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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ premiere draws twenty-five million global viewers in first day, Amazon says
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- Jennifer Maas
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- Sep 3 2022
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I really liked it myself. I've read the Silmarilliin though, which took place before the events of this series and it provides some context that other viewers may lack, so that could be influenceing my opinion in a positive direction.
My wife LOVES LOTR but hasn't read the Silmarilliin and she was a bit underwhelmed. She didn't dislike it, but I think it needs to pick up the pace a bit going forward. They've had two one hour episodes to set the history and stage, they need to start moving or lltheyll lose people quickly
Basically my experience as well.
It’s a pretty good watch for fans of the series, and very cool to see the larger universe on the big screen. I’m actually amazed it seems to be aimed where it is — the story is of course serviceable for new fans but you greatly benefit from some additional context if you’ve read The Silmarillion.
I haven't read the Silmarillion and didn't really feel like I was missing anything, except where I wasn't paying enough attention, missing details mentioned in the show (fotunately it was a watch party so I got caught up).
I doagree that it was slow and the pacing needs to improve, but they've got that sense of scale that the LOTR movies had, which is great. I'm willing to chalk that up to first episode pains.
I'm glad to hear it clicked for people who haven't read that additional lore. Personally I don't think nt mind the slow pace, I tend to find some of the best stories start that way.
My pacing concern is really about the "general audience", the average viewer who tends to struggle more with slow starts. My best example would be Blade Runner 2049. I was blown away by that movie, by its subtlety, by the cinematography and pretty much everything else.
I was shocked when I discovered it was a box office bomb, but I was reminded that 9 Fast and Furious movies exist and it made more sense.
Great example. I felt similarly about that movie and was very confused when around 15-20 people walked out of the cinema (mostly youths). Several of my colleagues too did not enjoy it and the film was a major negative factor for them in the run up to the first 'Dune'. Baffles me as I was so engrossed in that movie that it did not feel slow to me at all.
I agree that the pacing was slow in The Rings of Power but it did feel necessary to set up the characters and how their storylines inter-relate.
For Rings of Power I basically am the general audience, I guess I should clarify that was the perspective I meant that from. Unless my enjoyment of the LOTR movies (even The Hobbit) disqualifies me, lol.
I'm not a LoTR fan. But if the series gets better reception from casual viewers as time goes on I'll happily invest time getting up to speed.
Twenty five million people worldwide seems like it should be really low and not something to brag about? For a 5 season commitment and $1 billion investment, that doesn’t seem high at all.
I am excited to watch it though.
The article mentions there isn't an appropriate sense of scale as Amazon never published numbers before, but that it it twice what House of the Dragon pulled, whoch was apparently one of the biggest launches.