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Last episode really put up the steadiness of the show. But today it got slow again. I like the slow growing of charcaters til we get familar with all the happenings, but it shouod be steady too. The old stranger man is a bottle of hidden gems. Everytime he suprises you in ways you never think of. Oh, for sauron to born they have to make a sacrifice with that ancient knife. Kinda wild. Maybe the old man has to be the sacrifice. For men, we have to answer the call. We are not our ancestors. The things they did wrong doesnt mean we will too. Only if we hold true to overselves. Politics is always something which ruins ever good thing. Truth will set you free. The hidden agendas wont. The balrog fight should have been little bit longer. Durin is weak. But the elf really grows to his character. Orc lord is another interesting character. It is easy to side with the evil but is it worth it? Everything is about to rip apart and fall. We just have to wait and watch.

After a underwhelming episode last week, this was a much needed return to form, and dare I say, easily the best episode of the series. It plunges you right into the story, and the pacing is very much improved over last week's. The hour flew by!

The characters finally get some much needed development, and some levity. Really thought everyone got a chance to shine, even Isildur, who I haven't particularly cared for in this show. The story is moved in directions I cannot wait to see continued next week.

The tone of the episode is preparing for war on all sides, and you really feel that. The exciting moments are well balanced with the regal and dialogue heavy scenes, but they don't go on for too long, which was very refreshing. Before you know it, you're onto a new scene.

Overall, it's fantastic from start to finish. Pacing is improved, characters are explored, and themes of deceit and staying true to you're oaths and friendships are explored.

Just seeing the first 20 minutes of this episode, really brought me back to the time that Lord of the Rings was everything to me.

This show gets allot of hate because it tries to appeal to a new generation. If u look behind the short haired elves and beardless dwarfs.. it still upholds everything i held dear at the time i was young, watching the first movies.

The songs of the harfoots. The panoramic shots of the amazing landscapes. The cultural differences between the races where each upholds their own intersts to gain power. The imminent threat and hoplessnes growing while everything seams hopeless but light still shining in the dark...

I think Tolkien would be proud that a new generation gets to experience the legacy he created.

Change is painfull because we all uphold Tolkien in a sacred place in our hearts, but its deffinitly not the monstrosity people made this show out to be!

It've been 5 episodes till now and the show keeps on disappointing, now don't get me wrong it's not a terrible show, but it's not good as well, it's just watchable. There are some really good characters in terms of performance, dialogues and their part of the story is interesting such as lord Elrond the elve and Durin the dwarf, their relationship is worth watching, with Elrond being the best character in the show . Galadrial on the other hand has a really weird writing her purpose makes zero sense her dialogues are lame and the performance is... I won't say bad i don't know who can play a character with this bad writing in a way that will actually make it bearable. The Hobbits part is fine not great but not bad, we are still half the way through the season so i won't judge the story but things don't look promising.

I don't know why they didn't spent a bigger portion of that 1 billion dollars they have been talking about for years on writing, the visual effects can vary from really good to just fine, but nothing outstanding.

So yeah the lord of the rings is disappointing till this moment which is episode 5, maybe the next episodes will prove me wrong, but until then iam not happy with it.

This episode is the worst so far by a stretch, it's as if the producers believe that this series can't fail but it's been very hit and miss so far this first season. This episode is quite boring lots of talking and not much happening and the music is very dramatically overlayed over generic underwhelming scenes. PRODUCERS Game of Thrones was much betterthan this expensive bore. I can tell this series is building upto a big event but there isnt much impact from the intended scenes, some the actors are poorly picked in my opinionand let down the talented members of the cast, this show needs to grow up or its doomed im sorry to say.

I hate myself for saying this, but the episode was... filler. With the exception of Elrond and Durin, nearly no significant story development occurs. For an 8-episode season, I expected more momentum by the end of the 5th episode.

The showrunners are building characters for a multi-season show, unfortunately at the expense of this fundamentally important first season. If we look at comparable other series of sprawling casts: Game of Thrones, Lost, Deadwood, and Friday Night Lights managed to balance world-building, and character development while simultaneously progressing the story.

Instead of story progression and captivating action we get character development, but I find it to be pretty underwhelming despite the grandiose score and melodramatic acting. Instead of telling us why we need to care about these characters through labored dialog, please show us! We hit a point of diminishing returns in episode 4, and episode 5 results in frustration.

I'm optimistic for this show. There are interesting characters in interesting situations. I just hope the writers can deliver on the opportunity.

I have been loving Rings of Power since the first episode. I appreciate how much time is being spent on developing the characters --- not just the main characters but the supporting ones as well. My favorite characters so far are Nori, Arondir, Durin, The Stranger, Bronwyn, and Elrond.

Poppy's song "This Wandering Day" was really lovely and fits right in with other classic songs like Misty Mountains. In fact, this whole soundtrack is excellent. I have been a fan of Bear McCreary ever since his work on Battlestar Galactica and Black Sails and am so very impressed with what he has done with this soundtrack. I have been trying to not listen to the soundtrack beyond the point we're at in the season to avoid potential spoilers but I know after the season is out I will definitely be revisiting the soundtrack.

After that episode I came to a conclusion: The Lord of the Rings (movies) was breaking through Middle-earth, crossing the Misty Mountains at amazing speed. The wisps of the night mist could be seen stirring as he advanced swiftly and relentlessly. In the opposite direction, on a collision course and equally fast, came the soap opera Days of our Lives. When the two shared the same point in space-time, Middle-earth shook. The Blue Mountains split, Anduin changed its course, and the Great Sea churned in agony. As a result of this confluence the series The Rings of Power emerged, which merged in a single work the wonderful scenarios and costumes of The Lord of the Rings, with the characters and plot of Days of our Lives.

Again, as I've mentioned, the virtually static storytelling tempo continues. I guess it's fine for a series, but we're 3 episodes short of the season's end, so once again, as I've mentioned, this is going nowhere but to an "intriguing" cliffhanger.

The entire season seems to be aimed at introducing the characters. Too bad that 90% of the characters are either dull or annoying. Since the story has many branches, not all of them have been sufficiently developed in this episode.

In this episode, the writers keep introducing pointless conflicts and twists that don't add anything to the story but just make the characters constantly change their minds and feel inconsistent. Perhaps it would be easier to perceive even Galadriel's stubbornness if she spoke and acted like an elf rather than an actor in an elf costume. But this is not the case since the dialogue is so unnatural and modernized.

All in all, I went around in circles again, spending an hour watching the characters overcome made-up difficulties and constantly changing their minds. Already you can see that no characters are well-written, and most likely, there is no concrete vision of what they should become at the end since there is no clear understanding of the story's beginning and end.

So it is quite understandable why history is stagnating because it simply has nowhere to go. We don't know what to expect from the characters as they always act differently and change their attitudes at the last moment. That is, we know who they are supposed to become in many years and their future merits, except that what is happening now has nothing to do with the established personalities in the universe.

Thus, by episode 5 of the first season, the writers themselves have written out all the characters from the universe, making them more modern and completely different from expectations. If before, you would have thought that their way to the characters we know would be interesting, and we would understand why they became as we know them now so many years later. After this episode, given the pace and the approaching end of the season, I am fully convinced that the whole series is driven by completely different heroes, having nothing to do with the universe or Tolkien, who just put on fancy suits to do an amateur acting routine on expensive sets.

The problem is that the creators don't want to tell me a story to interest me, to intrigue me. They want me to watch it. They want me to spend time watching content. All the effort is invested in the process, not the substance. It's a beautiful empty shell, but what's the point?

Let me start with the overview this is by far the best episode and it clearly gave Lord Of The Rings Vibes that we all been missing The episode is amazing and eye pleasing Infact what I loved the most is the screenplay it is 10x better than last few episodes and now we clearly know where this show is heading Although there are few problems to address too like they are revealing too little and we want to know more about the Mysterious man and what is he doing I know just to make multi season show the story's pace is little slow.

Overall I would say this what we always wanted and I cant wait for seven more days.

In the fifth episode of the "Rings of Power" series, the creators go into each of their storylines, and yet, it still seems that the plot is barely progressing. This means there isn't enough development in the storylines to make each episode worthwhile. But why is that? What is the problem with the series?! It seems hard to say; Because the creators of the series, trying to achieve a false sense of greatness, have forgotten that they need great characters and stories to shape their story. Thus, in the episode "Partings" the scenario is not of wandering power rings, but of lost ground.

The "Rings of Power" series, as a beautiful canvas that wanders everywhere in Middle-earth without a specific purpose, does not have a single story. Therefore, with such an image, the best moment in the episode "The Great Wave" had nothing to do with the story, that is, the focus on the traditional ritual of the dwarves of Moria. From this point of view, the best moments of the fifth episode or "Partings" are also a wandering montage of Harfoot's journey, showing maps and legendary flashbacks about the creation of elves.

The fifth installment of the Rings of Power series is at least built around a fairly consistent set of themes, themes that fit well with the show's largely straightforward moral worldview. And at the same time, they can balance between the eternal themes of Tolkien's works and contemporary issues. At its core, the episode "Partings" argues that Circles of Power is about the importance of political altruism, about the need for disparate groups to trust each other and work together for the greater good. It's a very simple idea, but it's also a heavy and interesting one.

It's a theme that runs consistently throughout the episode, from Arundir's decision to stay with the humans to Elrond's loyalty to Doreen. This also fits well with the larger political themes at the heart of The Lord of the Rings.

In his writings, Tolkien always considers humans to be the weakest race. Not by force, but by will and according to morality. Rings of Power keeps this concept, but expands it to other races to fuel the fire of further conflict.

However, this newfound thematic consistency would be more impressive if it served a greater sense of movement for the series' story. Now, it's easy to see how the various narrative threads fit together thematically, but are largely unrelated in terms of common purpose. With episode five coming right from the halfway point of last season, the Rings of Power series has been strangely stuck in place. In conclusion, this series works best when it paints a picture of an open world, but it should let the characters explore it. All those who wander may not be lost, but all those who remain do not know where they stand.

I can't believe the hate people have towards this show.

Be realistic, and stop comparing it to HOD.

I didn't like the first episode but since then the show keeps getting better and I am sure we are going to have a great season after all. Now I care about the characters and can't wait to see what will happen to them.

Cinematography 10 Music 10 Acting 9 Writing 9 Directing 9.

Ps. I haven't read the books so I can't comment on that, but I have to say I read all Harry Potter's book and when the movies came out I hated them. However after few years I was grateful for the movies. I'm sure these hater would come back in few years and will be a fan of the show.

So much of Tolkien's original work is slow building and tiny details that will certainly pay off in the end but i can see where the general viewer may lose interest in the story. By the end of this episode we truly get to the point of where the story of this series will get to.

One of the most important things that this series had to deliver on was the cinematography and the CGI since the budget have been revealed to be close to 1 billion by the end surpassing every record for a series ever eclipsing house of the dragon. There has been moments where the costume designers have fallen short in compression to out HBO friends this is where the series has come into its own. The sun lite isle of Numenor and the harbor that most of this story is based around is just epic.

Then leading to the story with the Uruk Adar having the presence of Joseph Mawle behind the character is the best tread that should always be pulled in this series. The subtle creepiness of his character and the hopefulness of the elves along with the doubtful humans in the story really balance so well.

We know where this next episode is going to lead and i cannot wait to watch this!

The script & dialogue was much better in this episode, it'll probably be the highest rated thus far.

The visuals are stunning (including an explosions) and so is the music.

Finally we get a hobbit type song and it's so good. I'm very happy to see more Harfoots.

We get more dwarves & elves in this episode.

More fighting, magic, artifacts, lore, and random forging of weapons.

It's still a mystery who is Sauron, who the meteor man is, and what the mystery blade is.

Another mystery: We're introduced to trio who say nothing, and inspecting the meteor man's impact crater, why, idk, it lasts for a brief scene.

I understand the complaints of the users to the first, second or even third episode. But if even after the fifth you continue to watch the series and come to complain here, yours is no longer disgust for a 'bad production', but simple sabotaging of the series' ranking. I had great faith that this episode was going to continue from start and take off to finally start the knot at the beginning. The series started slowly, almost 4 introductory chapters and without action but they were extremely necessary to contextualize the scenery, the plot and the direction of the argumentative arc of each character. I really liked in this episode how the personality traits are more marked and a small appetizer of the abilities that each character has.