The Rings of Power has begun to shape up - I was a little bit skeptical at first, feeling it fell somewhere between the excellent LOTR and the execrable "Hobbit" but it is beginning to find its story with episode 6 - I see it has a separate thread...
Well I'm up to date to Episode 7 and I'm feeling the opposite,
i.e. just
not a great series. At IMDB I gave it a 6/10.
I've been a Tolkien for for over 50 years and, for one thing, I fundamentally object to anything that isn't pure, unadulterated Tolkien. Much of the storylines and plots in RoP are pure invention though they
don't necessarily contradict Tolkien's telling of the 2nd Age in the LoTR or its Appendices. So for example, RoP's elevation of Galadriel to commander of the Elvish armies on Middle Earth is concoction possible only because the aforementioned sources are sketchy on Galadriel's activities the 2nd Age. (So for the matter is
The Silmarillion.)
Other than that, LoTR: RoP is dramatically unimpressive IMHO. Much better, (though less than superb), is the new
House of Dragon series based on G.R.R Martin, which I give 7/10, (to Episode 6 that I've seen).