Game of Thrones (HBO) TV Show • Page 56

I guess that's why every movie/TV show based on a best-selling novel has been a cinematic success?

 

This physically pains me, and I'm a writer.

 

As am I.

It's just my opinion.

 

You're not going to praise the million important things that go into crafting a story for a visual medium? If you're invalidating or dismissing the cinematography, direction, set design, acting, etc. by saying the creative process "truly exists" in the writing, that is a puzzling stance, to say the least.

 

While you're entitled to your own opinion about spoilers, I think my main gripe is that you said you haven't read the books, yet the writing is what you care about the most.

If you haven't read the books, then there had to be SOMETHING (...the show....) that caused you to get invested in the story. I think it's unfair to say that the visuals/acting don't matter when the way this show visually depicted the writing obviously had a big part of drawing you in.

 

I don't know what to say. I just prefer the writing over everything else. I understand that other people behind the camera and are talented and deserve recognition for their craft, but you can't have an all around great film/tv show without the writing.

 

I got into this show due to my appreciation for anything medieval times related.

 

sigh

 

Last two seasons as in seasons 5 and 6, silly. Just about all of season 4 is better than the last two.

She's just kind of a boring character to me and I don't think the actress who plays her is very convincing. For all the people who seem to think Emilia Clarke is bad at acting, I find her much more compelling and less cringey than Brienne.

 

I never thought of this. Arya no doubt has a very skewed opinion of Tyrion (she was made privy to the accusations against him of injuring Bran, yes?)

 

It's the first time we see Arya hear about it, but I doubt she hasn't heard about what was happening in Kings Landing in her travels

 

That's more understandable, your initial wording seemed to explicitly dismiss the other aspects of filmmaking.

I think it was George Clooney who said "You can make a bad movie out of a good script, but it never works the other way around", and from all I've seen that's 100% accurate. Filmmaking is a collaborative process, often stuff from the script stage and writing level is significantly overhauled by directors and actors, it's a balance between a bunch of different aspects.

 

Not really sure where Littlefinger will play into all of this now.

 

Right, I can rattle off a handful of shitty movies that look awesome and are considered "good" by numerous people...Pacific Rim is one of them.

 

Tell that to American Hustle

 

I didn't really have an issue with American Hustle. It wasn't great, but I don't understand the hate for it.

 

I thought the writing was atrocious for that film, and yet it was still a good film for a variety of other reasons. See also: Gravity.

 

You can't have an all around great show with just writing either. That's what all around means.

 

I'll admit that I was not expecting things between LF and Sansa to go the way they did in this episode. I honestly (and foolishly) expected Sansa to be more interested in gaining the KOTV on her side than she was in making him pay for his transgressions.

 

Gravity's writing is very good.

 

I think she'll probably either reconsider if their quest for support of northern/riverlands houses doesn't go the way they hope, Or he'll just show up and help anyway because I think LF benefits more from pretty much anyone other than Ramsay being in power. but who knows

 

It's simple, but thematically the action is written quite effectively and the character moments all work. That movie wouldn't work without sound writing. I've seen people raise issue with the expository speech Sandra Bullock gives about her son, but it heightens the emotional journey she goes on and the movie just simply wouldn't be as effective as it was without it.

 

Wow, there is a theory that Varys is a Targeryan bastard.

Basically his cock & balls were used in a ritual of fire for some reason, I'm assuming for the same reason Gendry was needed.

But basically he chooses to shave his head in order to hide his natural hair color.

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