amilas

I voted this episode as an 8. I kind of wish I had voted 7 but it's too late. If I were to summarize this episode in a word it would be "beautiful". The scenes and the acting were well done and it flowed beautifully. That being said, the changes are getting a bit ridiculous. I've always been one of the few who has accepted the changes because it still kept the heart of the story. Some of these changes (primarily the Gendry/Melisandre bit) were just so gratuitously Hollywood that it really irritated me for the last time. It's been a long time coming, but it finally got to me. I'm still rating it higher than it should be, but really only because I'm giving the directors the benefit of the doubt that they will reign it in a little bit. If not...then I'm just going to have to view this as a parallel world or something to enjoy it.

Hey! I probably should have done this first instead of blow up the "The Climb" thread, but hey! I'm enthusiastic. My name is Ami and I'm glad to be here. I'm originally from the South but and am now living in the West. I love ASoIaF but my favorite book is really "House of Leaves" because I just loving making myself more claustrophobic than I already am! Love reading here and I decided to start giving my two-cents.

I know I'm in the minority, but this is my favorite of the season. Yes, they have been making some pretty major changes, but I feel like those changes came together in this episode to make it seem more like the books. Some of the characters have been changed beyond reprieve, but they're making those changes flow with the general feeling the books show have, imho.