Amazon has shut down access to the "Rings of Power" series rating, and IMDb deletes ratings due to a lot of criticism and negative reviews

Amazon recently released the first two episodes of the mega-budget series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," but faced a wave of criticism from viewers. Because of this, the company had to temporarily freeze access to the rating.

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As of now, the Amazon Prime Video streaming platform does not display the rating on either the registered user site or the mobile app. Sources say the restrictions were put in place for 72 hours to combat the many negative reviews of the product because of perceived cultural or political issues, not because of their actual quality. This time will help weed out the trolls and make sure each review is legitimate.

By the way, according to insider information, Prime Video instituted this policy for all of its shows this summer.

In addition, there are reports that IMDb (owned by Amazon) has started to remove negative and even generally neutral reviews, which is causing the series' rating to go up.

On the other platforms, however, the situation is quite different. For example, on Rotten Tomatoes the user rating of "Rings of Power" was only 35% and on Metacritic the users' rating was 2.3 points out of 10.

The series has been criticized for its sexism, lack of variety and overall lack of soul. Have you seen the first episodes? What do you think?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Reddit