For me, pacing is the main issue. Slow burn, exposition-driven elements are productive; it is rather that the writers seek a deeper narrative haste without taking much time to build the wheeling scale of epic. Númenor in particular falls victim to this, where we see only inklings of the all-consuming desire for eternal life that will eventually drown them. But where the Númenor storyline falters, it is rescued by the gravity of Elendil (Lloyd Owen) and Queen-regent Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), as well as their trials of faith.
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This shoddy storytelling and worldbuilding may reveal a disdain for the audience an attitude that says, “It’s no big deal, it’s just fantasy.” If nearly $500 million can buy Amazon anything, it should be enough to buy screenwriters wise enough to reject this flaccid mentality.
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