The showrunners of Rings of Power Season 2 seem to be exactly right, as the second season reviews seem to be right in line with Season 1.
Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne recently said they didn’t bother listening to the fan feedback about Season 1, as Season 2 had already been written.
So that means Season 2 is just like Season 1.
However, fans didn’t like Season 1 at all, as 63% of then didn’t finish the first season.
Rings of Power Season 2 premiers Thursday on Amazon Prime Video with the first three episodes.
What is the Rings of Power Season 2 Rotten Tomatoes score?
The first batch of critic reviews have hit Rotten Tomatoes. With 30 reviews currently accounted for, Rings of Power Season 2 has an 80% Rotten Tomatoes Score.
Season 1? Its Rotten Tomatoes Score from critics is actually slightly better at 83%. The Popcorn meter, formerly known as the Audience Score? Season 1 is at 38%.
Update: With 65 reviews, the Rotten Tomatoes Score has shot up to 92%. The Audience Score is at 68%.
My own thoughts on the first three episodes? The Sauron story is good but everything else is not. Aside from Sauron, the show comes off really boring. I found myself not caring about anything else, particularly the human/men part of the story which comes off really bad, IMO.
What do the Rings Of Power Season 2 reviews say?
The reviews are mixed. Some say Season 2 is the best thing evah–while others, similar to Season 1, offer Rings of Power Season 2 is just plain bad.
It will be interesting to see how many fans don’t finish Rings of Power Season 2, how the viewership numbers compare to Season 1, and if the show gets a Season 3.
Here is a selection of both positive and negative reviews:
While there will likely still be some pushback from fans of the original film trilogy and Tolkien’s written work, this is undeniably the most striking fantasy show of the year. – RogerEbert.com
Most scenes are unable to make you connect or draw you into the hearts and minds of those who inhabit this version of Middle-earth. The Rings of Power season 2 … is riddled with bad dialogue. And that frequently ends up dooming it. – Akhil Arora
Sometimes frustrating but just as often rewarding, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power hasn’t reinvented itself in its second season, opting instead to turn up the intensity on everything it was already doing. – TV Guide
With one of the best first episodes of a series, The Rings of Power Season 2 has everything it needs to stick the landing; it just needs to stay out of the weeds. – Kate Sanchez
The Rings of Power is still a great fantasy series, and if it has time to mature, it could be even greater. – Inverse
The Rings of Power finally has the faintest hints of narrative momentum. But the second installment of this show, as gorgeous yet flat as a kitchen backsplash, has the same problems as the first, minus much confidence these issues will ever go away. – Variety
The result is like being on a mirthless rollercoaster ride: thrown around, spun upside down, but always wondering when the fun is supposed to kick in. – Independent UK
Amazon Prime Video’s second season of the LOTR prequel series is a dazzling improvement on the first, as the various powers of Middle-Earth battle and seduce each other. – The Film Yap
The bad news is that Rings of Power otherwise remains epically underwhelming — full of noise and ambition yet lacking the magic of the original Tolkien novels and of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. – Irish Times
It’s an immersive vacation to Middle-earth, but one that feels confined to a package tour agenda. Maybe we’ll actually get into the place, and its various people/beings, next season. The Wrap
Falls prey to one of the most common afflictions of its kind. It starts to feel like a story shaped backwards from events we already know will need to transpire, rather than one driven forward by the motives and choices of its characters. – THR
The Rings of Power S2 is a FANTASTIC return to Middle-earth and continues to redefine what’s possible for television. It’s a deeper and darker story that fulfills the promise of the series and filled with the best visual effects ever put on the TV screen. – The Movie Podcast
