Partings

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.

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.

Ep5 of Rings of Power is pretty much the exact same as the previous episodes. Average. For the most expensive TV show in history, it really does severely lack in writing and acting. This is the most boring episode so far, even though it does have some good moments;

Elrond and Druin are the best characters, they have a great on screen friendship that reminds me a little of Legolas and Gimli, they have great banter and ever scene with them in it, is the highlight. Even though Galadriel is dull and boring, I enjoyed the little sparring scene where she actually showed a different emotion other than frown - joy and playfullness. It was a good scene. The scenes with the Harfoots was ok I guess, nothing special as with the scenes in the Tower.

I know many people have compared this show with House of the Dragon, I can't help but do so to. We are also 5 episodes into that show, and yet we have fallen in love with the charcaters, and care about the story. Here, everything is just dull. There are no stakes, no tension, and no care for anyone the TV show wants us to care about. EP5: Partings is just the same old slow story with little happening. I don't think the show is bad, by any means, some of the bad reviews are a bit extreme. But I am keepiing my hopes up, that the show will improve, since Middle-earth is one of the greatest fictional places ever created.

C'mon creators and writers, you can do better than this.

No matter what series it is, I always give them 5 episodes to wrap up and settle the issue. This is the 5th.

No, friends, the series is not recovering. A black elf is not the problem! I love the portrayal of a strong woman! I live in an eastern country and have nothing to do with the interesting problems of westerners. Color doesn't matter to us! We like strong women! The series is poorly written and neither the effort of the actors nor the great art design can save it. I'm not so excited...I get even more excited when I see a butterfly! This is very difficult to achieve. Orcs are on their way to attack, I don't care! The Numenoreans are on their way, I don't care! In the whole series, only Durin and Elrond's scenes catch my attention, that's all! Non logical things are flying around! Characters go out of their character! They should just call this "Rings Of Power" leaving the name LOTR out of it. Even the so called "bad" Hobbit's scene where the White Council fights against Nazgûls Dol Guldur is better then all 5 episodes and it is just 3 minutes long! Stop protecting bad things just because of your ideals...

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.