Bezos' son warned his father about the reputation of "Ring of Power"

According to GameRant, Jeff Bezos previously shared his son's advice for the show at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Power of the Rings: "Don't screw it up."

According to Deadline, the Amazon founder and executive chairman appeared at the series premiere in London's Leicester Square, where Bezos gave a short speech and joked, "Every showrunner's dream is to get notes on early scripts and cuts from the executive chairman. They just love it." He went on to say, "I want to thank both of you for your willingness to listen to helpful ideas, but most of all, I need to thank you for ignoring me at the right time."

Bezos also expressed his support for Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne, whose appointment as showrunners for The Lord of the Rings series has raised questions among fans. The show will mark the first major production for McKay and Payne, aside from previously writing an uncredited character for Star Trek Beyond. Some have expressed concerns about their seeming lack of experience. However, according to Bezos, "One of the best decisions we made was betting on this relatively unknown team because we saw something special." Before signing off, Bezos shared some words of wisdom from his son: "My kid is a huge Tolkien fan, and after Amazon got involved, he came up to me, looked me in the eye and said 'Dad, please don't screw this up.'"

However, in fact, Bezos did screw up. Currently, the reputation of "The Power of the Rings" has collapsed after its premiere, which directly led to Amazon suspending the rating on its own streaming platform Amazon Prime. The official claimed that this was to "fight malicious negative reviews", but in fact, the ratings on IMdb, which also belongs to Amazon, have fallen again and again. According to some film critics, IMdb deleted user reviews and tried to raise the overall ratings through false full scores. Even so, as of press time, the rating of the series is still only 6.8 points, of which 24.4% of users gave a negative rating of 1 point. At the same time, on social networks and YouTube, many fans of "The Lord of the Rings" and Tolkien's original works have expressed dissatisfaction with the large amount of original content in the series. At the same time, some well-known film critics also said that although the special effects and sets of the series seem to have reached the production level of 60 million US dollars per episode, the plot is really mediocre.