Rings of Power
Amazon Prime
Don’t consider this a review as I don’t feel I can fully do this show proper justice since I didn’t watch it properly. And that’s because it didn’t really hold my attention I’m afraid…
I think everyone involved in this knew it as a a “big deal”, with lots of money both spent on it and resting on it; and as a result everyone tried just that bit too hard. The writers were desperate for new spectacle so devised battle scenes that were certainly different but just came across as silly. The designers devised new sailing ships that were certainly elegant, but realistically impractical, obviously too small for their purported complement of men and horses yet still too big to fit under the bridge out of the harbour.
I genuinely “lost the plot” after a couple of episodes of not watching closely and although I was present in the room while the rest of the season played out I can’t honestly remember much of it.
So, in fairness, and in recognition that Season 2 is thought to be a bit better I decided to give season 1 a re-watch…. but then Amazon ran a long, unskippable add 20 minutes into the first episode and I was so pissed off I turned off the TV. Screw you Amazon.
If I ever do get around to watching it properly I’ll update you.