Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Amazon had a lot to live up to when it announced it was making a lavish, insanely expensive prequel to the beloved world of The Lord of the Rings with a licensing deal that kept a good chunk of J.R.R. Tolkien’s equally lavish worldbuilding off the table. But while it had its storytelling faults, The Rings of Power delivered one of the most gorgeous fantasy worlds rendered on TV this year, or perhaps ever, and an earnestly sincere tale of good and evil that touched on the heart of what makes Lord of the Rings so beloved in the first place.
