This minimal setup stands in sharp contrast to the previous season’s showstoppers.
The episode’s saving grace lies in the contrast that the series continues to develop between the two young women of the Stark family.
As with any episode of television that bears Michelle MacLaren’s directing credit, “Oathkeeper” does not merely look good.
The inter-scene cutting here slightly lingers on every place the camera visits, now searching for someone who appears to know where to go next.
Game of Thrones finally feels liberated from its own extensive mythology and now moves with thrilling fury and purpose.
Shockingly, the violent release of smoke, fire, and meteoric debris is positioned more as a climactic afterthought than as the main attraction.
Game of Thrones’s best season yet comes with a typically great transfer and enough extras to please devotees for days.
The series feels like it has some firm footing and a newfound sense of certain direction that was lacking intermittently in the second season.
Whether you pay the gold price or the iron price, HBO’s top-notch box set of the show’s second season is well-worth the investment.
Revelation won’t shut the fuck up about the history of its titular town.
After last week’s thematically spastic episode, it’s refreshing to see that a simple and direct, albeit unambitious, theme unites the various plot strands here.
After last week’s remarkable season premiere of Game of Thrones, “The Night Lands” is a bit of a letdown.
The most exciting thing about the season-two premiere of Game of Thrones is its refreshing sense of focus.
The new season introduces an assortment of fresh environments, expertly visualized by the show’s tremendous production values and adept crew.
This Blu-ray release of Game of Thrones is the best way to field test your high-definition, DTS home entertainment system.
Following from that stunning close-up that opens the show, Game of Thrones does its best work in the close-up mode.