This was the only one that seemed addressed to the kind of viewer I am:

https://decider.com/2024/08/28/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-season-2-on-prime-video-review

Yeah, I liked Krull, and the best fifteen or so minutes of Labyrinth and Legend, and the climax of Return of the Jedi, where Star Wars really doubles down on the fantasy. I liked Jason and the Argonauts and Seventh Voyage of Sindbad (even though I find stop-motion kind of overrated as a technique.) I liked Darby O’ Gill. I’m indulgent of the “Arwen and horse mystically rescue Aragorn” sequence in the Two Towers. I’m indulgent of the Hobbit movies, which somehow magically improve a fair amount in the extended version. This guy makes the case that ROP is flawed but also endearingly nerdy and mystical, and that’s probably the best summary of what it has going for it that I’ve seen.

(Disclaimer, watching at least the opener and maybe all three episodes this evening with my co-watchers; if I manage a reaction post it will probably land on Friday.)

Note: my co-watchers and I were originally planning on watching 108 and 201 as a double feature on Thursday and maybe holding off on 202 and 203 until Friday, but a mystery anthology series we watch handed us one of those bummer episodes where the murderer is the only sympathetic character, and we wanted something to wash off the taste.

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