<em>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</em> Is Taking Its Sweet Time
Amazon’s new TV series is ethereal, expensive, and not all that concerned with an actual plot.
The prologue that opens Peter Jackson’s explains the rise of the villainous Sauron, his creation of various magic rings, the war waged by an alliance of elves and men to destroy him, and the mysterious fate of the supreme One Ring—all in about . The short sequence is a key to the success of Jackson’s film series. It somehow bottles the colossal scope of J. R. R. Tolkien’s storytelling into something digestible for newcomers yet palatable to superfans. Most important, the densely detailed plot benefits from
