And in the film's most impressive moments, the two strands conflate to the point of sublimation — following a particularly gruesome and devastating incident, for example, we spend some minutes woozily following Hook as, wordless and in deepest shock, he reels away, and as the David Holmes score pulsates and
twangs around him it's impossible not to feel his disorientation, his vulnerability and his, well, youth.
The clash of sword on sword, the
twang of an arrow loosed from a bow and the whoosh of an exploding fireball all help make Lothric feel like a real and vibrant place — to say nothing of the chilling distant moans or footsteps of enemies that let you know a fierce battle could lurk just
around the corner.