Sep 05, 2022 12:00:00

'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' will be viewed more than 25 million times on the first day of distribution, but 'Review hidden measures' will be applied

The new drama series '

Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' from the 'Lord of the Rings ' series, which is very popular in Japan, will be distributed on Amazon from Friday, September 2, 2022. It started with Prime Video. Such 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' was viewed more than 25 million times on the first day of distribution alone, but it has become a hot topic that '72-hour review hiding measures' have been applied. increase.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Attracts More than 25 Million Global Viewers on its First Day, Marking Prime Video's Biggest Premiere Ever | Amazon.com, Inc. - Press Room
https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lord-rings-rings-power-attracts-more-25-million-global-viewers

Rings of Power: User Reviews Delayed on Amazon in Initiative to Filter Trolls - Variety
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/rings-of-power-reviews-delayed-amazon-prime-video-1235358724/

'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' is about 2000 years before 'Middle-earth' which is the stage of ' Lord of the Rings ' series and ' Hobbit ' series ' Second Era ' It was a hot topic that Amazon spent a huge production cost of 465 million dollars (about 65.2 billion yen) in the drawn work. You can understand what kind of drama series 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' is by playing the official trailer below.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power-Official Trailer | Prime Video-YouTube


The official trailer of 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' has been played 13.41 million times at the time of writing the article, which shows that it is attracting a lot of attention. In addition, Amazon reported that the number of views on the first day reached 25 million the day after the distribution of 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power', and 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' ” is appealing to the success of

As mentioned above, 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' has recorded an amazing number of views, but at the time of article creation, Amazon's distribution page has no reviews. not. Overseas media Variety reports that ``Amazon has hidden reviews for 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' for 72 hours'' about the reason why reviews are not displayed on the distribution page.

In 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power', actors of color are cast as characters such as elves and dwarves, but according to Variety, there are negative opinions about casting even before the start of distribution. They were gathering. Variety says Amazon's review hiding measures are to curb 'bot vandalism.'

When checking the

evaluation of 'Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power' on the movie criticism site 'Rotten Tomatoes', at the time of writing the article, the critic's high rating (Average Tomatometer) was 84%, and it was highly rated by users. The rate (Average Audience Score) is 39%, and the evaluation is divided between critics and users.

Also, on the movie review site 'IMDb' operated by Amazon's subsidiary, it is

rated 6.8 points out of 10.

The score

breakdown is like this. 32.9% of users rated it as 10 points, while 24.6% of users rated it as 1 point.

However, when I check the review list on IMDb, only reviews with a rating of 6 or more are displayed. For this reason, more than 1700 comments have been collected on Reddit, a major bulletin board, saying that ``unpopular reviews have been deleted''.

The first and second episodes of ``Lord of the Rings: Ring of Power'' have been distributed since September 2, 2022, and the third and subsequent episodes will be distributed every Friday. You can also access the delivery page from the link below.

Amazon.co.jp: Lord of the Rings: Watch the Ring of Power | Prime Video