Bloated Game of Thrones prequel is cruel, charmless and unfathomably dull.
So far Dialogue is slow, witless and repetitive. Some performers soar; others flounder. Smith is believable – and believably frightening – as the sadistic black sheep of an already dysfunctional clan. The usually reliable Considine is sorely miscast as its meek patriarch.
Whereas Thrones employed sarky wit with exhilarating spectacle, Dragon opts for a cruel, charmless and curiously underpowered approach – shock ’em first, then bore ’em to death. And those CG dragons need a bit of work.
Apparently, this thing cost $20m per episode. You wouldn’t know it. In fact, you are never not aware that its yappy inhabitants are swapping blunt barbs and shouty put-downs on a stagey film set.
It might improve. We are reliably informed of an intriguing cast shake-up sometime around episode six. But that’s a while off. An unfathomably dull start? I’m afraid so.
Source Independent