One of the very best shows!
One of the best show I've watched in a long long time. The story isn't as typical as the American tv and movie stories we are accustom to. I am sick and tired of the white American super hero coming to save the day bullshit. In this show you shouldn't expect anything else but least expected. I love it. I mean look at it's rating. Unbelievable. Great plot. Great casting. Great writing.
Not usually my sort of thing, but so far, I'm impressed. Getting right into it now.
"Tell them that winter came for House Frey"
The winter is coming now soon for season 2.
Season 1 was excellent! However i was a bit disappointed in season two, it feels like they are beating around the bush a lot. Many times after watching an episode of season two I find myself thinking "Well nothing really happened in this episode".
Don't get me wrong the show is still very good , however in comparison to the first season the second season is lacking.
A show that left me waiting every minute for the next episode for the past 9 years, binged watched Season 7 in one night leaving me in a zombie state the next day but well worth it. Seeing the end coming had me anxious and we would religiously watch each episode of Season 8 as it is released, and the episodes were damn good. It was so good it brought people who are not into this Genre to love it and be invested in it as the story unfolds
The ending is not what I was expecting, and I was left unsatisfied and wanting more. I still loved every season of the show but for a show that always set the standard high, it wasn't what I was expecting at the end for such a phenomenal show which was true thrilling roller-coaster. I'm trying not to ruin it for anyone with a spoiler but I loved this show and still do even with the ending that we saw
Lets hope that a show can match the story telling of Game Of Thrones, with an ensemble of fantastic actors, amazing visual effects, and fantastic story telling to fill this void at HBO
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Daenerys Stornborn, Mother of Dragons, etc., yet again, is seen as a conqueror, not as sitting on an iron throne....The big bad dragon is back, and bad as hell!! Only 4 episodes left; I shant bear it....
Season 6 : is getting better each week; more drama; more twists and turns..I hate that bastard Bolton !!!! Theon is home :) Can't wait til next week.....Thanks Shiftv and Happy Anniversary !!! #ShiftvW8
The last half was really good!
I'm really looking forward to the next season.
Mother of all shows. Must watch.
Finally saw the finale, epic, now I gotta read the books...
Absolutely the best television show ever made. Superb is doing it an injustice
I'm caving to peer pressure.
Loved it I mean I hated watching the last season but all I do is watch history of Westeros. Lol. Indeepgeek. And order of the green hand so I would have hated it no matter what I've read the books some 4 times some less each around 2 times tho all of them from song of fire and ice and there other books . I'm hardcore when it comes to this world so ya. I dunno it's great but it's hard to enjoy a final season of something u love no matter how it goes
GoT is set in a complex fictional world with an incredible array of characters, strong, with a depth hard to find in most shows let alone one based in a fantasy world. Each actor has put their all into their part. Winter is Coming.
Watching the best series of all again! 60 hours in about 2 weeks time, let's go!
I love this show
One of the best series ever made
one of the top shows of 2011. so many twist and turns it kept me watching till the end.
ending wasn't the best but it definitely was "bitter sweet" as told.
8 - Great
This would've gotten a 20 if it hadn't been for the... less than stellar last seasons. Such a great show the first 4 seasons and you never knew where it was going to go to but after the show ran out of book material it got a bad less, still good, but not on the amazing level the first 4 seasons where. What a show.
Yeah, agree it is the best show ever, effects, acting, scenery etc, fantastic. Watching it for the second time before season eight arrives and seeing and learning more than first time round, but.......I just hope it is not just going to end up as another bloody zombie, (white walkers), show, hate them.......Season six episode 5 shows intent.......
I really hope there is a bit more depth and interest than killing zombies.........
i can’t fucking breathe
This is the first show ever to make me go from a 9/10 for the first 5 seasons to a 10/10 for the sixth one!
There will be a before and an after Game of Thrones in television history. Must watch! And several times!
absolutely the most amazing show ever!
My favorite TV Show. Amazing and epic story. Love It! I would exclude extremely sanguinary, nude and sex scenes, not necesary.
Perfect series but the 8th season is a huuuuuge disappointment
A a a a a 89
Fantastic show! I recommend not skipping any episodes. Put on your seatbelt and hang on!
It is not by oversight that I have not written a review of this series, before today. I was a late adopter, having been initially repulsed by the lasiviousness, lewd, violent coarseness of the show (I think I watched one random episode and recoiled). Then, when the popularity of the show skyrocked, my curiousity lead me to start at the beginning and give the show a chance. I binged what I'd missed, then watched it episodically as it was broadcast, then, just before the beginning of each new season, I would binge the previous season, just to be caught up and ready to go. All those things that originally repelled me where still all there in abundance but the story telling, the characters, the acting, the quality of the production, and the human drama, on an epic scale, held my fascination and it became a guilty pleasure (so, watching, but not reviewing). Then, the production overshot the source material and the direction became less crisp and the characters struggled to find their footing. Finally, the end was near, and production values soared to Movie-of-the-Week standards. The last season ended and the audience was stunned. Some with disappointment (wounded by the trajectory of the plot and their beloved characters). Some with grief (no more GAME OF THRONES!?!). Some with sense overload (What did I just see?!?). I was in that category. It took days to reconcile what I had just watched. My only clear thought was, "Well...they had to end it some way." I was sure they could not have ended it in a way that would have satisfied everyone. Is there ever a good time or way to watch a beloved thing die? So, now, 53 days after the last episode was broadcast, I have summoned up the courage to write my review. This was a landmark series. It set the bar for non-network television productions: the story, acting, technical magic, locations, international cast, budget, quality were all the best of the best. For me, it will always be about story and characters: George R.R. Martin's concepts were epic and compelling; I can't imagine a better cast or better performances (indeed they harvested from some of the greatest while also forging a new generation of talent). No matter where you land with the ending (and I'm still not sure how I feel about it) this has been a tremendous ride and it has change our landscape of expectations. I can give this series no less than a 10 (watershed moment) out of 10. [Epic Fantasy Action Adventure Drama]
Episode 5 was a awesome episode!
Best moments are S1-S6 . Skip s7 and s8
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No matter how it ended. It would still be one of the Greatest shows ever. First in my top ten.
At first I didn't get what the fuss was about. Then, I watched the first episode. I was sold! Sure, It may not always be perfect, but it's a really tremendous show.
This is one of the best I've ever seen on TV!
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I know i know the final season is pretty bad...... This does not take away how amazing the show is overall. I just recently rewatched this entire series again and was shocked with just how good this show was. I would honestly recommend rewatching it.
Started watching this since it was often trending on trakt. Great show. So thanks trakt!
I thought this show was massively overhyped. It looks amazing, but I can't say I really care about any of the characters.
This show could have been so much better with less of the abundance of sexuality and a complete rewrite of the final season. That was horrible. So bad I immediately sat down and rewrote the script just so I could quickly forget about what was done.
I had to downgrade the rating form 10 -> 9 all is because of Season 8, this is how you almost ruin the best show in the world...!
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The most beautiful, interesting and amazing TV series for me. I love it. Also I wait the 8 season
This was a fabulous show.
Damn, the cliffhangers make me crazy! Luckily the next episode airs tonight! :-D
Just awesome! Make me want to read the books.
The best I ever seen
everything ends up being women in power
Awesome show that you just can't miss.
Was a great show, until it wasn’t.
Gonna give this a shot over the weekend. Heard so much about it.
BEST SHOW EVA! ——-Sike lol :)
This is a really great show overall tbh. Season 6 managed to get me to really like Jon and Cersei (my former most hated character) in just 2 episodes. Some people say GoT is character driven but i really have to disagree. GoT has somewhat weak characters and is interesting because of the events that happen in the story, not because of the characters who cause them. Some of D&D's decisions have the opposite effect on viewers that they're supposed to have (like trying to make people think Jon is charging forward towards Ramsay out of blind rage when we know that he sees arrows being shot at him and therefore come to the conclusion that he's trying to avoid them, trying to make the viewers fear Jon for justifiably beating the everloving shit out of his half-sister's rapist and half-brother's murderer, etc. I'm told OITNB makes similar decisions.) and the Tumblr fem fanservice (women being accepted into positions of power without any backlash in an extremely misogynistic society, le jaden smith squint I wil rool..." dragon mom herself, etc.) can be cringey but it still has good enough writing and action to appeal to its male viewers. I'd give it an 8 because of some of the decisions made in seasons 5 and 6 but I'm bumping it up to a 9 because of bastardbowl and some scenes in earlier seasons that I really enjoyed.
I need to get caught up on the books before the season finale. This show is awesome!
Thanks a lot petethelion! I was also looking for them!
Pretty messy/confusing first episodes, feels like they are "rushing" it to something. Very epic tough.
Not sure if that even makes sense, but "Game of Thrones" could be an excellent example of a down-to-earth fantasy. Magic and superstition have a tangible impact on the events - you could replace the dragons with nuclear weapons and it will still make sense. You can see blood, sweat, and all kinds of body fluids in a hostile world where there is (almost) no plot armor for anybody. Revenge is hardly direct, and good guys don't always get to win.
My favorite thing is the focus on the sociopolitical implications rather than empathy with individual characters. It doesn't matter if a major character gets abruptly killed mid-season; their house's story will keep going on without losing its main thread. Characters can change sides and do the most questionable things, but there will always be a detailed sociological setup that had led to those decisions. Everything is affected by chaos and chance, but it still seems to happen in the function of someone's story arc.
The early seasons are more focused on character development and world-building, with most minor battles happening off-screen. It's probably due to budget restrictions rather than storytelling necessities, but the action for each season is limited to one "zombie" episode and one traditional battle episode (usually the penultimate). The rest is primarily dialogue-driven. The second, third, and fifth seasons are the least eventful, but they also happen to have at least one memorable episode or a mind-blowing plot twist towards the end. The pacing got remarkably tighter from the sixth season, which also happens to be the first after the writers ran out of material to adapt from the books. There the writers did a remarkably good job and remained coherent with the source material.
Unfortunately, the writing took a significant turn for the worse with the seventh season, getting much closer to any other mediocre TV show, flirting with soap-opera level dialogue and filling pages with logical fallacies and forced or incoherent character development.
The meticulous construction of the source material has been both GOT's strength and weakness. For the portion that covers Martin's books, the central plot was mostly kept on hold while expanding the scope sideways, with tons of new characters and locations each season. This made the show remarkably rich, but at the same time it made it hard to wrap up coherently. It might have worked if they were planning to keep going on for decades, but there's no way that a couple of seasons could close so many meticulously built-up character arcs. From the sixth season onwards, you can clearly notice that the showrunners started to purposedly cut storylines and kill off characters just to make the load lighter and write themselves out of the corner with many situations. The overall direction of the plot is still coherent with the previous seasons, but the ways the characters end up to their outcomes became highly questionable. Many character arcs that have been carefully drawn over have been conveniently cut out, some regressed or lost their whole purpose, some even ended up being exploited for mere fanservice purposes. Another big flaw comes from the fact that the characters that would take on a more prominent role towards the end also happen to be the ones played by the most terrible actors in the cast, killing any further chance to add nuance to their relationships.
Regardless of the problems with the writing, the show has outstanding production value, compelling world-building, and, even at its worst, it always manages to be gripping and engaging. That's not obvious for a show that is made of 80% talking, 15% action, and 5% boobies in the air. It's also one of the rare cases where slow pacing becomes a necessity, as it takes time to remember all characters and their intricate relationships as the plot keeps turning, twisting, and subverting expectations. Characters are first introduced as either black or white, but as the show progresses, things get more and more ambiguous. It's rarely to the point you will change sides, but there were many moments I could get into the bad guys' shoes and empathize with them as much as with the protagonists.
S4 > S1 > S6 > S3 > S2 > S5 > S7 > S8
Fav tv show..
Still don't understand the concept of this show.
Unbelievable really. Must see tv.
Gripping from start to finish. A must see :-)
Read the books as they came out, I find this to be extremely well done and a mostly faithful adaptation of the books. The real heroes are the casting people and the art direction, I honestly can't think of a single casting decision I disagree with and feel as if the books have come to life.
for show the best show on television right now.
i read the books ages ago when i was a kid and the show does it wonders!
its incredible how often they are word for word from the book when they speak just goes to show how awesome a writer George R.R. Martin is.
Surpassed my expectations.
Honestly one the most brilliant shows of ALL TIME
I read the books after the first season came out and subsequently lost interest in the TV adaptation for a long while. As a result, I come before you in 2022 having finally watched the whole show after being pulled back in by House of the Dragon.
I have to tell you: I'm fucking mystified by the adult babies that hated this ending. It's perfectly thematically cogent and set up well in the lore, the plot of the last few seasons and even the color theory employed in S7 & S8 when everyone but John, Jaime, Brienne and Davos swap their lighter colors for ominous black. I mean, with all the "coin flip" lore about Targaryen's going apeshit periodically, and you still didn't think the lady in the Hugo Boss black leather dress who burns people to death and is increasingly single-mindedly wrapped up in her own will to power might be the baddie? In the finale, TYRION EVEN LAYS IT OUT STEP BY STEP FROM ASTAPOR TO THE PRESENT HOW SHE WOUND UP LIKE THIS. So how come all anybody could talk about in 2018 was how surprising and "poorly set up" it was that the lady who crucified people turned out to be kind of unhinged and maybe not the person you want in peacetime power? Given her path, how is it at all surprising that her last remaining close confidant getting beheaded in front of her, and that confidant's last words being the classic Mad Targaryen "Burn Them All" refrain, pushed her over the edge into flagrantly cruel madness?
This is an idea in historical and political analysis that I've long found fascinating: The people who make good revolutionaries rarely have the temperament for ruling in peacetime. It's usually best for everyone if they fuck off or get murked when the war is won. Add to that the biggest underlying creative force in Game of Thrones - fantasy trope subversion - and you have a recipe for the Good Warrior Queen who goes too far and has to be put down like a dog. Robb, Ned, John, Sansa, Bran... nobody escapes becoming a shattered-and-patched together version of themselves by the end of this. Why would Daenerys? If you were expecting this to end as anything other than the hope-tinged tragedy it ended as, you weren't paying attention and I can't comprehend why you didn't give up on the show by Season 3.
I am convinced if this hadn't come out during the Trump years, when we were all collectively dealing to various degrees with the trauma/upset of Slay Kween Hillary getting fucked out of "her turn" by Trump, people would have recognized this for the genius it is. I can only hope we get to have a re-evaluation of this show soon. Benioff and Weiss killed it, beginning to end. The only subpar thing about that final season is that The Long Night was less impressive than some of the other Battle Episodes, but that's a pretty high bar since The Battle of the Bastards is maybe best battle I've seen in visual media. I will say that I hope Martin finds a clever but equally thematically coherent way to change things up in the final books (if he ever finishes), however, only because it will be more fun for me as a reader to see a different version of the story.
10/10s for Seasons 3, 4 & 6. 9/10s for all the others. 10/10 overall. Love it!
Nice atmosphere :) Story starts off a little complex with so many people but hey... first time I'm excited about a medieval series.
OMG reading the books now.
Great Show but the last season broke the show, that why i changed my vote from 9 to 6. All nice little hints and stories became broke in the season so this show was a real disappointment for me.
can't believe it's over
At least this and last episode had some breathing room. The breakneck pace of the first three, while thrilling and beautifully executed, has really exhausted me. Rewatching this, I can see that the binge is not the best way to watch this show! Maybe one a day, or every couple of days.
Haven't read the books, but know people who love them.
I've always loved stories with complex characters, the politics that draw them together and the boobies that set them apart. :)
A few episodes in now and I'm pretty well sold.
Don't waste your time with this.
Anyone who down play this show is mental. The show was epic. Start to finish. Standing ovations to everyone who lived and died. It left me wanting more but content with what I GOT.
Cast 10/10
Storytelling 10/10
Characters 10/10
Video Prouduction/Cut 10/10
Environment 5/5
Conclusion 3/5
Without season 8 = 96%
Been living under a rock?..... Bored of fake news....? Havn't watched GOT?!!!!! Get on with it.... Up there in my top 10 all time.... Fantastic!!!!
Oh my god :-) I want to marry Khaleesi
I can't argue on the fact that it's a great one !
But sometimes, too many stories poorly followed, no action till the 2 last episodes ...
Anyway, it's still a 9 ! :)
This show should has the highest rating on the site! Simple the best show I have ever watched!
One of the best shows I've seen. The last season however was admittedly bad. I wish they just extended the show. :cry:
One of the best shows I've seen, the last season was horrible though. :(
If it wasn't for the last season, this could have been the goat.
Based on the most vast and well defined fantasy worlds with grim reflections of our own history, since J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle Earth; Game of Thrones takes us through the events and history of Westeros bringing myth to life, while the wheel turns and crushes the lives of many others. The Song of Fire and Ice brought to life in the darkest of times. For the night is dark and full or terrors, & winter is coming.
Arg I cant wait for Episode 3...
Create a character you root for, kill him off, rinse and repeat. Sure, it is technically, as in acting and special effects, a good show but the story is just crap.
Excellent show but I didn’t read the books. I think it should be watched in one shot, the first time I saw it I had to wait 1 year between 2 seasons and forgot a lot each time. I watched every seasons before watching the last one and I did not regret it!
Absolutely loved this series from start to finish, the ending can be seen as a little bit of a let down but I found it very satisfactory. If you are looking for a high fantasy series to get in to then this show is definitely for you. It's full of complex storylines and amazing script writing.
The acting by this massive cast is also superb, some of my favourite being, Emilia Clark as Danerys Targeryen, Maisie Williams, as Arya Stark, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, and Lena Headey as Queen Cersei, and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister but honestly every actor stood out in their own right.
some episodes are slow throughout the eight seasons but it's definitely worth it when you reach the big battle sequences such as the Battle of the Bastards in S6 and the battle of Castle Black in S4.
Look below to find a more in depth review.
Season 1: I will admit that the show took my a little while to get off with and I think that it is down to the slow start of season 1. We are introduced to a mass amount of characters including the entire Stark family and the Lannisters among others. I struggled to understand what was going on for a while but still found mass enjoyment from the show. It really picked up in this season for me at around episode 5 when we have the whole crown of gold scene - this first established for me that Game of Thrones knows no bounds and that is why it became the iconic staple of fantasy television that it is today.
Season 2: I found season 2 to be rather slow if I'm being completely honest, sitting here and writing this review I can't think of any major that happened in this season apart from the battle in about episode 9. The amazing acting and storytelling did still persist however. I just found everything to have a slower build.
Season 3: This is where my love for Game of Thrones became well and truly established, we had so many amazing moments here. From Danaerys gaining the unsullied, and showing her true power as heir to the iron throne, to the Red Wedding near the end of the season. This season had so many iconic and heartwrenchincg moments.
Season 4: Such a great season with so many great moments but sitting here, thinking back on season 4 all I can think about is how great the battle of castle black was and that is my best memory of this season.
Season 5: I only have one thing to say about this season and that is: where the hell was Bran?
Season 6: Hands down the peak of Game of Thrones. Iconic moment after iconic moment including the Battle of the Bastards and the Destruction of the Sept of Baelor. We also got a lot of Aryas character arc in this season which I loved.
Season 7: Notably this is where Game of Thrones started to take a step down. It hit it's peak with season 6 but it's still going strong. The standout moment of this season however is Olenna Tyrell's confession to Jamie.
Season 8: The most hated season of TV in history but I have to say I didn't mind it. With a show like Game of Thrones they were always going to struggle to find that perfect ending so they chose something and they went with it and whilst I don't think many of the choices they made here were great ones I saw that because of how great the show had been I don't think it was destined to have that brilliant ending. The main thing about this season that annoyed me though is how much of a broken record Jon Snow was. How many times could we hear him say, 'You are my Queen'
It's Goooooood. Really just watch it. The hype is real
average second season. we hope for good third
And here it is: the end of the biggest television show of all time.
Seasons 1-4 are (close to) perfect.
Seasons 5-6 are where some of the cracks start to appear, with some filler episodes that don't build a lot of character. However, they're still great seasons nonetheless.
Seasons 7-8 are good, not great. They have certain pacing (rushed developments, teleportation of characters) and writing issues (plot armour, unsatisfying & unearned conclusions etc.). It is especially the level of production that elevates these seasons above average television.
Am I also unsatisfied with how they handled certain characters at the very end? Absolutely.
Do I think, however, that they mostly stuck the landing? Yes.
S1: 9.5/10; S2: 9/10; S3: 9.5/10; S4: 10/10; S5: 8/10; S6: 8/10; S7: 7/10; S8: 7/10
Overall rating: 8.4/10
as a big fan have to say it is probably the worst episode I've seen
starting to hate this series but can't keep on watching wat a conundrum
First 4 seasons were really good, 5 and 6 have their problems but 7 is when it gets a lot worse. (Season 8 doesn't exist lol).
Don't think I would ever rewatch this because I know how terribly it ends.
And NO WAY I'm hearing anyone out who says this is better than Breaking Bad, that show was perfect from start to finish. How are you gonna compare BB to a show, that has 8 seasons and the writing goes to shit after 4 seasons?
Trainwreck...
(Don't mind me, just thinking out loud)
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This show is great but why Jon Snow? :(