Monday, June 10, 2013

Game of Thrones: S03E10: Mhysa

Season 3, Episode 10: Mhysa

This episode had a big task of wrapping up the season and following up to a great and shocking episode. The events were nothing special, and had more conversations than action. We saw Arya get her hands bloody after seeing so much horrible stuff, her blood lust finally boiled over. There was an intense scene with King Joffrey and his family, it makes me predict that instead of eventually being killed by others who were unjustly treated by him, he will be killed at the hands of his own family. Thought the ending was super cheesy.

7/10

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Star Trek Into Darkness

Was very excited for the movie, and it definitely delivered. I really enjoyed the visuals, amazing props,  special effects, the action sequences, and the shout outs to historical trek lore. Some of the things that I did not like were having a white actor playing a Sikh character, the tasteless undressing scene (could have been done better), and my biggest complaint was the lack of philosophical/moral dilemma that usually comes with Star Trek. It was too simple: protagonist fights bad guy, wins, everyone is happy. I hope future movies have a little more depth than that. Overall a good movie though.

8/10

Edit: I rewatched this movie, and many things made me reconsider my previous score. It has some pretty bad writing. While the visuals are spectacular, the whole thing feels cheap.

6/10

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Game of Thrones: S03E09: The Rains of Castamere

Season 3, Episode 09: The Rains of Castamere

Holy smokes this one was a shocker. This had the notorious scene called "Red Wedding". The episode was high quality, you could tell something was not right and it showed itself at the end. We see some Dragon Queen movement which is always nice, and some Arya and the melty face guy. Melty face is now turning from a evil bad guy into a sort of hero. Also, Jon Snow shenanigans take place, and he left his red head babe behind which really rustled my jimmies. We see that the long haired Stark boy is now basically Professor X except younger, and instead of a silver wheelchair he has a wheelbarrow/big oaf to carry him around.
Was funny to watch people's reactions on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78juOpTM3tE

10/10