This four-hour Game of Thrones prequel is a spellbinding spectacle
8 / 10
I’d like more poetry and, in a way, less puppetry – the elaborate jousting, involving manipulated knight-figures, looks effortful. The evening is over-reliant, too, on slow-motion, freeze-frame and black-outs for its combat scenes. It’s a shame, too, that the music – atmospheric though it is – is recorded. It’s not up there, yet, with the Harry Potter or Stranger Things prequels but, on balance, the Game of Thrones franchise has yet another worthwhile and lucrative spin-off on its hands.
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