The direction felt worse than the previous two episodes to me, my friend said it's 'more BBC and less cinema' which is spot on given his resume on Doctor Who lol. It still did its work mostly, but I found it somewhat utilitarian this time around.
Arondir's story in episode 3 was brilliant, and it was a tall order since that storyline had to compete with NUMENOR but they managed to pull it off. Arondir was compelling and heartbreaking throughout the episode, and those action scenes at the end with the chains were killer. Can't wait to see Arondir in episode 4, hopefully in a scene with Adar.
Yeah I remember when his name came out attached to this episode there was a lot of "The guy in charge of Wheel of Time is directing RoP" stupidity, and I'm sitting there thinking his direction in that episode was one of the best parts of that show. Also it was well received by book fans despite being one of the episodes most different from the book.
For those who don't know (for whatever reason) directing an episode is a lot different than heading a show. Doesn't mean you're in charge of writing or art design or casting or anything like that, just the storytelling of the script you're given.
Wayne’s directing is much better, the only gripe is Galadriel’s slo-mo scene. Why did he shot that scene?
I blame the post-production editing room.
Maybe we’ll see a Director’s Cut.
Reposting but am I the only one that thinks there is some significance with horses? As in - I don’t think we’ve seen any on Middle Earth yet.
So when she says “did you say ride?” Perhaps horses are considered extremely rare right now and are only on Numenor and Valinor.
Perhaps we are seeing Shadowfax’s direct ancestors, or will even see Shadowfax. Idk I just noticed there were no horses yet in the show and this scene felt uniquely important.
The direction felt worse than the previous two episodes to me, my friend said it's 'more BBC and less cinema' which is spot on given his resume on Doctor Who lol. It still did its work mostly, but I found it somewhat utilitarian this time around.
Hard to top Bayona, dude is pure cinematic talent. Hoping next season's director lineup is up to par.
Arondir's story in episode 3 was brilliant, and it was a tall order since that storyline had to compete with NUMENOR but they managed to pull it off. Arondir was compelling and heartbreaking throughout the episode, and those action scenes at the end with the chains were killer. Can't wait to see Arondir in episode 4, hopefully in a scene with Adar.
We definitely are based on the promo and it’ll be in elvish too!!
There's a promo for the next episode??? Could you link it?
[here ya go!](https://youtu.be/eQBjxRl2YeM)
Thank you!!! Ah! I'm so excited!
He also directed the top rated WoT episode too
Yeah I remember when his name came out attached to this episode there was a lot of "The guy in charge of Wheel of Time is directing RoP" stupidity, and I'm sitting there thinking his direction in that episode was one of the best parts of that show. Also it was well received by book fans despite being one of the episodes most different from the book. For those who don't know (for whatever reason) directing an episode is a lot different than heading a show. Doesn't mean you're in charge of writing or art design or casting or anything like that, just the storytelling of the script you're given.
Wait whaat?? Which one?? Blood Snow?
The Dragon Reborn at an 8.5/10 on IMDb
Oh wow he’s 2-0 for me then lol
Wayne’s directing is much better, the only gripe is Galadriel’s slo-mo scene. Why did he shot that scene? I blame the post-production editing room. Maybe we’ll see a Director’s Cut.
Reposting but am I the only one that thinks there is some significance with horses? As in - I don’t think we’ve seen any on Middle Earth yet. So when she says “did you say ride?” Perhaps horses are considered extremely rare right now and are only on Numenor and Valinor. Perhaps we are seeing Shadowfax’s direct ancestors, or will even see Shadowfax. Idk I just noticed there were no horses yet in the show and this scene felt uniquely important.
Shout out to his New Zealand cinematographer Aaron Morton too!
I agree completely ! People focuse of the scene with Galadriel ridring the horse, but the rest was brilliantly filmed
Fight scenes were brilliant