(This is all from the standpoint of someone who didn’t spend years watching the show)
I binged the show in less than a month, which was super fun. Yeah the destination wasn’t very good, but I LOVED the journey. From a filmmaking standpoint, it’s an incredible show, with some of the best production value I’ve seen on TV. And the writing is amazing in seasons 1-6. I love how the show was always one step ahead of me. My favorite scene in the show might be scene where The Mountain duels Oberyn Martell, because it’s an example of how great the writing is condensed into one scene. Any other show or movie would have Oberyn get his revenge on the people who raped his sister, then killed her along with her children. But nope, this is Game of Thrones. The way the show throws all the narrative cliches out the window and brilliantly subverts the viewers expectations made me fall in love with the show. It’s shock value, but not just for the sake of shock value. Almost everything had a reason and justification for happening. Obviously, season 8 lacks this, which is why I don’t like it, but it doesn’t take away everything great the show has done in my opinion. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed with the ending, I really am. It wasn’t a matter of choices the characters made, but how those choices were developed. Every choice made in the end could’ve been pulled off, even Dany’s heel turn, but it was just so damn rushed. But the first 6 seasons are a 10/10 (or at least close to it) in my eyes, and even season 7 wasn’t awful. They just didn’t stick the landing, and I don’t believe that ruins everything great the show did.
Submitted September 11, 2021 at 10:10PM by halleberrrry https://ift.tt/3C4Mj9C
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