‘The Rings of Power': Misses the Mark

The first episode of Season 2 of the Amazon franchise, with its beauty, blood, and lore, won’t please LOTR fans in many ways.
‘The Rings of Power': Misses the Mark
Sauron (Charlie Vickers) faces Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), in the "The Rings of Power." Amazon Prime Video
Tiffany Brannan
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If you’d asked me two years ago what “The Lord of the Rings” was, I would have guessed that it was some modern movie franchise. “Lord of the Rings” (LOTR), “Game of Thrones,” “Lord of the Flies,” and “Dungeons and Dragons” were all the same to me. I didn’t know what they were, nor did I care. I assumed that they had lots of computer-generated violence and no traditional values.

However, when my sister started watching the Peter Jackson trilogy because of an interest in Elijah Wood (who played Frodo in the LOTR films), I, too, became an LOTR fan.

Tiffany Brannan
Tiffany Brannan
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Tiffany Brannan is a 23-year-old opera singer, Hollywood historian, vintage fashion enthusiast, and journalist. Her classic film journey started in 2016 when she and her sister started the Pure Entertainment Preservation Society to reform the arts by reinstating the Motion Picture Production Code. Tiffany launched Cinballera Entertainment in June 2023 to produce original performances which combine opera, ballet, and old films in historic SoCal venues. Having written for The Epoch Times since 2019, she became the host of a YouTube channel, The Epoch Insights, in June 2024.
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