Lord of the Rings Series -- Amazon

I haven't picked this up yet, but I have a few days off and I'm looking for something to binge. I've heard about the Nerd Rage for Black Elves and that's not something I'm concerned about. If I can buy into talking dragons, I have no issues accepting mutiracial elves.

What's the SR.com consensus the story, prodution value, etc? You know, the **** that matters.
Does canon matter to you? Like, at all.
If so, spare your blood pressure.
If you don't care, it's very pretty, worth a few hours and orders of magnitude better than Wheel of Time.