I was overly excited about watching this because of how much I really loved Game of Thrones. But I have never been so disappointed in myself for being so excited for something. I went from falling in love with so many characters in GoT to thinking that this was going to be great too, how stupid I was. I couldn't care less about anyone except Viscerys, I didn't like the "story" if you could call it that, I didn't like the characters and I definitely didn't like the lack of dragons.
I was so bored by House of The Dragons, it's honestly hard to believe that it has anything to do with Game of Thrones, it's like it's a poorly written Fan Fiction. Me and my fiance SUFFERED through to the end of this God awful soap opera and I have to say this, DON'T DO IT.
Any character that you may come to like turns out to be someone intolerable, and any good character that is likeable is barely seen then dies. Almost every one was so one dimensional, lacked any sort of passion, emotional intelligence or quirks. It was basically a 10 hour argument of who should sit on the spikey chair, this illegitimate bastard, or this other illegitimate bastard? Or maybe this other one that refuses to be King? Or perhaps the most annoying female character in the series?
Not only was it incredibly boring but it made no sense whatsoever. And just when you think to yourself, oh something exciting is about to happen, you're wrong, it's not.
I would not recommend this, not even for the die hard GoT fans, I think you'll be the most disappointed in it actually. At least, you should be at this dishonourable, deplorable heaping pile of garbage. Though to be fair, the dragons are beautiful and have more personality then a majority of the characters but you'll barely see them.
I wanted to feel bad, I really did. I cried floods of tears for Jorah, Benjen, Theon and the dragons in Game of Thrones and this? THIS? I felt nothing even for poor Viscerys, I did really like him but because it lacked such heart, I didn't even feel teary eyed.
We finally reached the final episode at which I exclaimed, how? As in how is there another episode but I held onto some hope that being the last episode there might be substance, might be something to be able to say it was worth it but it let me down like the rest of the episodes.
The only reason I gave this two stars was because dragons and Viscerys and a little bit for Laenor.
I genuinely don't know how anyone could have given this any more than two stars, and that's quite generous. I noticed that it was only listed as a drama and I can tell why, it lacked any of the substance that GoT had. At least there was laughs to be had, epic battles, decent enough sex and death scenes, the characters (mostly) had interesting and exciting story lines. But this..save a few, had the most boring and unrelatable characters in it and to be honest it feels like this was made in an attempt to make more money and nothing else. It lacked soul and lacked heart. Even with the "sombre" and "pensive" music as described by the subtitles, I felt so completely detached by the end.
Oh, there was that one good moment with the table and the lava like material being poured into it, that was pretty cool.
I don't know how there could possibly be a season two coming. How, just...how?.
The last ten minutes of the ENTIRE season, doesn't make up for how bored I was for the most part and when I wasn't bored it was because I checked out.
My fiance and I made this joke where every scene was glaring, looking, talking, glaring, talking, more glaring. And it's true, there's no decent fight, no war, no excitement and no questioning who was good and who was bad.
Seasons that come to an end usually have this cliff hanger moment, that moment where you're questioning what next? All I was thinking was surely it's a joke that there is another season because no matter how good it may be, this first season has set it up for no hope that it will get better.
Parting words. I really really dislike this boring, tedious nonsense.
I was so bored by House of The Dragons, it's honestly hard to believe that it has anything to do with Game of Thrones, it's like it's a poorly written Fan Fiction. Me and my fiance SUFFERED through to the end of this God awful soap opera and I have to say this, DON'T DO IT.
Any character that you may come to like turns out to be someone intolerable, and any good character that is likeable is barely seen then dies. Almost every one was so one dimensional, lacked any sort of passion, emotional intelligence or quirks. It was basically a 10 hour argument of who should sit on the spikey chair, this illegitimate bastard, or this other illegitimate bastard? Or maybe this other one that refuses to be King? Or perhaps the most annoying female character in the series?
Not only was it incredibly boring but it made no sense whatsoever. And just when you think to yourself, oh something exciting is about to happen, you're wrong, it's not.
I would not recommend this, not even for the die hard GoT fans, I think you'll be the most disappointed in it actually. At least, you should be at this dishonourable, deplorable heaping pile of garbage. Though to be fair, the dragons are beautiful and have more personality then a majority of the characters but you'll barely see them.
I wanted to feel bad, I really did. I cried floods of tears for Jorah, Benjen, Theon and the dragons in Game of Thrones and this? THIS? I felt nothing even for poor Viscerys, I did really like him but because it lacked such heart, I didn't even feel teary eyed.
We finally reached the final episode at which I exclaimed, how? As in how is there another episode but I held onto some hope that being the last episode there might be substance, might be something to be able to say it was worth it but it let me down like the rest of the episodes.
The only reason I gave this two stars was because dragons and Viscerys and a little bit for Laenor.
I genuinely don't know how anyone could have given this any more than two stars, and that's quite generous. I noticed that it was only listed as a drama and I can tell why, it lacked any of the substance that GoT had. At least there was laughs to be had, epic battles, decent enough sex and death scenes, the characters (mostly) had interesting and exciting story lines. But this..save a few, had the most boring and unrelatable characters in it and to be honest it feels like this was made in an attempt to make more money and nothing else. It lacked soul and lacked heart. Even with the "sombre" and "pensive" music as described by the subtitles, I felt so completely detached by the end.
Oh, there was that one good moment with the table and the lava like material being poured into it, that was pretty cool.
I don't know how there could possibly be a season two coming. How, just...how?.
The last ten minutes of the ENTIRE season, doesn't make up for how bored I was for the most part and when I wasn't bored it was because I checked out.
My fiance and I made this joke where every scene was glaring, looking, talking, glaring, talking, more glaring. And it's true, there's no decent fight, no war, no excitement and no questioning who was good and who was bad.
Seasons that come to an end usually have this cliff hanger moment, that moment where you're questioning what next? All I was thinking was surely it's a joke that there is another season because no matter how good it may be, this first season has set it up for no hope that it will get better.
Parting words. I really really dislike this boring, tedious nonsense.