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Post by alcasinoroyale on May 5, 2019 2:05:30 GMT -5
Please list your top five scenes of the episode.
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Post by TheArchmaester on May 6, 2019 2:58:43 GMT -5
1. Winterfell Feast - A follow-up to the glorious Hearth Scene from episode 2 and basically an assortment of characters enjoying the simple fact that they are alive against all odds. Everyone does it in different ways. But already everyone seems less noble than they were 2 episodes ago. The human element slowly creeps in again, even when the occasion seems joyous and harmless enough (such as Gendry being legitimized). Unlike the scene in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", this one is both celebratory and shadowy and filled with omens, ending with the complete isolation of Daenerys. There are obvious visual callbacks to the WF Feast from Season 1 and the Red Wedding.
2. Missandei's Execution - Bone-chilling. Grey Worm and Missandei, Tyrion and Qyburn, Tyrion and Cersei. It plays like a deformed, twisted version of the Mouth of Sauron scene from LotR. The War of the 2 Queens summed up with perfect clarity.
3. Varys and Tyrion in Dragonstone - This seems like Varys' final reveal and it turns out he was sincere all along. I bought every second of it, and it felt like a suitably huge moment to me. Also a visual contrast to their scene in that very room last season.
4. Jaime leaving Brienne - Trying to protect her and accepting who he really is at the same time. Movingly played by both actors.
5. Bronn & Lannister Brothers - There was a playful but sinister tone to the entirety of this scene. It would be very much like GoT to have one of the Lannisters bros killed in such a banal way.
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Post by Envie on May 6, 2019 10:51:57 GMT -5
1. Arya and Sandor leaving Winterfell together. That was such a great scene - well done and true to both characters. So beautifully shot and Rory and Maisie work so well together. It gets my Gold Star Award for this rather bleak and terrifying episode. 2. Jaime and Brienne - Heartbreaking but beautifully acted by both. I felt like Jaime was trying to be mean to her on purpose and breaking her heart was an easier letdown for him 3. Jon hugging Sam and saying good-bye to his best friend. A tender moment when he realizes Gilly has a baby bump hiding under that big cloak was an especially nice touch so that Sam could have a proud Papa moment. 4. Opening scene with the funeral. The music for this scene was the most memorable of the episode and all of the actors did a terrific job with emotions here including Kit. his voice was raw and it sounded like he was barely holding it together. 5. Jaime, Tyrion, Brienne and Podrick playing the drinking game. I loved that.
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Post by jared on May 9, 2019 23:08:39 GMT -5
1. The opening funeral scene. Not only is Ramin Djawadi crushing it in this sequence with his score (I can't wait to listen to this track on the Season 8 soundtrack), I just love how perfectly each of the survivors of last week's epic battle are paired with the fallen as they say their final goodbye. Dany and Jorah. Sansa and Theon (her open weeping over his body, followed by her giving him the Stark pin, destroyed me). Arya and Beric. Sam and Edd. Jon and Lyanna. Such a beautiful sequence, complemented by Jon's stirring speech, which echoed Maester Aemon's tribute to the fallen members of the Night's Watch perfectly.
2. Jon and Dany's conversation in their quarters. That's not to say it wasn't also painful, but I appreciated seeing just how much they still love each other, and how desperately they both want to find a way to make this thing work ... even though what Dany asks of Jon is something that we know he can't give. I remain a diehard Jonerys shipper to the end, and even though their relationship seems headed for tragedy, I continue to cherish every moment that they share. Also, I thought that Emilia and Kit absolutely crushed this scene (especially Emilia - this hasn't been a great season for Dany, but Emilia's giving an Emmy-worthy performance as far as I'm concerned).
3. Both Jaime and Brienne scenes - first the consummation of their love, and then Jaime's decision to leave - whether to save Cersei or kill her, only time will tell (if you've read the alleged Reddit leaks, kindly do not fucking tell me. I don't care). Some people seem to feel that having both of these scenes in the same episode was incongruous, but I don't feel that way at all. To me, these scenes were perfectly in line with what i've always felt Jaime - my favorite character in this story - to be. He does love Brienne, and she loves him. But D&D perfectly laid out what I've always believed about his character - his relationship with Cersei is an addiction that he just can't break. He loves both Cersei and Brienne, but no matter all the good he's done, no matter how far he feels that he's traveled on his much-lauded redemption arc, he's commuted sins that he doesn't feel that he can fully only atone for, and thus he feels that he only truly deserves one of them - and that's Cersei. No matter how it precisely ends, his journey was always going to lead back to her. That's part of the ultimate tragedy of his character, and I thought Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gwendoline Christie did an outstanding job in conveying just how deeply their relationship runs, and how heartbreaking it is that it will never fully be realized.
4. Missandei's execution. Again, not a scene I enjoyed - Missandei's death is one of the most devastating in the entire show for me, and i know people have issues with how it was logically arrived at and staged (issues I don't personally share, at least not to that extent). But emotionally, it ripped my heart out, and I thought that Emilia Clarke, Nathalie Emmanuel, Peter Dinklage, and Lena Headey all delivered A+ work here. Missandei's final words - "Dracarys" - had me fully ready to see King's Landing burn next week, morality be damned.
5. All of the feast scenes, especially everything involving Tormund. Kristofer Hivju really is worth his wait in comedic gold. I especially loved him encouraging Jon to drink the entire horn of what-fermented-nightmare that was (sidebar: i also love Sansa teasingly telling Jon "Go on, I believe in you." - to me, that was a classic sibling moment, one encapsulated how far their relationship has come), followed by his stirring speech lauding Jon for his accomplishments. And Dany's reaction to it all ... again, not strictly speaking enjoyable, but something that really did strike an emotional chord with me.
Honorable Mentions: Both Tyrion and Varys conversations, all of the Starks in the godswood, Arya's sad - but perfectly true to her character - rejection of Gendry's proposal, Tyrion and Sansa on the battlements, Bronn confronting Jaime and Tyrion (mostly because i love seeing Jerome Flynn get an opportunity to cut loose).
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