Nathaniel Louis A.

This is actually a solid film. Too many people who think they are smarter and that they can speak for others are dismissing or criticizing the film, so - while it's more accurately a ~4-star for me - here's an encouraging 5-star score 'cause it deserves the love and support, and I rarely score/review shows on Google but I'm doing it for this film. My mom and dad who are not anime/animated show fans liked it. My mom who wanted to not watch with me and my dad, and who is someone who tends to fall asleep in theaters was awake and invested. She even seemingly wants more, asking about sequels after finishing the show. (Of course Dad says he would've preferred it live-action, but you know how it is.) People need to stop preemptively making their minds up and choosing to dislike it. And before anyone thinks I'm politically motivated or influenced, my family and I are from the Philippines and are far removed from western political and cultural wars. In any case, it's not even the lazy "woke" sort of movie which I also have some disdain for (due to tokenism, not because I support bigotry). Watch it in theaters while you can because that big-screen-dark-room setup plus the sound design really enhances the experience. The writing is good and the immersion is there throughout, and the visuals are largely solid except maybe for a couple of choppy sequences that may be distracting for some. And some dialogue scenes could have used more 'camera' angles. (This is more of a production issue.) The film could also use spending more time with some key characters, so that later moments landed even stronger. However, the extra runtime would probably be risky, though the 2 hours as it is is well spent in my opinion. I don't doubt the filmmakers could be trusted with a bit more runtime. So yeah, like I said, a ~4-star for me, but because it deserves more support and because my parents who were hesitant actually liked it, here's my 5-star score and I'm not taking it back. Maybe W.B. just wanted to keep the rights, I don't know, but this film had actual craft and work put in it, unlike others that were made due to similar reasons. The cast and crew are Tolkien fans and it shows. The problem now is with the competition, with all the films coming to theaters this December. But if you end up watching this and you're a Tolkien or a fantasy fan, I can't of course know you won't regret it but I definitely do not. I'd watch it again even, if money constraints didn't exist.

All right, this is a pretty biased 4-star. The show doesn't need another overpraising so this is what I'll give. More accurately I'd add a couple of decimals in there. First off, the production value and overall quality is THROUGH THE ROOF. That said, more importantly for me, I loved/was thoroughly compelled by none of the characters except one and the writing is iffy in places as character choices seem rushed or not built up enough, which shouldn't have been an issue when each episode was more or less an hour long. It just felt like the effort went more into the production value than the story/characters, and that left a bit of a bad taste for me, I guess, for me to be totally in love with the show. Maybe it didn't really help that Vi and Jinx were really my least favorites when they are the main leads of the show. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to season 2!

5 stars 'cause it's become an all-time personal favorite, but for other people, this can range from 3 to 4. This is a very solid show marred sadly by production and/or runtime constraints and that affected the pacing and the impact of some key beats. That said, it impressed me how much of a punch they were able to pack in 3 short seasons.

This is now one of my favorite shows of all time. Quality and heart through and through. Highly recommended.

Nice and wholesome and mostly consistently enjoyable. One episode was partly a dip in pacing/enjoyability but it's an overall solid show with heart in it. I'm leaning towards 4.5 stars but we can't have decimals here so a 5 it is for my overall enjoyment.

Quality? Check. Fun? Check. Emotions? Check. Season 3? When?? *looks it up* It's in June? Hype! EDIT: Season 3 was quite eh. It's feeling more like a 4-star now.

My home MMO for many years. Solid immersion/atmosphere and storytelling. Chill community. A 5/5 for me, despite its flaws, especially with its current direction. Update 33 Hype!

Heart: Warmed. Tears: Cried. Spirits: Lifted. Hope: Rekindled. Stand: Tall. Hotel: Tri- okay, I'll stop.

There was heart and passion put into this series and you can feel it. 5 out of 5.

It had so much potential. The first two encounters were solid. The rest had the game breaking its rules---to hopefully escalate the horror---and then reforming them---to hopefully build and deliver a solid ending---but it ended up being counterproductive instead. I don't think the short runtime was even a major issue; I just think the writing could have been stronger. Like maybe they just needed more time to develop a stronger story. Maybe production was rushed. Maybe they run out of budget for the cast as well or there was heavy COVID restrictions 'cause, like, there were so few people to see in the film and the locations weren't always isolated areas. I don't know. I'm a 2.5/5 on this movie. I was gonna leave the stars at 3/5, but I guess I'm just kinda upset about the wasted potential of this film. (Also, 2/5 matches my opinion better because I thought the first two fifths of the film were its strongest parts and then it started dropping the ball.)