Christian Rademaker

This is the kind of movie cinema was made for.

Best movie I've seen in a while. A great dramatic adaptation of a real life documentary. At the point that you thought everything was getting stale, they dropped the story like a classic story arc.

If you're hoping for a nerd-out history of accuracy, read the books. But this show instantly caught me, and brought nostalgia with the re-iteration of characters by so juxtaposedly presenting them from our former knowledge of them from Lord of the Rings. It sort of speaks to life, and the variety of how everyone experiences it. The introduction of each culture was genius - oppressive elves, hidden by politics and presumption? Another set of quirky, small lifelings? Humans that prove to be as stubborn as they are glorious? Everything I could have hoped for. I love that in the first episode, there were three moments of psychological awe that made you think differently about the world. If you're not able to watch a series like this with an imagination that suspends your expectation, go watch die hard. 😆