Elven Kings Under the Sky

Amazing start of season 2.

All the plots are interesting now, even the harfoot's one. Very excited to know what exactly happens with the rings of power and how Sauron manipulates everyone in his way to bring his plan forward.

Acting is OK, obviously not Leo DiCaprio level, but completely acceptable for a TV show.

Visuals are amazing as usual, music is also very good, always making you remember what you are watching.

I also read every book, and as usual you cant ever compare movies to books as it "always" falls short. I believe in that case LOTR was a standout as the movies are in my opinion even better than the books.

I urge the haters to stop watching this show, as it is actually depressing having to look at your pointless critics now. If Season 1 was so bad, why did you watch until the end and why are you watching now season 2? Dont you have anything better to waste your time on?

Critics like the elves are terrible when they are clearly way prettier and knowledgeable than the other races as they should be. Critics like their ears are to big. Completely laughable.

If you are so puritan that you can not enjoy this TV show, please do not watch it and stick to the books. Do us all a favor including yourself and waste your time on something better.

A surprisingly very good start. Was actually extremely interested the whole episode. Last season was slow but understandable for a 5 season shows first season. Started very well here, besides what everyone says about what's true to books what's now. I'm an avid Tolkien book reader & devoted to the films. But this show for me is all about entertainment. We've had the books which is the most entertaining of all then we had the best movies of our generation. Let's not get greedy, let's just try to enjoy more LOTR & this could be a very nice season! Very good scene with the elves putting the 3 rings on & got me excited for the season!

Loved the first episode of season 2. I have never read the books which makes the story here completely fascinating for me.

I really like the cast. Will miss Joseph as Adar but I'm confident I will get used to the recast.

The making is very beautiful. The atmosphere is on point. You feel the tension and menacing. It's very engaging.

I started this episode wondering what was the connection between Adar and Sauron and we get this covered first part of the episode. I enjoyed to see how the spirit of Sauron survived and embodied Halbrand.

Cannot fault the serie so far and i hope it continues :)

It's clear to me that the show runners have taken on board at least some of the criticism of season 1.

They've launched into some genuinely exciting action to kick things off after the glacially slow pace of the previous series. They've ditched some of the cumbersome dialog which made the first series feel a bit too serious and laughable at times (though some dialogue is on the nose, particularly the intro for Cirdan).

They've also given some characters genuinely interesting things to do - looking forward to the continuation of the series provided the mix of action and drama continues. Optimistic for the rest of the episodes after a lacklustre season 1.

Audience want war, brutal fighting scenes and bla bla bla. This is so absurd that some people just without any reason bomb review some seasons. Last season was Okay. Neither good nor bad. I know its highly controversial but showrunner tried their best. Except last 2 epsiodes of S1, season was good. Okay, so S2E1 was great. There are fighting scenes, music is amazing and costume/set designs are all pretty good. Now as show is progressing, we're going to upcoming war. So, obviously there is plenty of need for politics. Yeah, its was quite boaring as in this particular episode, all discussion doesn't bring anything to table. But yeah, its important. I hope all other episodes would be great and watch it by yourself and then judge.