Rings of Power premiere mini-review
Spoiler-free post.
Disclaimer: I am a huge Lord of the Rings fan. So I am absolutely the target audience for this show, and can probably be more easily persuaded to liking the show.
That said, what a tremendous premiere season two has - I the first three episodes of the season. The show feels sure of itself, wastes no time kicking off and does not wait for the audience to keep up - it expects it to.
It’s definitely darker than season 1, but is in no way dark like Game of Thrones / House of Dragons or similar shows. It is closer to Apple TV+’s “Foundation” in feeling.
The show does not need to do as much character-explaining and world-building as last season, and can just jump into the story - which is a sprawling and exciting one. The actors just have more time to… act, now, rather than provide exposition.
If you rate Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies anything higher than a 7 out of 10, I can almost promise you will enjoy this show. Season 1 is good, and Season 2 is off to a great start.
