ADDED FILM VI/FILM 6.
Once again I have to congratulate you on your work for Film 6, my friend.
And once again I have to applaud your skills in storytelling. You don’t just cut and paste scenes from the show, but you use the existing footage to create a new and fresh take on the overall story, making these edits something far more than a simple season-to-film project. Not to mention the additional music that exchanges the whole experience. And I write these things here for anyone unfamiliar with your work to see and take in mind if they choose to watch your edits.
This time, in Film 6, once again I really enjoyed your approach on each character and the parts of their stories you chose to tell, as well as the parts you chose to leave out or use in the next installments.
However, I do have some criticism about the pacing of this film and some suggestions, if you are willing to consider them. Always with much respect to you and your hard work.
CHARACTERS
Starting off with Arya, I think you handled her time in Braavos really well and created a nice and tight arc, leaving her character where you left her. Same with Daenerys and Tyrion and all the events in Meereen, as well as Stannis and the conclusion of his arc.
At Winterfell, I also liked how you handled Sansa and Theon’s story and their escape from the Boltons. Same with the events at Kings Landing regarding the High Sparrow, Maragery and Cersei. As you have previously said, these events make much more sense being in this film than the previous.As far as Jon Snow, I found your approach bold and I think that it certainly worked. Making him stay dead for the majority of the film, made his comeback way more exciting. However, I do think that you should have started the film with the shot of him lying on the ground at Castle Black, establishing that he is really dead, since that’s how the last film ended. And maybe leave his resurrection for the very end, making it the big shocking event of the film.
And now we come to Bran. Bran’s story was a really special and somewhat confusing part of the show as well, and I have to say that it didn’t really work for me in this film. I assume that it wasn’t easy to put him back in the whole narrative after his long absence and I did like the way you covered all the events we missed, similar to what you did with Sansa in Film 5. But I also think that in the way you chose to tell his story you didn’t make creal who the Three Eyed Raven and the Children of the Forest are or why Bran is staying with them or what their whole purpose is. That being said, I also don’t really know what you could have done differently. Maybe include a bigger “flashback” covering the whole scene of Bran and the gang finding the Three Eyed Raven, or put that scene back in Film 4 where we last saw them. I know that there is the issue of the recast, but I guess the story is more important than a new face.
One thing that I am certain about is that you should have introduced Bran way earlier in the film and not around the middle of it. His whole arc felt like it was interrupting the film and by the end I don’t know if it accomplished the impact it was supposed to accomplish.
Anyway, I don’t know what your feelings are about this edit and if you are willing to make some changes on it, but this small complaint of mine certainly does not take away anything from the marvelous work you have done throughout this series.
My excitement remains on the roof and I am super looking forward to what you will do next.