Alatar wrote:
Passdagas the Brown wrote:
In Season 5, Episode 8, Game of Thrones gave us a scene that absolutely shamed the Nazgûl (and most battles) of PJ's LOTR.
I just can't believe that just happened on TV. Amazing.
Have to say I agree with the last comment but not the first. Its excellent CGI for TV, but you really couldn't even begin to compare it with something like the Siege of Minas Tirith.
Well, there was certainly MORE CGI in the Siege of Minas Tirith, if that's what you mean. And more complex CGI. But that's not all I'm talking about. In terms of atmosphere, buildup, framing, incredibly effective decisions about what not to show, vs. what to show, smart
lighting of CGI (the most important thing to get right, IMO), and inspiring fear, this scene wins hands down. If the Pelennor was under the dark cloud it should have been under, things may have turned out differently. In LOTR, I think its closest equivalent, in terms of quality, was the buildup and then the fight in the Chamber of Mazarbul. I even think there was an explicit reference to the Mazarbul scene in this episode, with the wights breaking through the wooden door, and the Wildlings firing through the holes. That was a great scene in FOTR. And this episode was like a longer version of that scene, with incredible moments piling up one after the other (and no Sam whacking orcs with his frying pan).
And the White Walkers on their dead horses on the cliff face, in the mist... That was what the Nazgûl needed to be in LOTR, IMO. And for that reason, I still believe the Nazgûl should have either been CGI, or kept in the shadows.
And the giant's scenes are a lesson in what Beorn could have been in BOFA (and perhaps, what we will be getting in the EE, fingers crossed).
Then the final bit with the Night King raising his arms, in silence, with only the whistling of the wind as a soundtrack.
The director of this episode, Miguel Sapochnik, needs an Emmy. And if he's still around in 20 years, someone hire him to remake LOTR.
Voronwë the Faithful wrote:
Passdagas the Brown wrote:
In Season 5, Episode 8, Game of Thrones gave us a scene that absolutely shamed the Nazgûl (and most battles) of PJ's LOTR.
What we see here, ladies and gentlemen, is a perfect example of a completely objective opinion, utterly untainted by any personal bias whatsoever. Such a joy to see!
In which fantasy world - Middle Earth or Westeros - are opinions ever objective? Opinions are, by definition, subjective. Opinions can't be "tainted" by personal bias, because they "are" personal bias. Art is not law, no matter how much you try to make it so.
