"I'm so embarrassed to see that I can pull out a Winterfell under my feet."
After the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power", Nini from the fantasy public account "Castle Black" was outraged. . In fact, this $1 billion "most expensive American drama in history" has been deeply controversial since it was launched on Amazon on September 2.
On the one hand, the series official announced that the number of viewers worldwide exceeded 25 million within 24 hours of its premiere, setting a new record in Amazon's history.
On the other hand, the show was criticized by fans of the original book in terms of casting and plot, and the official website was even scolded to close the comment area. At present, the drama has a score of 7.5 on Douban, a score of 6.8 on IMDb (a world-renowned film review website), and the audience popcorn index of Rotten Tomatoes (a world-renowned film review website) is only 36%. family".
's top IP and first-class visual effects, why can't they make good dramas?
"The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" stills Thousands of years before the events involved in the movies " The Hobbit " and "Lord of the Rings", that is, the second era of "Middle-earth" in Tolkien's original book. Although
is a long time ago, because the elves are "immortal", there are still two characters familiar to the audience in the play.
is a young Galadriel (Morfield Clarke), and when she grows up, she becomes the elf queen played by Cate Blanchett and .
Left: Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" Right: The Elf Queen in "The Lord of the Rings 1"
The other is Elrond ( Robert Aramayo ), That is, "the emperor's father-in-law" played by Hugo Weaving in the "Lord of the Rings" series.
Left: Young Elrond in The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power Right: Middle-aged Elrond in The Lord of the Rings 1 "The "aesthetic regression" in casting has become the hardest hit area for netizens to complain.
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Tolkien has a clear description of the beauty and "immortal spirit" of elves in the original work. In the world he created, elves are God's favorite children, beautiful, powerful, and full of wisdom.
Because she likes to wear white clothes and radiate light all over her body, Galadriel, the "Queen of Fairies", is even called "Mrs. White". This description in the original book was also vividly displayed by Peter Jackson in audiovisual language.
The elf queen played by Cate Blanchett in "The Lord of the Rings" is full of
and the actors of "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" are lacking in both appearance and temperament. It's no wonder that netizens want to spoof and complain, "With 1 billion dollars in investment, you can't get a handsome guy?" , who played the elf prince Legolas, who is the white moonlight
Lee Pace played the elf king in "The Hobbit"
Although "beauty is justice" is a fallacy, but Zhang Fei used to play It is obviously not worth advocating for actors to play Zhuge Liang .
The plot dragged on
The short appendix made up more than a dozen episodes
"The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" stills gradually attracted by the plot. It is a pity that the plot of "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" is also full of slots based on the first two episodes.
Sheng Jiji, a Zhejiang native who is currently working in Minnesota, USA, told Tianmu News that as a fan of "The Lord of the Rings", he opened "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" as soon as possible, and was disappointed after watching it: "Maybe It's because the standard of the movie is too high. Although the visual effects of the TV series "The Lord of the Rings" are also cost-effective, it feels very dull.The characters have no taste either. The elves lack 'immortal energy' and 'reiki'. At the beginning, the scene of a group of elves bullying the heroine makes people very dramatic. This is the elves! "
netizens commented on
's two episodes of more than two hours of plot. In the first part of "The Lord of the Rings", the Fellowship of the Ring team has been established and the first "cave copy" has been completed. It can be found in "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" ", the director has just finished laying out the background of elves, hobbits, dwarves and rebel Sauron. The characters of
are also quite flat and fuzzy. The heroine of
Galadriel is portrayed as a A lonely hero of the elves, but her persistent pursuit of the murderer is not for the sake of the world, but to avenge her brother, and the situation is suddenly small.
Rotten Tomatoes audience popcorn index is only 36%
In Nini's opinion, "The Lord of the Rings" : The biggest failure of The Ring of Power is the plot.
"Amazon's copyright is only the second era content in the appendix of "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings", and even the content of " Silmarillion " Neither does copyright. And there are two additional conditions: First, it must start production within two years. 2. Materials from the First Age of Middle-earth cannot be used. "Nini believes that the "Lord of the Rings" movie uses a trilogy to complete the condensed distillation of three thick books, while "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" supports a short appendix into at least two seasons and a dozen episodes. TV series, the "water injection" and "magic change" can be imagined. The
IMDb score is 6.8, the score is seriously polarized
caters to the market
can't be short of good stories
Two fantastic IPs with positive PK, each broadcast Two episodes later, "Dragon Family" scored 8.7 points on Douban, "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" Douban scored 7.5 points. Why is
a top-notch IP with first-class visual effects, but it still sucks? The comparison of
is almost a positive PK in the same period "Dragon Family" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power", we can draw the conclusion that even for those fantasy works that rely heavily on scenes and visual effects, the core of the story and the storytelling The method is still the key to the success of a drama.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" has a good visual effect.
"Dragon Family" has also adapted the original "Blood and Fire" to a certain extent, but there are some The original author George Martin "supervises the war", this adaptation is in line with the spirit of the original.
It's plot is also very compact, the first two episodes have the audience's favorite "dragon", which ensures an audio-visual experience when watching the show .And the parallel editing of the queen's miscarriage and the knight's game added to the tension and tragic atmosphere of the show.
The black elf actor Ismael Cruz Cordova in "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" revealed that he has recently received many private messages and abuses. Said that he will not be defeated by this, but will play the role well.
In contrast, "The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" has four scenes and four groups of characters, from female warriors to "black elf", from the desire to go outside From the hobbit girl who made a move to the alien friends who "love and kill each other", the elves and dwarves are all "very correct" under the "diversified" creation trend of the European and American film and television circles. However, the script is old-fashioned and the characters are empty, which makes the The relationship between these characters seems to be the product of the producer deliberately to please the market.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power" still photo
Such a classic IP, such a delicate service, it would be a pity if it was just a landscape film .
