Reviews

Like watching a firework that feezels out, after the fuse burns out you sit there waiting and waiting for an explosion that never comes. This film starts with an interesting premise but nothing comes of it. Hints of twists and horrors that never take you to any place new or satisfying. The central character is painted up as this horrible human but the more you learn he isn't likeable but no where near evil as the film maker wants you to believe. As for the film maker he seems to want to be desperately likeable but his actions speak of a person quite comfortable at exploiting people for his own benefit with little regard of the effects on other people, example being the family members of Mr Organ who seem innocent but the film maker put them in the film against their requests.

Beautiful visuals that's the only positive, the story doesn't make sense and the characters are just not relatable. Is Galadriel supposed to be the hero of this show? I think back to Gladiator, the first scenes show Maximus showing sympathy for his men and explaining how they are weak and hungry and deserve home. Galadriel ignores her men and pushes them to almost death as they are collapsing of exhaustion. She is not a leader, she is not a good character. Two episodes in and I want Sauron to win. The other characters don't seem to add anything new to the already threadbare story other than small story tropes like rebellious teens and forbidden love. But basically I found it boring, other than pretty pictures there nothing there. $1B and they couldn't get writers that could tell a story?