Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.
- Arondir
- (as Ismael Cruz Córdova)
- Sadoc Burrows
- (as Sir Lenny Henry)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe painting Galadriel examines in the Númenórean Hall of Lore appears to depict Elrond's brother Elros, the first King of Númenor, with a beard, perhaps as a visual indicator of his choice to live as a Man. In J.R.R. Tolkien's writings, all human males with Elven ancestry, no matter how remote, are beardless. This means that Tolkien even imagined Elendil, Aragorn, Boromir and Faramir as beardless.
- GoofsTwo actors credited in this episode's scroll are incorrectly listed. Robert Strange is miscredited as "Other Orc," but actually played the role of "Lurka." Edward Clendon, who actually played the role of "Other Orc" is miscredited as "Lurka."
- Quotes
Poppy Proudfellow: What sense is it sticking your neck out for him any more than you already have?
Nori Brandyfoot: There's head-sense, Poppy, and there's heart-sense.
Poppy Proudfellow: There's common sense and nonsense. And if you're all out of the first, then you can borrow some of mine.
Nori Brandyfoot: Rather borrow some star charts out of that book instead. And you're gonna help me. Or would you rather I let slip to Malva it was you who put fireweed in her toe cream?
- Crazy credits"This production contains dialogue, characters, and places that were inspired by, though not contained in, the original source material."
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pop Culture Crisis: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 'Adar' Review (2022)
Analysis: When you recreate something that has had enormous success in the past you will face criticism and you have to improve on what has been done in the past. Here the decor is a high step up from Peter Jackson. The central wharf of Númenor has been build according to Appendix A. And it's mind-blowing. Absolutely well done.
Onto the story: Galadriel is better then the previous two episodes, but still kinda annoying. Elves can be warriors (think of Arwen), but Galadriel is a bit of an immature angry elf atm. She doesn't have the class and grace that one would associate with an elf. And whilst a female hero is fine for a fantasy series today, the Wolverine treatment she is getting here doesn't do it on screen, in these first three episodes. She is just angry... Halbrand is growing into his role. The halflings are also growing in both in relevance and the dialogue has improved. This is the first episodes where they seem to fit in.
Dialogue, as just mentioned has improved from the previous two episodes. Although the captain with his kids sounded like it came of a wrong script, like a Disney movie set in 2010s, not Middle Earth universe. It's annoying coz it's these kind of things that take you out of the world when watching. However I do trust this will improve as the season moves on. Or rather said let's hope that it will improve :-)
Special effects, they are overall good, but one request to the production team is PLEASE no more Matrix moves. It just looks ridiculous.
Fandom To wrap this review up. It seem right to add a passage on where we are In the world today of reviews, YouTube and other social media. It can be hard to digest when people change something about Middle Earth, or aren't faithful. However having now seen this third episode, it seems a good moment to take a break from what has come before. Some of the members of this fandom call this an easy cash grab, sell out and fan fiction. An tbh, that is unfair and incorrect I can now say. While liberties have been taken. Hundreds of people have worked on the project for years and whilst it certainly has it flaws. There is definitely a lot of care and interest to do it right been put into it.
There might be some amongst us that are just rejecting the series, because they are unhappy that the rights to the full legendarium where not acquired, without even having watched the full three episodes. If you don't like it after three episodes it's probably not for you, you gave it a try. And It's only fair to be disappointed and just move on to something else.
After watching the trailers, many of us were rightfully unimpressed and concerned, but having now watched three episodes: It's actually ok. We got ourselves a new series about maybe the most epic fantasy franchise of all time. Let's just try to take it for what it is. A series inspired by Tolkien's lore that sometimes is a bit cringe, but overall entertains.
We are back in Middle Earth, onwards I'm going to celebrate how this world is further coming to life on the screen.
- robinhio84_
- Sep 12, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1