The follow up to the controversial episode unbent unbroken, "The gift" serves as a nice reminder of what game of thrones used to be... and then there is another bad dialogue scene... oof. As per usual in season 5 the dialogue is inconsistent at best. It's evident that David and Dan only had a rough draft of the Winds of winter from George R. R. Martin, to write this season, as the dialogue often wavers from stale and boring to good. (What George wrote, and what David and Dan had to fill In themselves) Much of the charm from the first four seasons is therefore still lost, and as per usual in season 5, the writing isn't the only problem, as season 5 is especially famous for its bad lighting.
Nevertheless some great moments are here, followed by half baked scenes who don't let the action climax. Dorne is still as stale as ever and a snooze fest to get through. The scene with Jamie and Myrcella is wasted completely as Mycella leaves before Jamie can even open his mouth. Bronn still only serves as comic relief with the sandsnakes.
Tyrion and Jorah finally meet Denarys, as Jorah and Tyrion lack chemistry it's about time. Luckily this was before Tyrion got completely carecter assisnated, the emotional moment between Jorah and Denarys was good though.
There was a few great scenes Olenna hasn't lost her touch against the High sparrow in their battle of wits, the scene with Tommen and Cerci was pretty heartfelt, (as messed up as it was) and the end with Cerci getting what was coming, it's safe to say Lena Headey was an S tier actor in this part of game of thrones "my face will be the last thing you see when you die" gave me chills. (refering to the waterboarding torture scene in season 6.)
The conflict between the high cept and the royal capitol could have been utilised more clearly and brutally in the civilians, yet it feels devoid and lifeless causing the world to feel a little empty as we rarely ever see civilians react to the actions around them would make kings landing more believable, but I guess they didn't have the budget?
The entire concept of this episode revolving around a gift was a little confusing. Aemon Targayons death was almost great, I remember it better unfortunately, so it was a bit of a let down. Though he still got a nice sendoff.
In the north Stannis is still a manis as the red woman tries to convince him to sacrifice his daughter Mereen. A pretty messed up scene concidering what happens later in the season.
All in all this episode had a lot of good stuff, but also a lot of dull stuff. Baylish is an idiot now, Ramsey is mean and Sansa is in deep trauma over everything, and Jesus Christ, what happened to Theon/Reek is very very hard to watch. Overall the quality was all around the place but it's still one of the better episodes of season 5. If they did Dorne justice or just cutted it out it would get a higher score than 7.8 wich is my rating. Oh and Sam gets his beak wet, okay then that happened lol how sweet. Still a nice leadup to hardhome.
But in summary, you can Strip away the big scenes and you won't find much else there.
Nevertheless some great moments are here, followed by half baked scenes who don't let the action climax. Dorne is still as stale as ever and a snooze fest to get through. The scene with Jamie and Myrcella is wasted completely as Mycella leaves before Jamie can even open his mouth. Bronn still only serves as comic relief with the sandsnakes.
Tyrion and Jorah finally meet Denarys, as Jorah and Tyrion lack chemistry it's about time. Luckily this was before Tyrion got completely carecter assisnated, the emotional moment between Jorah and Denarys was good though.
There was a few great scenes Olenna hasn't lost her touch against the High sparrow in their battle of wits, the scene with Tommen and Cerci was pretty heartfelt, (as messed up as it was) and the end with Cerci getting what was coming, it's safe to say Lena Headey was an S tier actor in this part of game of thrones "my face will be the last thing you see when you die" gave me chills. (refering to the waterboarding torture scene in season 6.)
The conflict between the high cept and the royal capitol could have been utilised more clearly and brutally in the civilians, yet it feels devoid and lifeless causing the world to feel a little empty as we rarely ever see civilians react to the actions around them would make kings landing more believable, but I guess they didn't have the budget?
The entire concept of this episode revolving around a gift was a little confusing. Aemon Targayons death was almost great, I remember it better unfortunately, so it was a bit of a let down. Though he still got a nice sendoff.
In the north Stannis is still a manis as the red woman tries to convince him to sacrifice his daughter Mereen. A pretty messed up scene concidering what happens later in the season.
All in all this episode had a lot of good stuff, but also a lot of dull stuff. Baylish is an idiot now, Ramsey is mean and Sansa is in deep trauma over everything, and Jesus Christ, what happened to Theon/Reek is very very hard to watch. Overall the quality was all around the place but it's still one of the better episodes of season 5. If they did Dorne justice or just cutted it out it would get a higher score than 7.8 wich is my rating. Oh and Sam gets his beak wet, okay then that happened lol how sweet. Still a nice leadup to hardhome.
But in summary, you can Strip away the big scenes and you won't find much else there.
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