Lord of the Rings Series -- Amazon

Despite a widely positive critical reception for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Amazon’s goliath new fantasy series is floundering on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of just 33% at the time of writing.

Meanwhile, the critic score on the popular review-aggregation site is a much more impressive 84%.

So, why the disparity?

The Rings of Power may be the latest victim of “review-bombing” – when bigots flood a show with bad reviews in order to make it seem less appealing or popular…….


https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...power-review-amazon-prime-video-b2158898.html