"Rotten foundation for epic fantasy": what critics write about the series "Dragon's House"
Miscellaneous / / August 19, 2022
With excellent direction and filming, and a well crafted screenplay that blends political intrigue with family drama and impressive sleaze twists, and excellent acting from well-known actors and well-chosen newcomers, the series turned out to be sufficiently thorough and exciting to stay with us for many more seasons.
Dragon House is very similar to Game of Thrones. And proves that the Game of Thrones formula still works. Watching British actors discuss political issues in a calm voice in artfully furnished rooms can still be thrilling. Even despite the feeling that everything is somehow too safe and too familiar.
If the creators can resist the temptation to live up to Game of Thrones, it could make for a good spin-off - like Better Call Saul for Breaking Bad. So far, everything looks ambitious, visually appealing and intriguing.
Nothing from the first episodes indicates that we have a potential masterpiece in front of us. There are structural flaws, and frankly secondary elements, and a ringing emptiness in moments when the viewer should have resonated with the character.
The creators worked too carefully. Between attempts to show the horrors that are happening on the outskirts of civilization, and Ramin Djawadi's elegant music, there is an overly ardent desire to match the original series. And visually it could have been better. But overall it's still good.
It seems that the creators were most interested in fan service. The series offers more dragons, blood, unexpected murders, and expensive historical reenactment. But the creation of scenes in which the characters will sound believable has faded into the background.
Director Miguel Sapochnik and composer Ramin Djawadi were able to make the new series look like "Game thrones" on the outside, but on the inside it is as empty and fragile as a kingdom proudly built Viserys. This is a rotten foundation for epic fantasy.