi-million dollar production. Abos D said: “It's a complete mess. Random names given to places and people that have absolutely nothing to do with them. The writing is terrible. Some people assumed that Tolkien would write the imaginary lines in their heads. Bad. Very bad.” Meanwhile, Santiago N. continued: “There are some minor improvements but still the same problems I had in the first season. The series is very slow, and some of the plots are hard to watch and stay awake. Galadriel is one of the worst characters in the series. The soundtrack is good.” Well, every cloud and all that.
Ultimately, these reviews mean nothing when looking at the success of Rings of powerA week before the new season drops on Prime Video, the first season has returned to the top of the TV charts with more viewers than many new shows can attract. And when the viewership figures for the second season are announced, it’s easy to assume that the numbers will quickly surpass the original season.
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The first three episodes of the second season have been released, with new episodes released every Thursday until October 3.
