SOOOO! Another epsode down. 3 to go...
Anyway onto the ep. I loved this ep. Not as much as the last 2. But it was a great episode non the less. I agree with the reviews that this was a charcter episode and I liked that quality in it. It was different, it had a VERY different feel to it. I think the BBC took a gamble with this ep. It paid off. But not amazingly.
The monstor was Pretty good. The CGI in the chase scene was poorish. But, in the church it was alot better! And I loved the depth to the monstor and the fact that it wasn't acctually trying to kill evreyone. I felt so sorry for it in the end.
The relationship between Amy and Vincent was awesome! I loved every second of the screen time between the two. Even the small things. Like when Vincent was painting the church at auvers. Amy stood by him always. And the whole. 'Ultimate Ging' was great. I think it was a sort of 'take that complainers' add in there.
For me the episode had a sort of structure in how much I liked it:
begining (from the start, up to the chase scene)- good.
middle (the chase scene up to the killing of the monstor- the griface of something) Great
Ending (the killing, up to the end) FAN - bloody -TASTIC!!!! :)
It sort of had a 'get better as we go along' feel to it. Yes, I loved the ending. It was so awesome!
My Dad being an artist, he was weeping at the bit where Vincent see's his work. The look on his face was just so emotional! And, my dad was also in tears when they all held hands and looked up at the sky! And just to say, I thought chances fitted perfectly with the scene.
Now, I've had a big wave of positives, now to some negatives. (Which this ep did have)
Despite the amazing ending. I think the cheesy music when Amy saw the sunflowers was a bit overwhelming and could have been more subtle.
Some of the jokes failed. The one about the doctor still fighting the monstor when it had already gone was just cringworthy for me. My dad laughed, but, it's his first time watching who. And his sense of humor isn't exactly evreyone elses.
There were some wierd changes in pace that didn't help. And, how long was the doctor in the TARDIS, when it suddenly jumped from night to day.
The acting was extremley impressive in this ep. Most noteablly Tony Curran (Van Gogh) in the ending scene! Matt continues to take the roll in his stride. (He's begining to overtake David as my number 1 doc), Karen was superb, especially in the scenes between her and Vincent. And also Bill -flippin - Nighy! had me in stitches in the bow tie bit!
Overall a solid ep. And, It taught my kids heaps about Van Gogh. They're now bugging me to take them to the musee d'orsay. And I am sure that a surge of Van Gogh popularity will begin after this one.
just as strong as ep 6 imo! Better than ep 3, 2 and 1!
8.5/10
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