There are 10 days left until the premiere on Max of what promises to be one of the best series of 2024, the highly anticipated second season of ‘House of the Dragon’, and the American media is already beginning to give us the long teeth with the first reactions to the spin-off series of ‘Game of Thrones’.
Season 2 of ‘The House of the Dragon’ will take us back to Westeros to take sides in the civil war between the supporters of Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) as leader of the ‘Blacks’ and Queen Alicent Hightower ( Olivia Cooke) captaining the ‘Greens’, in an epic confrontation that, According to early reviews, it surpasses the first season in many of its aspects..
“If season 1 was the slow burning of the fuse that leads to ‘A Dance with Dragons,’ then season 2 is the powder keg that finally explodes.“, summarizes Mashable in its review.
Other media such as Collider agree with the superiority compared to what was previously seen, even elevating the new batch of episodes above ‘Game of Thrones’: “Not only has it surpassed its first season, but based on the first four episodes, it has the potential to eclipse even the most popular flagship series.“
“Season 2 is bigger and bloodier. Bring more dragons, battles, murders, intrigues, revenge, full frontal nudity and sex“says the New York Post. Do we need anything more? The Daily Beast raises the tone even further stating that “‘Game of Thrones’ fans won’t be surprised to learn that the show continues to indulge in gory beheadings, deviant sexuality (including an to shock and excite in equal parts“, also adding that “has the franchise’s best dragon fight to date: a larger-than-life skirmish that results in a death that once again radically rewrites the fate of the seven kingdoms.“
But it’s not all praise. Screen Rant, for example, notes that “There are some… let’s say ‘interesting’ character and narrative choices that book readers, in particular, may not agree with.“Paste Magazine also focuses on that”Although the production value, performances, music and almost every other aesthetic element of ‘House of the Dragon’ is impressive, it’s hard to deny that there is a certain emptiness compared to the early seasons of ‘Game of Thrones’“
On Monday, June 17, we will clear up doubts in Maxchecking for ourselves if the new chapters of ‘The House of the Dragon’ will be up to par.
Fran Chico is an expert in cinema and series, specialized in cultural dissemination and film criticism. He is a recognized critic on Rotten Tomatoes and Filmaffinity. Although his favorite genre is horror, the same thing tells you about the new blockbuster from Marvel’s MCU and about an auteur film to claim from the festival circuit. There is no series from Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video or Disney+ that escapes its radar, delving into the catalog of each platform to recommend and analyze its best content.
Fran has been writing in Fotogramas for more than a year, but his beginnings date back almost two decades ago in film forums and blogs such as Planeta Claqueta or Moviementarios. He was founder and part of the board of directors of the digital publication of film criticism and analysis Revista Mutaciones and a member of the Association of Cinematographic Informants of Spain (AICE), the organization that awards the Feroz Awards, as well as a voter for the Blogos de Oro al indie movies. After completing the Master of Film Criticism at the Madrid Film School (ECAM) taught by Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, he has collaborated and/or covered film festivals such as San Sebastián, Sitges and Filmadrid as a specialized press for more than 10 years, along the way interviewing relevant directors, actors and actresses from the national industry such as Penélope Cruz, Carlos Saura, Ana de Armas, José Luis Cuerda or José Sacristán and internationally such as James Wan, Edgar Wright or Dario Argento.
His knowledge and experience have led him to be a film video blogger for Fnac Spain and director and host of the podcast Holocausto Zinéfago, with more than 150 programs broadcast and available in which cinema and humor are mixed from a unique and original.
