Both are good. the main plot points are there, and there's enough to both that you're still guessing what happens. While I'm disappointed in some of the decisions in the show, the show also has characters and events I wished were in the books.

I watched the first season and personally found it pretty boring compared to the book. I've been told it gets better from there, but I'm not sure. Still, the production looks unbelievable and the acting's great.

Actually, I liked Burton's adaptation of Coraline better than the book. And discrepancies are to be expected, as the show must continue, even if the books are not out yet.

I would recommend it although something a lot of people don't realize is that the show is actually a bit further ahead in certain story lines than even the books are. sometimes entire arcs are either cut out or edited heavily (such as an arc with area being completely replaced and heavily edited to be an arc with sansa instead). Doing both may be a bit confusing and may even spoil one or the other for you.

Yeah, by the time that happens either Martin'll be dead or i'd have lost interest in the series.

Sure.

Seasons 1-3 are fantastic, but it's all downhill from there.

thats mainly because as it went on it strayed more and more from the books. s1 was basically just the book story and in each season they changed more and more of things that didnt need to be changed and kinda ruined it

It's getting dangerously close to The Walking Dead and I don't have high expectations for next season.

Season 4 was pretty good. Season 5 on the other hand...

Yeah it's sort of like the SW prequels, they're only really bad when compared to the Originals, but they're not actually bad

I've never seen all of the star wars films, I watched episode one a few weeks ago.

I thought it was one of the most boring films I have ever watched, literally nothing happens for the entire film.

How's the gore?