Hell on Middle-earth? The Rings of Power fails to spin streaming gold
"And indeed, like Frodo Baggins, Salke and the show creators have faced their own punishing journey.
“It quite often isn’t anywhere near good. There are moments in almost every episode where I have found myself sniggering into my sleeve at how inept it is,” Stuart Heritage, a Guardian critic, wrote.
Thompson said the “dialogue seemed kind of stilted, filled with these narrative, clunky, ham-handed coincidences”.
Still, there are signs that the ongoing second season is, so far, significantly better than the first, and some hope Amazon fulfils its vision for five seasons, because the show, like some other famous series, could gain new fans as it progresses."
read report by ERIC BERGER