The user ratings on Amazon's own websites sit at ~3.3/5 depending on what country you're in.
Now that series has been released, curious what peoples' follow up thoughts are on the production and the business context for Amazon, given Amazon's market cap is half what it was last year.
Bret Devereaux has done several highly entertaining posts about some of the shortcomings he's perceived in the show.
Some of the characters and locales are quite nice but I just can't get over the nonsensical things that happen. It is like the writers only considered what looked good for this weeks ratings rather than what made sense in that world. This leads to the whole thing feeling like plastic.
I found the way they used horses very problematic.
Unless you hate the recent push for diversity, you will probably like it. I loved the scenarios and music, and really liked Galadriel's acting. I was only taken aback by the apparent slow pacing (but other people might perceive it differently). 8/10, would recommend. For reference, I'd rate LOTR 9/10 and the Hobbit film trilogy 5/10.