THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF ROHIRRIM

Set 200 years before THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, this film shows the realm of Rohan at war for hand of Héra (Gaia Wise). It's understandable why this was given an animated feature as the live action version would have cost too much. And the studio was playing their cards right because this is all about "girl power" in this installment. And even taking the shortcut of making it animated, it still didn't reach audiences, with me being one of them. I had a difficult time staying engaged in the story. The animation is great but the story (or lack of it) made the passage of the story more of a chore than enjoyable. They included a few easter eggs via dialogue but overall, this is lacking for the type of quality fans have come to expect from the franchise outside of the Amazon Prime DEI television series. Speaking of which, there's plenty of diversity behind the microphone but none displayed onscreen. I wonder why that is (asking for a friend)? 6/10