The long-awaited"The Lord of the Rings" prequel,"The Rings of Power," received widespread praise from television critics, with most reviews applauding the plot, visuals and cinematography of the first two episodes.
Exploring Middle-earth's Second Age, the series from Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video uncovers the story behind the forging of the rings and tells of an alliance formed between elves and men to fight an ancient evil. Erik Kain from Forbes"came to this series a skeptic," but after the first two episodes was a"believer."
Darren Franich from Entertainment Weekly thinks there are"ways to do a prequel" - and says"Rings of Power" does them all wrong.