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There seem to be three types of review on there.

1. Hur hur, rubbish. 1 star (There are seriously reviews like that)

2. This isn't Lord of the Rings. 1 star

3. I really loved how they took that piece from the Silmarillion and explored the concept. 5 star

The people giving it low ratings don't appear to know the source materials. Disclaimer - I have not yet seen it so I am witholding judgement, but the reviews are embarrassing.

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Most reviews I read noted the terrible writing and at best mediocre acting from several of the main characters.

On a personal level i don't care much if it's true to the source material, I haven't read it. Nor do I care that there are PoC in it. I do care that it's just at best a 6/10 (maybe a charitable 7?), which hurts based on the potential it had.

Amazon doesn't have rights to Silmarillion, though, so they can't take anything from there.

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