Yeah, Sean Bean dies in this one too. And he was one of the reasons I started watching it. And I liked the synopsis about the Night's Watch and the ancient evil beyond the wall. However little was shown about the Night's Watch and the White Walkers. A few minutes at the beginning, enough to get me hooked, and that was it. Then Sean Bean's character "Ned" was killed and I wanted to see his son avenge his death. ..... That didn't work either.
I agree with what some others said, they need more action scenes. I guess I should be specific, by action I mean fight scenes. If they can include as many sex scenes as they do, they can have a lot more fight scenes. With that being said, Sandor (The Hound) Clegane is my favorite character.