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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8759408" data-attributes="member: 59082">Someone on the last page said "better than I feared, not as good as I hoped." I've only watched the first episode, but that's how I feel so far.I don't like the depiction of elves, though. I was immediately put off by the opening scene in which the elvish came across as Celtic human brats, just in nicer clothes. I just don't see Tolkien's elves, even children, behaving in such a way. This was compounded by Elrond writing...a political speech for Gil-galad? That, again, was quite incongruous with Tolkien's depiction of elves, for whom Art (capital A) was a way of life - the most basic mode of being. One would think that such very human frailties--as a king needing a speech-writer--would not be applicable, especially to a thousands-of-years old Elvish high king.Meaning, the elves are far too human. They come across as idealized Celts, at best. And given the centrality of elves to Tolkien and this series, this is disappointing.I also felt it was quite boring. I'm not one to need lots of action, and in some sense prefer non-action scenes even to fantasy tales, but the dialogue was tedious and the acting mediocre, for the most part.Now the good: Impressive visuals, for the most part. And...well, I'll wait for the second episode.</blockquote>