I will start by saying the first two episodes definitely feel a bit slow, but it does pick up pace towards the end of the second episode. However, the world does feel grandiose and extravagant, which i was not expecting at all.
I felt the inner childlike glee and awe that i felt while watching the original LOTR and the Hobbit series, and that it itself makes me excited for the upcoming episodes. I am especially pleased that this show is not the woke piece of garbage that people were saying it would be. Arondir and Princess Disa were very likable, if you ask me!
Woke is not the centre of this story, unlike a certain green goblin lawyer show.
If you are looking for an honest advice on if you should watch it, don't listen to naysayers and give it a go.