Question: Was Lord of the Rings reviewed well in the beginning?
About the article "The Lord of the Rings", section "Reception".

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In May 2009 Wired.com reviewed "Spellfury" and in an article called "7 webotainers worth watching" wrote "Canadian writer-director Travis Gordon throws "World Of Warcraft" video games, "Lord of the Rings" pomposity and "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" snark into the blender for this live-action series"Ain't It Cool News also reviewed his show as well.
Also there is a review of Spellfury with some interview pieces on the Koldcast.tv.
Mr. Gordon's webseries "Spellfury" was also reviewed by Tubefilter on July 8, 2009 in an article called "‘Spellfury’ is Low Budget, High Fantasy". 
Ngila Dickson, ONZM (born 1958) is a New Zealand film costume designer.
Her most notable work is in ' and ' - both of which were filmed in New Zealand, as well as her years of work on .
She and Richard Taylor won the Academy Award for Costume Design for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004).
Other Academy Award Nominations for:Last Samurai (2004);Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002).
British Film and Television Award Nominations for:Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2002); Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2004)).
She and Richard Taylor won a BAFTA for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003)).
She won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 2004Dickson is married to Hamish Keith.
She was awarded Officer of the Order of New Zealand 2004. 
A Finnish live action television miniseries "Hobitit" was broadcast in 1993 based on the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". 
David Salo's interest in Tolkien's languages arose when he read Tolkien's works as a boy.
As an undergraduate at Macalester College he studied Latin, Greek, and linguistics, and used the knowledge gained to improve his understanding of Tolkien's languages.
In 1998 he was among the founders of the Elfling mailing list for Tolkienist language enthusiasts.
In 2004 he published a linguistic analysis of Sindarin: "A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish language from J.R.R.
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings" (ISBN 0-87480-800-6).
This book was reviewed in 2006 in volume 3 of the journal Tolkien Studies, and it was further reviewed in the context of Tolkienian linguistics as a whole in volume 4 of Tolkien Studies (2007).
Salo was contracted for The "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy to write all the material in Elvish, Dwarven, and other languages for the movies, as well as assist with other language-related items such as the Tengwar and Cirth inscriptions which appear in the movies.
Salo also translated the lyrics for the movie soundtracks.
Subsequently, Salo provided similar services as the Tolkien language consultant for "The Hobbit" film series. 
Isildur is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
He appears in the author's books "The Lord of the Rings", "The Silmarillion", and "Unfinished Tales".
In "The Lord of the Rings", he was first mentioned in "The Fellowship of the Ring" as a Dúnadan of Númenor, elder son of Elendil.
His full character history was detailed in "The Silmarillion" and "Unfinished Tales".
He was the second king of Gondor (jointly with his brother Anárion until the latter's death) and the second king of Arnor.
His name means "devoted to the moon".
In a note written well after the initial publication of "The Lord of the Rings", Tolkien gave Isildur's height as seven feet tall.