Saturday, June 22, 2013

5 Reasons You Should Start Watching Game of Thrones Marathon

I know I've been raving about this since mid June in my twitter, you've probably sick of it. But I just gotta do this one last time (well, not really) ;)

Lately a friend recommended me watching Game of Thrones, like reeeally forced me to. I was quite reluctant at the moment bcs honestly I'm not really into serious, medieval, Lord Of The Rings-ish series like GoT. I personally like comedy, something light like How I Met Your Mother or The Big Bang Theory. I don't have much time watching series, so if I want to see it, then it's gotta be funny and refreshing. But when I started watching, my shabby opinions about GoT had gone away. Game of Thrones may not as light but it's truly worth watching. I'll tell you why.

Game of Thrones (2011-present)
IMDb Rating: 9.4/10 
Creators: David Benioff and D. B. Weiss
Based On A Novel: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Starring: Peter Dinklage, 
Lena Headey, 
Emilia Clarke
Won Best Supporting Actor by Peter Dinklage 
Nominated Best Drama Series 
for Golden Globe 2012.



1. If you're a fan of Harry Potter / LOTR / Star Wars / The Hunger Games / whatever your fave fantasy film like, watch it NOW.
GoT has it all. The castles, the kings and queens, the heirs, sword fightings, realistic bloodsheds, dragons, interesting stories for each of every point of view like war for the throne (of course), family matters, lust, love and honor, father issues and such. They even got houses like Gryffindor or Slytherin, while Game of Thrones has house Stark, Lannister, and a hundred lot more than Hogwarts has. Including their sigils and mottos. GoT reminds me a lot to my favorite pc games in 90s as well, Age of Empires. They ridiculously have so much in common.
Some houses with their sigils and mottos in Westeros (Source)
Map of the world of Game of Thrones (Source)

2. They have the most adorable cast.
The cast of GoT (Source)
Why won't you love them anyway? My fave one is Daenerys Targaryen. And Jon Snow. And Arya Stark. Well I basically love them all. When you begin to love GoT, you won't believe that all GoT casts were only actors who actually 'breathe' in real life. I personally wish they were real, like truly live their life on screen. And also see Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke below, who play Cersei and Daenerys are both a lot better looking on screen than in real life.
Tip: Don't get attached that much to your fave characters. Just don't. It will only breaks your heart.

3. This is the most complicated yet boring series.
First premise, complicated? Yes. Second premise, boring? Not at ALL. At first 3 episodes on season 1, I did, I tried real hard to get the idea of the story. I admitted I was bored as hell, I  didn't know who they were or what they're talking about. I couldn't remember all that bunch of characters and what they were facing on. Then as soon as I got on its rhythm I couldn't stop the marathon. I was beyond curious. It felt like you just couldn't sleep before you knew how it was going. So I did, I had finished the final season of GoT. And yes, I'm currently miserable not knowing what will happen to them on the next season 4.

4. It will squeeze and crush your heart into bits.
As I said before, I had my own crushed and it will literally do for you as well. Game of Thrones has the most badass plot ever. Compared to Harry Potter? Still no match for GoT. The plot is unpredictable yet mind-blown. I figure the key to its mind-blowing plot may reside on how the writer put it in such a way that makes one of every character has their own background story. Some of them makes an interesting point of view. Also whatever your expectation will be, it won't happen which will defly make your heartbreak even worse. So set your expectation to... zero and don't fave on any character or else they'll get a bad luck.
Ned Stark, The Iron Throne and Series of Unfortunate Events. (Source)
5. Prepare not to be amazed.
The least you can do is to simply, watch it. Alone. And beware of the spoilers on internet :)