Summary : Cinematic and brutal experience served by fantastic performers and
an edgy script
Score : 9/10
Spoilers
No fire, no ice, no Starks. They finally made the wise decision,
too late sadly, of stopping constant switches between all arcs. Since
The North Remembers I have desperately missed its cosmic editing.
Contrary to the past episodes that only looked like a bunch of great
scenes hastily joined together Blackwater was a full-blown television
movie. Its story was unpredictable and featured many infernal
moments. Of course the explosion sequence was jaw dropping, an
hypnotic green fireworks, and definitely the one thing we will still
remember in months but there were also plenty of other intense
scenes. For instance when The Hound suddenly appeared beside Sansa in
her bedroom I was convinced he was going to rape her. Instead their
face off turned into a wicked homage to the Beauty and the Beast.
Tyrion's speech to the soldiers made him grow on us even more and I
really hope he'll survive his bloody wound because I'm not ready to
let Peter Dinklage go. Game of Thrones needs him ! Losing Ned last
season and Sean Bean in the process was painful enough. However I
wouldn't blame George R. R. Martin if he had decided again to
sacrifice again one of his mortal creatures.
It leads us to Melisandre because I really expected her to show up
and save the day when some of Stannis ships got annihilated. So I
suppose we'll have to wait for the finale to witness what the old
gods are capable of. Still I absolutely don't regret that magic
wasn't part of the battle because it felt realistic, was served by a
shockingly dark choreography and overall the production was just
surreal ! In fact would it be wrong to compare it to what films like
Braveheart and The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers delivered ? I
don't think so. They didn't fight in bright day light but the action
couldn't have been gorier. The battle didn't feature elves, fantastic
beasts nor mythological elements but it had a dwarf casting fireballs
from his ass, a Joffrey who as expected acted like a pussy and brave
men giving their life for what they thought was a noble cause ! My
only major complain would be Cersei misplaced and way too numerous
monologues. I really think they dramatically made the action less
percussive when the battle shouldn't have been interrupted by
anything. Otherwise it didn't ruin the experience, far from it, and I
even suspect the women's side made things a little more vicious.
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