Good value! Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
Friday, April 6, 2012
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
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Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) After the free weekend of HBO I just got that played every episode of GAME OF THRONES back to back, I was excited to watch it, being a fan of genre television. I was also a fan of a lot of the people involved, from Sean Bean to Mark Addy to Lena Headey to Peter Dinklage.So, watch it I did, and it was just about everything I hoped it would be: smart, engaging, involving, bawdy, lusty and just the right amount of the fantastical that doesn't take away from the rather gritty realism the show has. In short, the show is addictive, and it almost made me want to subscribe to HBO just to be able to watch it.But after taking the last few days to think about it, I've found some things that I just don't think work as well as they should and maybe it's more revealed in Martin's books but I just have to sound off.I have a great amount of respect for this show. It's done very well. I found myself liking characters I didn't think I'd care about, such as Dani Targaryen and Khal Drogo. I found myself hating characters I thought I'd like, like Littlefinger Baelish (which makes me think, was anyone on THE WIRE American? Not that I care, but I just find it funny with Aidan Gillen, Dominic West and Idris Elba...). But the characters that are a little too one-dimensional are ultimately MOST of The Starks and MOST of the Lannisters. We get to see Catelyn be the loving, doting mother and wife, but once things go all pear-shaped, we get to see her more brutal and vicious side. Ned, Robb, Jon... all the Stark men, really, are men of honor, courage, and virtue. And conversely, other than Tyrion (who is just AWESOME), the Lannisters are unrelenting scumbags with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, with the exception of a few scenes of Cersei's, where we see some of the stone that her heart has become begin to bleed.Don't get me wrong; I'm all for clear heroes and clear villains in a film. But in a film, you only get a few hours at most to develop characters and sometimes, there's too much story to get in the way of adding layers to the characters. Television is a lot different though. You can get more into the thick of the characters. In many ways, television is more about character than it is about action and story, and this was the only way I felt the show fall short.Now, this is just the first season, and with the Lannisters and Starks largely intact, I'm relatively certain we'll see these characters with more dimension and depth. Until then, I want a Direwolf pup really bad.A Lannister always pays his debts, but Winter is coming. Season Two could get really awesome. |
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