Well I've been busy the past few day, but I finally have a chance to share my thoughts.
And wow, after Blackwater that was my favourite episode of the season. Starting with the ending, that was fantastic, the white walker looked terrifying. The House of the Undying was great too. I figured they would cut out most of the visions, not only for budget reasons but because on screen they would be much too spoliery. But what we got was still great, the destroyed and frozen throne room looked brilliant, and it was great to see Drogo again. The Winterfell scenes were also fantastic, great performances from all the actors, especially the children. Theon, the hornblower, the speech and him getting knocked out was very funny. Maester Luwin's death though, I expected it, but damn, Donald Sumpter gave a brilliant performance, probably one of the saddest death scenes on the show.
Elsewhere it was great as well, the scene between Tyrion and Shae was great as well, as was the face change with Jaquen, loved how they did that. Brienne and Jaime have great chemistry already so that looks great for next season.
Finally the scene with John and the Halfhand, they changed that a bit, made things a bit less certain in the show, did John really kill the Halfhand so he could infiltrate the wildlings, or has he been tempted by their promise of freedom. Of course having read the book I know the answer but I like how they've made things much more grey and unsure. John killed the Halfhand after he had disarmed him, was that a calculated move, or was in part spurred on by anger because of his insults.
So overall a great episode, some fantastic directing, really liked the close up shots of the eyes, special affects were beyond awesome and the whole thing looked like a mega budget feature film again.
Now comes the tortuous wait for the next season though.
And wow, after Blackwater that was my favourite episode of the season. Starting with the ending, that was fantastic, the white walker looked terrifying. The House of the Undying was great too. I figured they would cut out most of the visions, not only for budget reasons but because on screen they would be much too spoliery. But what we got was still great, the destroyed and frozen throne room looked brilliant, and it was great to see Drogo again. The Winterfell scenes were also fantastic, great performances from all the actors, especially the children. Theon, the hornblower, the speech and him getting knocked out was very funny. Maester Luwin's death though, I expected it, but damn, Donald Sumpter gave a brilliant performance, probably one of the saddest death scenes on the show.
Elsewhere it was great as well, the scene between Tyrion and Shae was great as well, as was the face change with Jaquen, loved how they did that. Brienne and Jaime have great chemistry already so that looks great for next season.
Finally the scene with John and the Halfhand, they changed that a bit, made things a bit less certain in the show, did John really kill the Halfhand so he could infiltrate the wildlings, or has he been tempted by their promise of freedom. Of course having read the book I know the answer but I like how they've made things much more grey and unsure. John killed the Halfhand after he had disarmed him, was that a calculated move, or was in part spurred on by anger because of his insults.
So overall a great episode, some fantastic directing, really liked the close up shots of the eyes, special affects were beyond awesome and the whole thing looked like a mega budget feature film again.
Now comes the tortuous wait for the next season though.
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