As the series has continued, it’s grown more outlandish, oppressive, and removed from the things that made it so captivating.
After a while, it all starts to feel like a showreel for the film’s special-effects team than an honest effort to tell a story.
Many of the events in Game of Thrones are developing so quickly that plot, by necessity, substitutes for development.
The new season introduces an assortment of fresh environments, expertly visualized by the show’s tremendous production values and adept crew.
The film amounts to a dullard’s comatose trip to an isle ready for political upheaval with a little help from a mandolin-playing Benigni drone.