I was hesitant in watching this adaption of a prequel story written by George R. R. Martin due to the way things ended on 'Game of Thrones', a show which I still dearly love but left me unsatisfied with its ending. When I started with the first episode of 'House of The Dragon' a while back, I was immedietly sold and ready for the wild ride that would await me.
The way the story is told is brilliant. As one would expect, large and frequent time skips are bound to annoy some folk. Not me, though. I find it intriguing and very fitting to this type of story: almost like a history book. This whole idea of all these different characters gradually dividing in two camps, Greens and Blacks- slowly building a grudge for one another which will undoubtedly lead to a war for the Seven Kingdoms is nerve wrecking to watch in a good way. I'm constantly on the edge of my seat!
All of the actors brought their A-game to the screen, both experienced and lesser experienced. Character personalities didn't die with the change of certain actors thru time but grew. One of the standouts is of course Matt Smith's Daemon Targaryen- and I was very pleasantly surprised by Milly Alcock's portrayal of the younger Rhaenyra Targaryen and will watch her career unfold with great interest A nod to Paddy Considine's Viserys as well, he truly embraced the character and made it his own. I hope he wins plenty of awards for his groundbreaking performance.
Ramin Djawadi crushed it once more, as expected. His music brought a lot of emotion to 'GoT' and now it does so again in 'HotD' by bringing new scores and adding hints and nods from previous score to some tracks to give us a heartfelt feeling of nostalgia. The sound design is also pristine!
The show is beautifully filmed as well, both day and night. One episode was a bit hard to watch because I believe it was filmed day for night in a way that wasn't perfect, but other than that all was good. The visual effects on the dragons is absolutely incredible which is just perfect since after all there are a ton of dragons present during this period of time in the show.
Can't wait for the next season! I hope the writers don't drop the ball and keep amazing us with their so far almost spotless adaption of this story. A solid 9/10 for me.
The way the story is told is brilliant. As one would expect, large and frequent time skips are bound to annoy some folk. Not me, though. I find it intriguing and very fitting to this type of story: almost like a history book. This whole idea of all these different characters gradually dividing in two camps, Greens and Blacks- slowly building a grudge for one another which will undoubtedly lead to a war for the Seven Kingdoms is nerve wrecking to watch in a good way. I'm constantly on the edge of my seat!
All of the actors brought their A-game to the screen, both experienced and lesser experienced. Character personalities didn't die with the change of certain actors thru time but grew. One of the standouts is of course Matt Smith's Daemon Targaryen- and I was very pleasantly surprised by Milly Alcock's portrayal of the younger Rhaenyra Targaryen and will watch her career unfold with great interest A nod to Paddy Considine's Viserys as well, he truly embraced the character and made it his own. I hope he wins plenty of awards for his groundbreaking performance.
Ramin Djawadi crushed it once more, as expected. His music brought a lot of emotion to 'GoT' and now it does so again in 'HotD' by bringing new scores and adding hints and nods from previous score to some tracks to give us a heartfelt feeling of nostalgia. The sound design is also pristine!
The show is beautifully filmed as well, both day and night. One episode was a bit hard to watch because I believe it was filmed day for night in a way that wasn't perfect, but other than that all was good. The visual effects on the dragons is absolutely incredible which is just perfect since after all there are a ton of dragons present during this period of time in the show.
Can't wait for the next season! I hope the writers don't drop the ball and keep amazing us with their so far almost spotless adaption of this story. A solid 9/10 for me.