House Of The Dragon Review – This Game Of Thrones Prequel Is Gorgeous, Opulent Television
George RR Martin‘s world makes through our screens with total assurance and charisma. While it’s captivating, it’s also bloody, it’s the greatest hits of Westeros in its most gruesome.
The premiere season of House of the Dragon (Sky Atlantic) is simply breathtaking. For over an hour, it slams through the elements that created the predecessor show. Game of Thrones, so powerful on the tiny screen, particularly when it was at its best form. It’s the best-loved collection of Westeros at its most intense. Families make vows they can’t keep, as they sex and betray one another both in secret and out of the eye. There’s jousting, playing and even fighting. There are dragons obviously. There’s a drunken orgy with an axe in facial features, Caesarean that is not anesthesia, bleeding wounds, cut limbs and organs too. George RR Martin’s world makes its way back onto our screens with complete assurance and grace.
It’s as captivating as it is terrifying. It is a precursor of Game of Thrones. It is set 172 years prior to the birth of Daenerys Targaryen and follows the demise of the Targaryen family. But after all six of the episodes that feature rivalry and plotting. The main issue is how it could possibly take two centuries for the dynasty to end up in a state of collapse. It begins with the possibility of a dying king selecting his heir even though the characters change through the show but succession is the key to keeping the entire thing in place.
Episodes 1 to 5 focus on the young princess Rhaenyra (played by Milly Alcock), who is the sole kid of the King Viserys I (Paddy Considine). Rhaenyra is a determined young, ambitious and brave girl. She would make an ideal heir were it not. Because Lords have already declared in recent times that the tradition requires the king, not a queen, to sit on the Iron Throne. In our world the royal ladies are breeding machines, as well as bargaining chips. “I am glad I am not a woman,” is the voice of a male character later on in the show. This might be the catchy tagline of the entire affair.
In the midst of a lot of wailing about Rhaenyra Viserys’s brother takes a step ahead. Daemon is a fiery peacock who is not willing to follow any rules that which he believes are beneath his. The political wheel is turned around a rumour and when Viserys starts to look fragile. There’s an increasing feeling of urgency over what the next step will be. I’d suggest the idea that Game of Thrones thrived on the power of its villains, much greater than the merits of its characters as well. Matt Smith plays Daemon as an angry and bitter character but who can’t quite live up to his family’s name.
Daemon is a horrible piece of work for certain, he is a misogynist as well as sadist. But, until episode six, he’s the only truly disgusting principal character on the show in King’s Landing. House of the Dragon takes its time to feed the dirty villains that make it so fun to fight against.
It’s partly because it’s a more mature version of the world. In the manner that were spoken by Elvis Presley, it is somewhat more conversational and less action. There are a lot of fight scenes, brutal beatings, and a extremely intense battle scene (for people who aren’t familiar with the film it’s the “Crab Feeder” might sound adorable, but wait to check out how it plays out). But after the opener, the majority of it is about conversations in whispers and heated debates about loyalty as well as betrayals, allegiances, and what children should be united in marriage to minimize the impact of politics. There’s a lot of dialog.
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There is an aspect that works both in its favor and at times diminishes its impact. It’s incredibly rich and has a narrative emphasis that is vital given the large number of characters. It is clearly about the Targaryen dynasty. Even although other names that are familiar are mentioned such as an Tully here or an enigmatic Stark here, Stark there, and an overbearing Lannister walking in that is just the Targaryens story. With this much detail and a flurry of action between Houses and the various places of power. I’m not sure that I could have managed maintain the pace. But I was disappointed by the scope of Game of Thrones. And its ability to travel between different locations that are each distinct in their own ways.
The show has jumped forward for some years and then it leaps ahead another decade to episode 6 and everybody has lots of kids. (There is just as much childbirth in this episode as an episode on One Born Every Minute, however, it doesn’t have the warmth and comfort.) A few of characters are cast in adult roles, while the plot is rearranged, but not as clearly as it may appear. The change could be unsettling however, this is an exquisite and elegant film that it is evidently well-made that there is no possibility of an error similar to this. House of the Dragon is stunning, lavish television huge and cinematic, and challenging the limits of what television can offer. It’s just a little smaller and less enjoyable than its predecessor.
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