As a fanboy I can say the tone of the show pretty much matches LOTR, it takes us into the middle Earth like we have known and even if you aren't familiar with the franchise the VFX are enough to keep you hooked. The story progresses at a slow pace, and to be fair it should be slow being just the beginning and the first season to make people acclimatise to the world of Tolkien. Coming again to the VFX I have literally never seen such beautiful scenaries in any TV Show or most of the top budget Hollywood movies. I mostly mention VFX in a review only if they are bad but here this is MVP of the show. The Hobbits are back to kill you with cuteness as Nori take on the mantle of Frodo and Galadriel the elf is the connecting link to the main franchise and one of the Central characters. It's an easy 9 for the stars but one more for the bad rating so far that it definitely doesn't deserve.
