It's like, yeah, A Song of Ice and Fire is still a pretty imaginative series, but stories like the one told in Queen Margot do make me think George R. R. Martin has really benefited from a very violent history of well-off people at war, killing each other to be "in charge," whatever that might mean.
As a historical drama, this is very good on a technical front. It is a little confusing narratively, but I'm not sure how much is on the viewer to know a little about the history beforehand. I think it would help a lot. As for depicting the frenzy of this particular period of conflict, Queen Margot mostly succeeds. It's intense and at its best when it's not pulling any punches.
Maybe it's a little long, and has a few too many moving parts (I watched the rather stretched-out 160-minute version), but the bulk of this works. It's pretty good.
As a historical drama, this is very good on a technical front. It is a little confusing narratively, but I'm not sure how much is on the viewer to know a little about the history beforehand. I think it would help a lot. As for depicting the frenzy of this particular period of conflict, Queen Margot mostly succeeds. It's intense and at its best when it's not pulling any punches.
Maybe it's a little long, and has a few too many moving parts (I watched the rather stretched-out 160-minute version), but the bulk of this works. It's pretty good.