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I really don't understand why this is so popular. It's boring, horribly slow, the story repeats itself again and again, terrible acting.... Why? Oh I really tryed watching it, thinking "it must be me; it must be good; do your best; make an effort", but I after season 1 I still couldn't find anything that entertained me, not even a bit. It just annoyed me. So just keep the hype going without me!
I can tell you that Game of Thrones is phenomenal, visual beautiful, fantastic, exhilarating and action-packed thrilling rollercoaster that in many ways has not been seen yet in a tv show. I could say that and be absolutely right about it, but unless you have been living under a rock without an internet connection for the past 2 years than no doubt you already heard, seen or read for yourself what a masterpiece the books and/or this tv series is.
Game of Thrones is exactly like the title says: A game for the throne. Played by the people who think its their right to claim, conquer or inherit it. They all have different goals and different ways of getting to that point, but their goal is in essence in one way or another the same for all of them: to be recognized and remembered for their deeds. Off course that is not so weird since everyone in real life at some level thinks like that. But the main characters in Game of Thrones are different, either through noble descent, the power and money they have, intelligence or sheer luck they have become a member of one of the noble houses that rule the countries and can decide the fate and lives of hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of people within the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos.
The story, setting and characters are all taken from a broad range of European history. Most of what we see of the continent Westeros (castles and tournaments) is taken from High Medieval Western Europe from around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. But the story takes bits and pieces from other time periods as well. For example the wildfire that was used in season 2 in a brilliant strategic move of "The Imp" Tyrion Lannister during the Battle of the Blackwater is in fact Byzantine "Greek fire" which was invented and first used in the 7th century during battles between Muslims and Byzantines. This and other historical events, devices and characters based on real people out of history are all as it seems perfectly interwoven into each other into the fictional world of Game of Thrones by the author of the books George R. R. Martin.
For the actors who play the characters i have nothing but utmost respect. The performance they manage to show episode after episode is definitely what makes this tv show so popular. There is one in particular that without a doubt is one of the more popular stars of this tv show: Peter Dinklage who plays the role of "The Imp" Tyrion Lannister. In the 1st season he was portrayed as nothing more than someone who took advantage of his noble status and money to do whatever he wanted. But in season 2 (and hopefully the next seasons too) he transformed despite his disadvantage of being born as a dwarf (who during medieval times and in this fictional world are considered "lesser" humans) into a brilliant military and political strategist and someone who can very good and enjoys as he so very accurately said himself "play the game".
Game of Thrones is without a doubt the hit tv show of this decade. It started out with a story about medieval times, but slowly with every episode we see the world of the Seven Kingdoms transform into a place where mythical creatures exist, magic and dark powers are used as a weapon against enemies and where the dead are once more walking again.... Winter is coming, and i have no doubt it that it will be as spectacular and story-wise phenomenal as we have have seen in the previous seasons.
Seasons 1-4 - Excellent
Season 5 - Meh
Season 6 - Great
Season 7 - Meh
Season 8 - Dumpster fire
Entertaining but cliched and highly overrated. Way too many sex and torture violence exploitation scenes... I can just imagine the producers sitting down with the directors saying I think we need to have some more sex in this episode we haven't had any for over half an hour. Some of the characters have multi dimensions but some of them have one dimension and they are just purely evil people who enjoy torturing others, which is idiotic in my opinion. Very frequently decisions are made by the characters which are illogical and stupid and obviously just have to happen because it makes the story more dramatic... but one feels exploited in moments like these. by in large it is very entertaining and well made but the pituitary fighting scenes are extremely boring and are designed, obviously, for teenage boys. 7/10.
Big loss... it was one of my favourites until sixth season. I really loved it so I'm really disgusted because they basically ruin it... they had a great story, great actors... great all! And at the end they fucked it.
Season 1 was interesting, season 2 was awful, season 3 was not really bad at all. If I would have watched season 2 before season 3, I would have stopped around episode 4 and never watched this show again. Thank the writers for Khaleesi, she's the only reason I continue to watch at this point.
So many plot holes, such horrible writing, boring drama, action is only near the end of each episode as to manufacture a cliff hanger. And the biggest issue I have is the complete ignorance to time. How long does it take to walk, compared to riding, etc? I have 3 seasons of Gotham coming up next, but getting through the next 3 seasons of GOT my be impossible.
I would not recommend this show.
I have never been so bored watching a tv show. Even The Sopranos was better than this, and that was bad!
Funny, in case of Breaking Bad I am actually one of those people claiming it's sort of the best drama in television history and can't understand most of the criticism that it gets from the "haters" (you know the drill).
While in case of Game of Thrones I am on that other side, the "haters" side, I assume.
Generally spoken, I am genuinely interested in plot driven shows where you have a complex society and their circumstances explained to you. In lack of a better example, I enjoyed the anime MAOYU (Maoyuu Maou Yuusha) a lot. It focused on the improvement of society in a middle age like time. That involved for example trades for profit as well as for political pressure or education for the common men to improve the live of all. Compared to GoT it was obviously much simpler but you hopefully get the point that I am not condemning GoT for what it is or tries to be.
I just can't get into this show. I get where it is coming from, the scenery is actually really good, costumes are very well made, some likeable characters but all that is left after watching an episode are the basically countless breasts, some pointless violence, profanity and a lot of confusion due to the cutscenes that you see in every episode and the sheer endless amount of characters. Cutscenes from one house and plot to another. Because of that it feels like it's not moving forward at all and as a watcher I feel tortured and bored to death with all the unnecessary anecdotes, side characters and sideplots not bringing anything to the table.
The whole show tries way too hard and puts too much into the pot to attract as much people as possible. Sex, nudity, portraying women almost only as whores or otherwise pleasure material, incest, profanity, violence, partly even gore, all kinds of characters mixed together, great scenery, outstanding props/environments.
As soon as something starts to make just a bit sense another cutscene and you're left hanging in the air until you forgot where you were or what happend before until you get back, resulting in you not caring for a single or at least most of the characters.
Having partly awful actors doesn't help this show either (the guy playing Viserys Targaryen for example, wow is he bad). Actors who rigidly recite their text with almost no (plausible) emotion in voice or facial ex-pressi-on (basically every private scene of Eddard and King Robert).
In addition it seems like this show is on of those where you have to prepare before watching it to be able to follow it, like reading up on Wikipedia, the books, searching for a relationships chart (which I did, cause I lost track of all the connections pretty fast) and the like.
Concluding I must say as a TV show this one fails big time (for me). It's bad. Really bad.
After watching 5 episodes, that are roughly 5 hours, a sixth of the whole show for now I can't watch another episode.
Getting back to the hater thing, I can't leave this being unsaid: It's a hilariously overrated show.
Maybe I am going to take the risk and read the books instead, in some years when the hype is over. Instead of watching this I rather waste my time on Homeland that picked my interest from the start and was actually able to make me care about the characters.
Worst show of all time. Fantasy garbage with that typical HBO porn trash flare. Pass on it or just hate watch it. Very poor show.
Note of Denial to self : This show ended after S06.
S07 and S08 don't exist.
Out of all the fan theories that circulated over the years, you would be hard pressed to find one that was dumber and more disappointing than what the actual final season turned out to be. You would be better off watching Cats the movie in its place, because then you would at least be able to laugh and cringe rather than feel immeasurable disappointment and emptiness.
If you can stop yourself from watching the entire show, you might do well watching seasons one through seven and picking your favourite fan theory to close out the series. Truthfully, even seasons five, six and seven were weaker than the first half of the show, but at the time it seemed forgivable because of the show's strong beginning and the expectation that everything would tie together nicely at the end.
Those foolish enough to watch to the end will be faced with an experience similar to the five stages of grief and loss as they make their way through the final episodes. Denial that this episode is actually part of the series and not an out of season April Fool's joke. Anger that you let yourself get so invested in this show after refusing to get on the bandwagon for so many years. Bargaining, that these were fake episodes to "subvert your expectations", or that the season could be remade. Depression, that this is actually the real thing and it somehow turned out so poorly. Finally, acceptance. Just an empty feeling, no anger or sadness over increasingly stupid and illogical scenes and outcomes. Just coming to terms with this really being the end of the show and this somehow managing to get released.
It comes together about as well as a project finished in the last hour of the last day before a deadline, despite having had vast resources to pull from over the two preceding years. The only remotely redeemable aspect of the final season is the endless amount of hilarious critical reviews and memes that come at its expense.
As for the rating, it would be unfair to give a give a 1 the entire series as a whole because of the incompetence of the writers in the final season. The series did start strong and everyone involved in the project aside from the writers obviously invested a lot of time and quality work into the show. The acting, music composition, cinematography, editing, visual effects, etc. all ranged from great to amazing.
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...!
Chapeau Breaking bad :)
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
I have seen season 1,2 and 3. But I can't get myself to continue. The series is beautifully made, it really is. But I just can't seem to get into the story.
Keeps definitely keeps me interested. It's getting better every season. But to me - it's not genuine fantasy - it lacks heart. I know this is may sound controversial. But many seasoned fantasy-fans agree.
there has not been a war scene in forever, getting a little boring
anyone know when S4 will air?
Winter is coming..... in less than 24 hours :D
Guys, wait until you see seasons 3 and 4. They're going to be the best seasons of this show, if the book is any indication!
Gonna give this a shot over the weekend. Heard so much about it.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show. I will never watch a show by these creators again.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show. I will never watch a show by these creators again.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show. I will never watch a show by these creators again.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show. I will never watch a show by these creators again.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show. I will never watch a show by these creators again.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show. I will never watch a show by these creators again.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this show I would. Production and actors aside, this show is trash. They had it in the first season but continues to fade and fade each season thereafter. Knowing the highs and lows of the series, having watched it all, it was worse than a waste of time. There are banger and that can't be denied. The bangers do not outweigh the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, sloooooow story lines, and maybe one of the worst endings of all time. Fuck this show.
Advice to you - if you've avoided it this long go watch something else! Fucking watch Lord of the Rings. Fuck this show.
If I could go back in time and not watch this series I would. Production and actors aside this show is ass. It gets you in the first season, fading and fading every season thereafter. Each season has a banger - no denying that. Knowing the highs and lows, having watched the series, fuck this show. The bangers do not make up for the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, long drawn out plots/seasons, and the horrible fucking ending. I legit will never watch another show or movie by these creators. Never.
If I could go back in time and not watch this series I would. Production and actors aside this show is ass. It gets you in the first season, fading and fading every season thereafter. Each season has a banger - no denying that. Knowing the highs and lows, having watched the series, fuck this show. The bangers do not make up for the multiple plot fuck ups, unnecessary grape scenes, long drawn out plots/seasons, and the horrible fucking ending. I legit will never watch another show or movie by these creators. Never.
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.
Was a great show, until it wasn’t.
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?
The Stark mongrels all deserved to be deskinned just as much as all the Lannister subhumans. That's about all I have to say about this show. Sansa Stark may have been the most vile of them all. Everyone knew what the Lannisters were, but she connivingly worked her way into an undeserved seat of power. She should've had her skull bashed in, instead. At the end, the people of color and a woman win two wars and bring peace to the realm, and the whites decide to betray and murder the woman, and tell the people of color that they'll die, if they enforce justice for the murder of their queen. They should've slaughtered all those white mongrel subhumans right there in the dragon pit, starting w/ the Starks.
This show could have been my favorite if it wasn't for the unfortunately bad final season
A a a a a 89
this show is simlply great
Finished series the night it ended.
Honestly one the most brilliant shows of ALL TIME
Plot (Story Arc and Plausibility): 9,2/10
Personal Enjoyment (Premise & Entertainment Value): 9,6/10
Acting (Characters Performance): 10/10
Cinematography (Environment, Setting, and Wardrobe): 10/10
Editing (Pace & Effects): 9,5/10
Music and Sound (Sound Design & Film Score): 10/10
Story (Vision & Execution): 9,9/10
Characters: 10/10
Protagonist: 9/10
Antagonist: 9,5/10
Deuteragonist: 10/10
Ending: 3/10
Season 1. 9/10
Season 2. 10/10
Season 3. 9,3/10
Season 4. 10/10
Season 5. 9/10
Season 6. 9,4/10
Season 7. 9,3/10
Season 8. 6,5/10
Overall Assessment: 9,3/10
Best moments are S1-S6 . Skip s7 and s8
Peak show ( S1-4 are the best piece of media )
This is like Mass effect games. Mostly amazing, sometimes disappointing...with an ending that ruins the entire ride.
The ending is good, actually.
5/5 Rating for the entire series and overall review: A show like this was always going to end in a way that wouldn’t please everyone, but Game of Thrones really polarized viewers and critics alike with how everything got wrapped up. Like Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it became very trendy to just dismiss it all as unequivocally rubbish. But like that infamous Star Wars film, the truth of Game of Thrones is more complicated and not as bad as some say. Overall, this is without a doubt one of the best series ever made, and one I was majorly obsessed with throughout the past decade. Pretty clearly seasons 1-4 and 6 are where most of the best episodes reside. Below is a breakdown of general thoughts about each season.
Season 1
Not one of my favorites until years later when a rewatch with perspective on where the show went reveals a restrained, wonderfully written introductory season with complex, developed characters and increasingly dramatic political deceptions in the second half that gives way to the more anarchic and scattered later seasons. 10/10 Best episode: Baelor
Season 2
Has a lot of strengths and also ups the brutality from season 1, especially in the first half of the season. I love how dark and increasingly fantasy-centered this season is, with an incredible battle episode to cap it off. However, I have to deduct a point for butchering the amazing Danaerys in the House of the Undying scene from the second book, A Clash of Kings, and the muddled climax to Jon’s storyline where he gets captured by the wildings, which is far more exciting in the book. 9/10 Best episode: Blackwater
Season 3
The fan favorite, this fantastic season sets up the increased action and face-offs that’re plentiful in season 4. The Rob Stark storyline and tragic ending to him and his mother is heart wrenching, and I absolutely love all the amazing Icelandic scenery throughout. I don’t like the Theon dungeon scenes in the middle episodes, but everything else being so perfect still means this is a 10/10 season. Best episode: tied with The Rains of Castamere and Kissed by Fire.
Season 4
Perhaps the juiciest season yet, comprising of the climactic second half of A Storm of Swords, the best book of all five. Suffice it to say, there are numerous highlights across nearly all episodes, especially involving Tyrion Lannister. Really no weak moments aside from maybe 1-2 random scenes. The season that cemented the show as one of the all-time greats. 10/10 Best episode: The Lion and the Rose, with The Mountain and the Viper, The Laws of Gods and Men, The Children, and The Watchers on the Wall as runner-ups.
Season 5
Oof, this season was a doozy which began the second half of the series with fallout from all that happened in seasons 3 and 4. 5 here meanders around from one miserable nightmare of an episode to another, including Sansa and Theon's storylines, Jon Snow and what eventually happens to him, and Stannis and his daughter. The only real highlight is Hardhome, and I suppose the final scene in the following episode with Drogon escaping captivity in the gladiator arena. 8/10 Best episode Hardhome, duh.
Season 6
The other side of the coin that was season 5. Season 6 is a monumental achievement, finally doing away with the unnecessary “sexposition” and rivaling 4 for being an amazing climax of a season with one highlight episode after another. Sure the Arya storyline is weak, but literally everything else is excellent. High 10/10 with Hold the Door, Battle of the Bastards, and The Winds of Winter all tied for best episode in the season and basically of the whole series.
Season 7
Aaaand here’s where it starts to go downhill. But there are still some amazing moments to be found! The Loot Train Attack and Lady Olenna’s final appearance are without question two of the finest scenes of the entire series. The Beyond the Wall episode is full-on fantasy schlock, but at least it’s fun and enjoyable to watch so I don’t mind. I also like how the extended season finale emphasized character interactions and development, which was very interesting to watch. 7/10 Best episode The Spoils of War
Season 8
A shaky final season with filler episodes and some bewildering climactic episodes too. The Long Night was well executed, but felt anticlimactic after just how much the show built up the white walkers, and they don’t even fight any humans the whole time! The real problem though is with The Bells, a miserable slog where Dany suddenly decides to be a violent mass murderer because seeing the capital of King's Landing made her crazy? Why didn’t she just fly over there and burn it down with Cersei inside and then declare herself queen, instead of doing what she ended up doing. I’ve heard some say she was slowly getting crazy but we didn’t notice, like making her dragons execute people, but come on. It’s an insane jump to go from executing traitorous prisoners of war to slaughtering a city of innocent people. And Grey Worm immediately joining in on it is even more far-fetched. I don’t know, all of that just didn’t work for me. It was well done on a technical level, but I just did not buy the writing on The Bells. The final episode I actually like, call me crazy. Was a nice breather after all the aforementioned craziness, the dragon melting the iron throne was a series highlight, and I thought where all the characters were left was satisfying. I rate this season 6/10 with the best episode being the series finale, The Iron Throne.
Top 25 episodes ranked: 1. Battle of the Bastards 2. Hardhome 3. The Door 4. The Winds of Winter 5. Baelor 6. The Lion and the Rose 7. Blackwater 8. The Mountain and the Viper 9. The Spoils of War 10. The Rains of Castamere 11. You Win or You Die 12. Kissed by Fire 13. The Laws of Gods and Men 14. The Children 15. And Now His Watch is Ended 16. A Golden Crown 17. The Watchers on the Wall 18. Oathkeeper 19. The Wolf and the Lion 20. First of His Name 21. Two Swords 22. Book of the Stranger 23. Winter is Coming 24. The Queen’s Justice 25. Second Sons
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.
first few seasons are an 11/10, just astounding world building and enthralling characters. the ending definitely screws the pooch and frankly almost ruins the entire thing, but it's still worth a watch
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Seasons 1 to 4 were arguably among the best TV ever created. But the show steadily went downhill after they went past the books and it became clear the writers were in way over their heads. Seasons 5 and 6 were decent, season 7 was bad, and season 8 was one of the worst seasons of television ever put to screen. Just unbelievable. D & D should seriously rethink their career choices after that finale.
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!
I watched the first 3 season's when they came out as well as reading the first two books, this show and the books are overhyped and complete non-sense. Now I've given it a chance and watched all 8 seasons, and my opinion of the show is the same... each season has 1-2 episodes that are good with both action and solid story telling... GOT for me is a fantastic character study with very bad and bland world building.
I honestly wish I liked it more, but it doesn't hit a standard of writing I'm use to with fantasy realms like this.
If it wasn't for the last season, this could have been the goat.
After season 1 I couldn't get back into it. I didn't like how season 1 ended and it was hard to continue watching season 2 because it was a bit boring. After a few years and seeing others praise this show so much I wanted to see what it was about. It was hard to get through season 2, but it was worth it. The seasons afterwards were amazing. This is one of my favorite shows now and I'm glad I've finished it.
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Excellent until season 8 (words)
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!
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
Typical period piece drama, slow, lackluster and with many replaceable actors.
Nothing special to see here unless you enjoy simpler entertainment
well gotta rewatch this shit
It really hooks you on. The story, the characters.. Everything was perfect, until the end got too confusing me to handle, no idea why they eventually decided to go that way with the ending. Anyways it was a blast watching this.
They managed... by the gods, they managed to fuck it up!
I didn't give this show a chance until recently because I've never been a huge fan of the genre and I heard the last season sucked. What a mistake! A little context - I tend to like dramas like Mad Men or Better Call Saul. I despise shows that have limited backdrops (zombies, vampires, etc) and I've never been a fan of movies like Lord of the Rings.
Season 1:
The opening scene of the first episode gives you a false idea about what the next several seasons are about. The season is generally good and then late in the season you get your first feel for how the series is going to go for you.
Seasons 1 - 4:
The show settles in to a nice pace and there are ebbs and flows along the way. Some storylines are better than others but I can say there are few bad scenes
Season 5:
I started to get a bit itchy. The season is very good but because there are so many storylines it feels like the plot is moving forward ever so slowly. This series really could have gone on forever if they wanted it to.
Season 6:
We start to see the end in site and storylines start to converge (or end)
Season 7:
And then it happens. All of the sudden the episodes went from "this is really good" to me wondering if I could call in sick tomorrow because I want to binge the rest of the season. It really is that breathtaking. It really was a joy to see the storylines come together and to see actors who had not acted together in the series working together. But more importantly, you began to see the results of all of the setup that had been done in the previous seasons. There is probably a stretch of 10 - 12 straight episodes that are just ridiculously good.
Season 8:
There are few shows where you feel like you are losing an old friend when it ends and this show ended up being that for me. I could not imagine that I would ever feel that way about it. Anyway, I can't fathom why this season is so reviled. The finale was only "good" given how poor series finales tend to be I was happy with that. The ways that the stories wrapped up were true to the overall series. I can't imagine what people expected - more fighting? The show was never about that. Anyway, I felt a huge weight off of my shoulders during a certain episode ended - I can imagine that others did as well. It may not have reached the heights of Season 7 but it was still really good.
Overall I would put this series in the same place as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul.
Cast 10/10
Storytelling 10/10
Characters 10/10
Video Prouduction/Cut 10/10
Environment 5/5
Conclusion 3/5
Without season 8 = 96%
Brilliant and unmissable show until the final season where they wrecked years of work. final season seemed rushed and botched, disappointing.
The first 6.5 seasons were really great, often truly amazing. The last 1.5 seasons were poor. The last 1 season was terrible. The last 0.5 season was just an utter disappointment that made me really sad. Overall, still one of the best TV series in the world.
Perfect series but the 8th season is a huuuuuge disappointment
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.
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It can be x rated so if you have younglings censor. Otherwise one of the best shows ever. even though its not based on any real kingdom from days of old it did seem a bit familiar. FX were incredible, the acting superb. Peter Dinkage / Tyrion Lanaster was excellent in this, I had seen him before in a few things but had no idea he could act on this level.
Even though I understand why it ended the way it did, I hated the ending and think they could have done it differently. Nonetheless, this is a top notch series and should be on your must watch list. Spoiler it is graphic castles knights skewering knights, brothels, full nudity frequently, but magical and some of the best dragon effects and battle effects Ive seen.
I hoped the show isn't over, but the winter is coming.
absolutely the most amazing show ever!
good, entertaining, but flawed and disappointing at the messy end. this show is good but nowhere near as good as the ratings suggest. 7/10 max.
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First 4 seasons, perfect narrative, dialogue and consequence. 10/10. Seasons 5 and 6, complete dip in all around quality with enough published foreshadowing and plot points from George to get by. 7/10. Seasons 7 and 8, dumpster fire with zero narrative consequences, no consistent character action nor any redeemable arc conclusions. The cinematography and production earns the entirety of the final seasons 4/10. Impossible to give this "complete" story anything above a 7. Completely betrays the characters and the audience.
Great show! Ending pretty bad but great overall! 7/10
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.
I love to be watching this right now
Fantastic show! I recommend not skipping any episodes. Put on your seatbelt and hang on!
For me, it's the best show ever even with the sharp decline after they ran out of original source material
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No matter how it ended. It would still be one of the Greatest shows ever. First in my top ten.
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'
Trainwreck...
(Don't mind me, just thinking out loud)
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!!!!
This was a fabulous show.
Great show and addictive loved it
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and the icy horrors beyond.
While this fantasy stuff isn't usually my cup of tea, I have to admit I absolutely loved seasons 1-7. Too bad they rushed the final season. This series deserved a way better ending than what it got...
I am definitely late to the Game of Thrones game, but I just watched it in its entirety, and I was underwhelmed I suppose. After hearing so many glaring praises, I believe I hyped it up too much in my head. Don't get me wrong, it is a really really solid show. Cinematography and musical scores are incredible from start to finish. The plot is complex and pushes boundaries in the fantasy genre. HOWEVER, let's be real, the first season is pretty slow and confusing. At other times throughout the eight seasons it does slow to a crawl. Maybe it has more to do with my general disinterest in the fantasy genre, but I found it hard to get invested and stay invested the entire time throughout the series. There were undoubted high points. There were undoubted "page turners" that made me wanting more. But at no point was I hooked to the point of thinking this show was "amazing" like so many people built it up to be. Not to mention the ending. The show got substantially worse once the show creators ran out of book source material, but that ending was simply not good. Hard to call a whole show "amazing" when it falls off so hard by the end. Overall, solid show, but will definitely be better if you are interested in the genre or have read the books.
Average Season Review: 8.19/10
Recommendation - At Least Give it a Whirl (for Fantasy Genre Fans)
EDIT (After Spin-off House of the Dragon: Season 1)
The spin off was good. As someone that was never fully in love with Game of Thrones, and believed the original show took a bit to get going, I never expected this one to immediately hit the upper tier of GoT seasons. I am curious where the plot builds to in future seasons!
Average Season Review: 8.17/10
Totally Awesome i luv it
I hope they make some more Game of Thrones episodes.I never get sick of watching Game of thrones this show and the creatures they made up are plain awesome and we all want more
I watche every season,im a big fan
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