The episode could be summed up by a great quote from someone somewhere
“The night is dark and full of errors”
This episode is was actually a lot better visually wise when the lighting is fixed.
Still kind of cringy/obnoxious watching Jamie die like 7 times…
My brain would hurt trying to write down every logical thing that doesn’t make sense O_o
Good on a technical level (apart from the terrible lighting) but some of the worst written stuff in the show.
So the battle of the bastards is still the best fight in this show so far. (Edit: still is)
I don't see why everyone is so upset w/ this episode. I really don't see their complaints as valid, as this was the culmination of everything everyone had fought for. It was an incredibly epic episode, albeit a big long.
I rate episodes according to the number of tears and shivers. Right, time to drink five glasses of water!
the most stressful episode in tv ever.
The cinematography was amazing in this episode. The yellow light from the fire in the dark was beautiful. I really liked the ending as well. They know how to build suspense haha
The episode doesn't make sense! What a bunch of absurdities I just watched! Oh, Jupiter! The only good thing I can tell is the special effects and the cinematography. Fascinating! But the argument doesn't make much sense, and the fact that Arya appears from nothing to do what she did at the end is just dumb and stupid. Also, what's the point of putting female warriors? Like, come on, right? Brienne can be accepted, but Lyanna Mormont, and then Arya Stark? Well, the episode wasn't too bad after all because of some scenes that were worth it to watch, like the love between Sansa and Tyron, and the part where Clegane gets rid of his pessimism. But, who knows, maybe in the next episode these absurdities are explained. But for now, they don't make sense at all. Seemed like an episode of the Walking Dead (laughs). The only reason this episode was not a 2 is because of the special effects, the cinematography, the soundtrack, and a couple of scenes. If Arya behaved normal and remained in the crypt, like her sister, this episode could have been an 8. That's why it's a 5 instead.
Sansa Stark: "The most heroic thing we can do now is look the truth in the face."
This episode in blu-ray has a much higher proportion, the images are much more noticeable and clear, unlike the streaming that sacrifices everything. Second time I watch it in BD and it only enriched my experience even more. The open plans are beautiful and you could see perfectly the battle in the sky between the dragons (one of the best and most tense moments of the episode).
I continue to find this war all too intense and unpredictable. And that is why the outcome seems too easy. After all, it was eight seasons building the threat from the White Walkers and the Night King. As much as it is praiseworthy and exciting for Arya to be the person to kill him, this bittersweet taste remains in my mouth.
I'm sorry for everyone who fell... Jorah, Lyanna, Edd... Theon, who was very brave. And I'm sorry for Melisandre. Her last scene is impressive. And it surprises me because she committed one of the most cruel acts in the series, which was the cowardly murder of Shireen. But still, the character managed to grow on me.
Putting aside the problem with the cinematography, this was as good, if not better, as any previous action-packed penultimate episode. You could feel the despair.
Definitely the absolute worst episode of game of thrones. One massively long, boring and stupidly illogical battle scene designed for teenage boys. Pointless waffle heavy in manipulation of the viewer... 1/10. Watch the last 5 minutes, you'll miss nothing. Yawn.
My favourite episode out of all the seasons! The Night King score is next level!
let's pretend like i didn't break my no got rules but
JORAH GOING OUT SAD. THEON GOING OUT SAD. NIGHT KING GOING OUT SAD.
ARYA. STARK.
say hello to the best episode of game of thrones
They made Jon looks so useless
I'm still hoping that THAT battle with the white walkers didn't just end up in one episode. The build up was so long, like seasons long, and I wished the battle was maybe 2 episodes max. Ugh. Idk.
Epic! I will never forget that!
The strategy they chose was perhaps not the best but it seems to me that on the emotional level the episode worked, showing the chaos of battle in an appropriate way. It is a great pity that Lyanna and Jorah Mormont were killed, there were too few scenes with Lyanna, and from what I know from spoilers, Jorah's death contributed to Dany's madness.
So... am I the only person who gets bored to tears of these fighting episodes?
well I have to say this is one of the best episodes I have ever seen. it's one of the few shows that has me clinging to my emotions. action packed, eventful and a joy to watch. best episode so far.
What a great episode!!! If only we could have seen a damn thing, with all the darkness and the cold mist and the blurry action scenes... :unamused:
Also... fighting an army of undead? Shelter the women and children in a cemetery!! Brilliant idea :thumbsup:
When Jon is rounded by all those new resurrected enemies they're at a few steps from him and the scene changes. When it comes back to Jon and the deaths, the enemies are far from him and he can face them 1vs1 (more or less). Also their number looks lower. Then comes the dragon... same old script.
Also: when someone is in danger you already know that a friend will come at the very last for a save.
Amazing episode. Definitely in Top 5 of all time.
So many deaths...
I cried when Jorah died.
Really a masterpeace!!! I can't think this season is the last one…
What the fuck is with this episode. I cant see shit!! Very dark
Cool spectacle, but... So. Much. Plot. Armor. And they handled the NK in the worst way possible.
Last good episode of GoT, I'm calling it right now.
that's it? was that the long night? I've had nights longer than that
This is the most disappointing season of the entire series. First two episodes were a complete failure followed by the worst of all episodes that I have ever watched in the series so far. S08E03 was supposed to be something that can give an insight about The Night King's intention but he didn't speak a single word, and I have no idea what Bran is doing in the story if he has nothing to offer.
Even Hodor's death in season six explained about his past. That episode alone was way more emotional and intense than this entire disgusting season.
The worst part of all is the death of Night King, I expected something more meaningful form his departure after all he was the centre point of the entire series since the first episode of the series.
This YouTube video makes E04 more interesting and delivers true justice to Night King https://youtu.be/k7m6HP95EDM
After waiting this long to see this battle it would have been really nice to SEE IT.
Great directing, but extremely poor writing. Disappointed.
I liked the episode and all but I really wanted this war against the dead to be how the show ended. that would make more sense to me because of how the show started. and what's up with almost everybody surviving it??? is this the same show that just went and killed ned stark????
So it looks like lots of people think it was the best or worst episode ever. I think it had its flaws, it's definitely not perfect, some things were huge disappointment, but it was a great episode and the good part, the overall atmosphere and some intense moments make up for it. It's been a long time since I've been so caught up in a tv show episode. That's something unique that can only come with time and growth. The time spent reading the books, the delight at the show annoucement, the dread at the idea that they might fuck it up, even worse, that it would be good but get axed because not enough people like it, seeing the result, the phenomenon it became, then several seasons, the whole time spent with these characters, then years seeing them, thinking about them, talking about them. That's something that's impossible to recreate in a single movie no matter how good it is. And this one is even more special as the books aren't finished yet. (Will they ever be though ? Didn't the show killed the books ?)
1) The darkness
So obviously it's too dark. That's the one thing I got spoiled from multiple sources before watching it. So yeah, it's a shame with all the money put into it, and as the culmination of 8 seasons hyping, even more as I started reading the books maybe 15 years ago, that we can't really enjoy the action that much. But it's perfect for the beginning. The tension, the waiting, the darkness, the deads are coming, they know they'll probably all be dead come morning, most of them haven't really seen the enemy yet, it's still part of legends, and still they are waiting for the attack, not even able to see where the enemy is. And when they're fighting, there's the extra confusion of combat and the blizzard. It might have been weird if all the fighting action was all crystal clear afterwards. I mean we're probably seeing much more than what people fighting there would actually see. That's less glamorous but that adds a lot to the desperation feeling it's supposed to convey.
2) The start of the battle
The battle in itself is ok. The wait is great. Melisandre setting the weapons on fire is a great start, making for great visuals and a huge "it's gonna be epic" feeling. Why not do it for everybody though ? What follows made no sense at all, why would you charge into the enemy before you can even see him when you're supposed to defend the place ?? But I guess Dothrakis are not really good defenders so... That also rendered the catapult useless, and they were never used again afterwards, why ? It did a great job darkening the mood a little further though, so the result it perfect. Though how awesome would it have been if the first wave was the dead Dothrakis already raised ?
The first wave is perfectly in line, just an overwhelming number of corpses throwing themseves on the defenders. It's not a fight, you can't see anything, there's no room to swing your weapon, just an unending wave of deads crashing into them. Again, it's perfectly in line with the feeling this battle is supposed to convey. They're not fighting to win anyway, they're jsut there to win some time. Then comes the only thing that works, dragons clear the field and the fighting can start. And yes, there should be a lot more deads and a lot more dragons breathing fire at them here... But one could accept that the blizzard is an effective anti dragon weapon and is there for this purpose (and not only for preventing us to see anything of the action).
Then the retreat into the castle walls, where you can see the Unsullied doing their job (contrary to all the rest of the troops, if we assume new deads are coming at the same rate, they're doing an amazing job at stopping them and enduring the assault. Makes you wonder why they were not put to better use than just cobering the retreat of lesser troops. Light the trenches! is the new Hold the door! At last some tactics in this battle, otherwise it looked like they were totally unprepared.And the tension again here, Melisandre's doubt and the ignition is a great scene.
3) The dragons and the army of the dead
Huge letdown. The dragons are the one thing that works in the battle, and... they don't do anything for 95% of it. When they do it's great, but they're hardly used. The whole thing is not really called Game of thrones, it's called A song of ice and fire, it's about this one moment, the confrontation of dragons and the white walkers. The dragon are idle, and we don't see a single white walker fighting ! Also there's only one giant ? And no other weird creature.
And the dragon battle was unwatchable. When the ice dragon first attacks it just looks like a 60's Godzilla movie.
Jon: Basically useless. He's supposed to be the savior, he does nothing. Not quite sure what happens to his dragon. One cool scene though, trying to avoid the ice dragon was pretty cool. You expect an awesome fight to happen at some point, but that never comes. Obviously couldn't die (again).
It was great to see Ghost before the battle, then... I don't think we see him again outside of this shot :/
Daenerys: At least her dragon had some use. Can't say any of her scenes is specially good. The fire attack on the night king was a good moement, but you don't believe for a second it would work. And why why why would she stay on the ground and almost lose the dragon ? Obviously couldn't die either.
4) The rest of the battle
Afterwards it's more individual stories than ranged battle. It's hard to say what the turn of the battle is, and it has almost no interest. The people fighting are pretty low in numbers. It's hard to say if it's because all the others are dead or not. No idea where all the Unsullied have gone for instance. There are no white walkers or anything other than grunt deads, so no occasion for main characters to display their skills, except for one giant. When we see known faces they are usually surrounded, but still, the quantity of wights seem pretty low. In the middle there's the expected raising of the deads scene, which is greatly in sync with the We're fucked! theme of the episode, and it was done at a great moment. Though at this point it looks like there's nothing much left, whether living or dead.
Arya: She has three big scenes and they are all magnificent. Seeing her fight is so much better than the knight and she's even more efficient. The library scene is pretty weird but awesome. How the hell is there a place so quiet in the middle of this ? But again mad display of skills and huge tension in the scene. And obviously, killing the night king. People complain but she was uniquely suited for that. She's a professional assassin. She could have died doing it, but I've been betting on the faceless men getting rid of her for betrayal for a while. If it doesn't happen before the end, I'll be hugely disappointed.
Jamie: Useless here. How could he survive. He should have died defending Brienne. But I'll bet on Bronn next episode instead.
Brienne: Useless here. How could she survive ?
Melisandre: Could have done more in the fight but has two great scene. Has done her job and just let go. OK.
Sam: Useless here. How could he survive ? Though he's basically the one thing justifying Jon's lineage, so there's that.
Lyanna Mormont: Every scene she has since she appeared she's the pure incarnation of the North, badass in everything, so commanding despite being a child. She does not disappoint here. Great scene. And great way to die.
Jorah: Mildly useful, does his job. Did anybody expect him to die in any other way than defending Daenerys ?
Clegane: Meh But he can't die, he needs to fight his brother in King's Landing.
Others: Who cares ? TheyBeric does a good job, but he was never that important anyway.
5) The crypt and the godswood
Obviously the crypts and people hiding are not the most interesting part of he episode Though what a bad idea. This was so obvious. A little disappointed, since the previous episode where they said they were going to the crypts I kinda hoped for a headless Ned cameo.
Sansa: Not her moment, maybe she should have died here to give it a little importance. It's not like she'll be going to King's landing anyway.
Tyrion: Some witty remarks as usual, that's it Couldn't die. I kinda hope he's the one who kills Cersei. Could be meaninglessly killed by Bronn, but I think he would go for Jaime first.
Defending Bran should have been a central point, why leave that to Theon and a few guys ? Apart from a very few, the fight is not about individuals so it's kind of a waste to have the heroes in the middle of a lost battle. All the best individual fighters should have been protecting Bran, they would have been more efficient there and could have had an awesome fight with the white walkers instead of hacking grunts.
Bran: Wtf man ! He goes all warg and you think "That's it, use your powers, do something!" And then... nothing. Not even a confrontation or some words with the night king. He litterally does nothing. Biggest disappointment by far.It's hard to be sure how important he is, but if he night king wants him that much he probably is. Hard to believe it though.
Theon: Meh, not sure he needed to be given that much importance. Sure he's probably the character that suffered the most, physically and morally, during the whole show, with highly conflicting loyalties, but for me the show never captured that copared to the book. He always felt secondary. So this redemption scene feels too cliche, with Bran telling him he's been a good boy. That's basically Bran whole action by the way.
The night king: Expected a better confrontation with Bran. I found almost ridiculous the way he walked after confronting Jon, you could almost see him singing lalala while jumping around, that was weird. I'm ok with the way he died, but very disappointed with his actions as the main villain. Well two good shots when he resist dragon fire (how ?) and the raising. Still a little lacking.
6) The final scene
The whole final scene is a great moment. Death everywhere, the impending doom, the atmosphere, the music! The music was perfect.
7) And ater ?
3 episodes left. We know we still need to fight Cersei and see who ends up on the throne, but it seems so... petty ? compared to this episode. I'm not saying prolonging this battle would have been a better call, and finishing it on a cliffhanger would have been worse, having to wait one week for the ending would have killed all the atmosphere the episode created, it would have killed it. I have lots of critics, but making it a 1h20 episode with the complete battle was probably the best thing to do. That's what made this episode so absorbing. I thought the two first, though great, were kinda wasting a short season time, and at the same time now, I'm wondering what can really happen in the three that are left. It feels like this should have been a bigger part of the season, but also that it probably would have failed if it tried to.
Just watched it for the second time now and I really must say that I don't think I've seen anything like it on TV yet. Pure masterpiece!
Assuming there's no twist (still hopeful there is), episode 8x03 The Long Night has ruined the whole series for me.
The episode was action pact from start to finish and well done if one uses their imagination since visually one couldn't actually see a great deal!
For the bulk of the key players to be on the front line/thick of it and survive what was an onslaught/annihilation and the night king felled so easily by arya stark smells of typical american BS!
This was the most EPIC battle in the GOT series. The best episode EVER!!!!
I couldn't breathe properly for the whole episode.
And yes ARYA had to be the one to kill the Night King. It was so satisfactory!
That move was so COOL!
This episode ruined GOT for me. It was the best show until S3, then it went downhill with a few exceptions. I wanted to review the entire series to get the nuances, but they ended it with Aryas’ invisibility cloak, stealth superpowers and her Thanos little ice picker. Build up the entire Night King menace for this ridiculous end battle. Mediocre choice to boost a thus far unimpressive female character.
Best TV Episode EVER! My heart rate spiked the entire show
Ridiculous episode with so many idiotic "ideas". I don't remember the last time I hated TV shows like this episode. (And I didn't like very much the last two seasons.)
I don't think I can say anything new on this page, why I hated it... but...
I don't understand why must see so many high rating about this awful episode, after when we see so many inconsequent, illogical things. Open your minds and eyes!
I'm not a big fan season 6&7 but I enjoyed those... after that I see this episode and I think it's the biggest disappointment for me ever. (Of course only in entertainment.)
It's like an average bad superheroes movie.
It's not TV. It's HBO.
The absolute worst episode of GoT, no question. Murky visuals and woeful plot, full of holes, apart from the main characters' plot armor, which is invulnerable. The Last Jedi of GoT.
10/10 cinematography
6/10 plot
Seven seasons of a great threat just to use it as a resource to balance Dany's army with Cersei's army.
Couldn't see shit but okay... Keep your secrets.
An acheivement in cinematography, effects, music and MOTHER****ING TENSION. You can literally feel chills everywhere while watching this new masterpiece of television. A huge production, long hours and a lot of rehearsal made this episode a cinematic (yet unnecesarily too dark in terms of photography) experience like no other.
Almost everything from cinematography, sound design, actors to set design ist world class! This episode had some of the best shots I have ever seen in a TV show, period. BUT the writing was complete and utter shit. Following the trend of season 7, D&D decided to wrap up the story as quickly as possible without spending any thought in writing a script that is worth being called a "Game of Thrones" episode.
I love this show, and am writing this because I care about it so much. Along with many other people in this thread, I had some issues with story decisions made in this episode. Killing all the white walkers makes no sense to me, and here are the reasons...
Other than the White Walkers, there were a few other points I had...
I loved the tension through the whole episode. Gave some spots to recoup and recharge. The light from the Dothraki swords going out was a great spectacle. Felt very Helms Deep. It was truly an amazing production. The music, the action, the pauses between fights. So well done. However, the episode's decision to ignore all of what the series built up since the beginning felt like lazy writing, and didn't really feel like what Game of Thrones has been.
Wow, this has to be the worst GoT episode period. First of all, everything was so dark that I barely saw anything. Most scenes were also done very sloppy and just with lots of movement so you couldn't even see what the hell was going on.
The story itself was also very thin, with huge gaps in how stuff can happen. I mean, how did Arya reach the Night King so quickly and unnoticeable while moments before she was near the Crypt and almost died handling a couple of white walkers. And how can it be that the army of the dead somehow obliterates the complete army of the seven kingdoms except the unsullied, which makes all of them join in as we know, but then just a couple of hundred of 'our heroes' are able to fight of all of them and most survive?
The biggest flaw is when Danaerys first was able to put the Night King into the flames, he then got out, raised the dead, her dragon got caught, Jon tried to kill him but was stopped by that army which he magically was able to fight off all hundreds of them, but just as he's about to die Danaerys comes along with her dragon again and somehow is able to put them all into a ball of fire again. Very conveniently not possible during the 2 minutes that Jon tried to track down the Night King. And then Arya somehow sneaks past everything and even the Night King doesn't notice (are you kidding me?) but just as she's about to strike him, he has one of his ultra reflexes, but fails to notice the Valaryan steel knife falling out of her left hand and into her right hand.
Damnit, ever since they caught up with the books and had to create the storyline themselves, it went downhill, but this was by far the worst episode ever. It's only because I 'invested' 7 seasons before and I know it's only a couple more that I will finish it, but otherwise this would be me saying goodbye to a series that started off as one of the better series in a long time.
No tension, filler scenes with absurd shaky and dark camera shots where literally nothing can be made out of, horrible plotting and a weird way to end with a The Pianist like score while action is going on. GoT has lost it, big time.
What did Jon do in this episode?
1. Dragon surfed and missed most of The battle.
2. Fell of the dragon, leaving dany to save him - leaving walkers to attack drogon - leaving drogon to leave dany - leaving Jorah saving dany and die.
3. Playing peekaboo with the ice dragon.
How is Sam alive? Maybe tears are some sort of weapon.
Of course every character that died had its moment. The hero moment.
Im sad to say that i dont really care about the characters anymore.
This is not really game of thrones, this is fan service
Somehow the stupidity of the Walking Dead made its way to Game of Thrones. Awful episode. It felt cheap and so Hollywood. Incredibly disappointing and anticlimactic.
most epic battle scene everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. just WOW! amazing. i'm not gonna carry on talking because i'll end up giving away some things (spoilers) so just shhh!
Fair but incredibly anticlimactic, all of that buildup and hype over the years just wasted in one episode like this, disappointing doesn't even begin to describe it. sigh
Dark! I mean literally. I'm like 30cm away from the screen just to make sense of what's behind the darkness.
Great effects but poor pooor poor poooooooor script. Loved certain moments. the ending was ?
When i ad "totally ninja" other series / episodes. .. What am i thought? THIS EPISODE WAS THE BEST EVER! loved it so much but...
...dragons : why ? Why they came to late?
...archers: saw the zombies are came in the firewall and do nothing. The firewall faild and the archers came. What the fuck is wrong with them?
Night king is died. And? Cercei? Bitch pls. Arya kill her too...
not Long Night, but Long Nails
Have to agree the I was a bit disappointed by this episode.. 7 Seasons leading up to the Attack by The Night King and they kill him in the first battle?? Talk about an anticlimax... feels to me that this is a case of the writer's needing to close out a lot of stuff in this season and basically the night Kitten winter coming and all of that needed to get done by the third episode so that they can deal with the situation between Cersei etc. Bit of a shame really and maybe they should have stopped typing up winter's coming and the night King a few seasons ago.
Personally I would have done it the other way round and have had the Seven Kingdoms sorting their stuff out earlier in this season and then ending with several episodes dealing with the night King. Anyway let's see how the rest of the season goes.
YES ARYA!! FINALLY!!
I was losing all kind of hope and then she killed that mutherfucker.
When the Dothrakis started the fight and Khaleesi saw how they were dying, things got out of control.
The darkness, the fear, the stress, too much was happening at the same time.
It was beautiful and well done. This episode is worth of being seen more than once time.
Now I want to see how they kick Cersi's ass and who's going to be the King or Queen of the Seven Kindoms.
I liked the episode but I'm a bit dissapointed as well.... as mentioned in other comments you see some heroes surrounded and next scene they're not anymore (example when Jon rushes the NK and gets surrounded from every side by reanimated dead ... next scene you see him fighting them but he isn't surrounded anymore... how?
Also still find they hyped the battle and the dead so much in past seasons just to let the NK die in such a weird (may I say stupid? ) way. He still has an army of thousands and still he decided to enter the castle and go for Bran personally? Why not wait outside where it's safe with his army and let his leuitenants bring Bran to him....
Also seriously such a waste of the Dorthraki and the catapults.... Let them charge into the pitch black and get slaughtered and let's only fire the catapults in the beginning of the battle.... Why not position the catapults behind the army and keep shooting?
Overall enjoyed the episode while watching but at the same time I'm a bit confused.
Eh wtf is this? Despite the huge hype for this episode it's probably the most dumbest, hilarious retarded shit I've ever seen. They literally killed their own infantry by sending Dothraki tribe first into the dark. Nice tactic, well played.
They could've lightened up the area with something to see what's coming instead of getting butchered like pigs. They had all the time in the world before the war and all they could come up with is a narrow burning trench? They already know there are lots of undead and no one saw that coming? So scared that they forgot to plan their defenses properly??
Jon and Dany, fuck were they doing so far away on the mountain top? They could've done some recon using the dragons or something, instead chose to watch lmfao.
How in the hell did Arya sneak up behind the night king without getting caught? The undead made up the path only to let The Night King in, if she were that invisible then she wouldn't have much problem escaping the undead previously in the library. It would've made more sense if she's up on the tree.
And Jon tries to close the distance between him and the dragon only to fucking shout at it?Without even trying to attack? Wtf was he expecting?
This is Game of Thrones we are talking about, not some B grade crap wth, totally disappointed.
This was just an absolute MASTERPIECE in tension building, I was literally holding my breath for almost the entire episode. ARYA is the true queen <3
This ep was a huge disappointment. Red women coming out of nowhere and her part to set swords on fire (why they used steel swords anyway...) and she light up the line of defense, while John sitting on a dragon... magicaly evryone survives... and so on... 2/5 just because CGI.
I don't understand why is everybody complaining about the light. I saw everything. Buy some glasses.
It was all leading to this and they did not disappoint. I was literally on the edge of my seat. There are no words to describe the power of this episode. I'm exhausted but so so happy. 11/10
So there was this skirmish in very bad lighting at night. Some people died in the very bad lighting. Then they all got better in the very bad lighting. Then they died again once Arya proved just how kickass a small package can be...as long as that package has good night vision.
The whole army being slaughtered while Bran is playing video games with ravens... but oh well.. 10/10
This was the role that Arya Stark had been training for since S01E01 - the role of the unseen assassin. Even the night king with all his power could not see her for what she was. Excellent episode.
This has been epic and inimitable
Wow people complaining about NK death need to watch or rewatch Arya in season 6.
A great spectacle, but far from a great GoT episode. Battle scenes are dull at the best of times, and this was one of the best. And it was, like every other battle scene, dull. A leaf taken from The Walking Dead when it comes to ridiculous plot armour. Disappointing ending to the whole "Winter is Coming" threat - like everything since Benioff and Weiss took over the direction of the story, it all unfolded too fast.
For the first 10 minutes I might as well have been staring at a blank screen, it was so hard to see anything. Had to bump the brightness up so everything looked dayglo.
Beautiful music towards the end, and a lovely final shot.
WOW!
(That's all I wanted to say but there is a 5 word minimum)
Very disappointing episode. This is supposed to be a medieval fantasy genre not world war Z. Should have shown some scenes of Cersei getting and requesting info about the battle in winterfell from her spies there. Basically a zombie episode not a game of thrones one. Hope last 3 goes back to the mix of battle, politics, strategy and romance.
What a terrible episode, too dark to see anything, probably to hide the bad CGI, Arya oneshotting the big bad boss with her OP teleporting powers, music was obnoxiously repetitive at many parts, stupid battle tactics etc etc. the list of stupid things in this episode is endless.
[6.5/10] This one was a real disappointment for me. It's not like there aren't high points there. Arya's badassery is rousing, Theon and Jorah's deaths are meaningful and affecting, and everyone from The Hound to Tyrion and Sansa get moments to shine and develop as characters amid the tumult.
But this one is just underwhelming as the climax of the White Walker story. The fact that this existential threat, the one that Jon has been crusading about for ages, that we were teased with in the series' very first scene, is quelled by the acts of one character slaying one enemy is just unsatisfying as a conclusion. The episode does a nice job of making our heroes seem overmatched and failure seem imminent, but that just makes the "the king goes down, they all go down" solution feel that much cheaper. It also takes some of the wind out of the sails of the show's final three episodes, as a fight with Cersei and her very human army can't help but seem a little anticlimactic after fighting ice demons and zombies in a dragon-to-dragon battle.
It doesn't help that the fight was almost impossible to follow. From the darkness and murkiness of the image, to the superfast cuts between scenes and images, the whole "fog of war" thing became overdone, to where it was too easy to lose who was fighting what and where, as the battle became one giant hodgepodge. That sort of disorientation can work when done well and not overextended (see: The Battle of the Bastards"), but here it just became tough to even discern what was happening at various points.
It's not like this is a bad episode or anything. There's still cool character moments and some tense and thrilling scenes. But as the culmination of eight seasons of storytelling and build, it can't help but come off like less than what we, or at least I, was hoping for. Particularly for a show that's done battles as well as this one has, the "Battle of Winterfell" is middling as a skirmish, and meh as the capstone to the White Walker storyline that has been with the series since the beginning/ Again, it's not bad, but I had hoped, and frankly expected, much better.
Full of stress and horror! Completely unpredictable! What en episode!
Only if you turn on some lights dear director!
That music in the final scene was pretty epic.
Theon got balls stepping up like that! No pun intended....
FULL OF SPOILERS: As I was thinking, nobody died, no one major. No Tyrion, no Jaime, no Samwell, no Brienne. If they survived this far and against monsters, I highly doubt it they are going to die against mere mortals. I think the producers are going to play it real nice and all the major characters are going to live. Probably only Cersei is going to die.
I'm rating this episode a little lower than usual and think that the last 2 were better. I think they did not handle the Night King death very well. This was a very important moment and the deus ex machina solution at the last minute to resolve all this, did not work very well. We all knew that killing the Night King will resolve everything but they should have played it better. Arya jumping out of nowhere at the last minute was not elegant or satisfying. All the other White Walkers or the undead were carrots standing there? Allowing Arya to come close?
The best death was Lyanna Mormont. It was purposeful and believable. You say why she is going close, why she is willing to die crushed in the hands of the giant zombie, then you realize why she did that.
Something similar or more thoughtful should have been done for the Night King's death. Maybe it was Bran's job to resolve all this for such an important story-line or even if it was Arya alone, it should have been done in a better way.
Worst episode in the entire series. Also thanks for the visual impairment.
You know what could have been a better ending. Arya sitting in Bran's chair wearing his mask, while Bran is sitting hidden right behind the tree. The Night King knowing Bran is handicapped would never expect her swift blow to his stomach...
I enjoyed the episode and I was pretty engaged in it BUT it's been solved a little bit too easy. Too much plotting and not enough "smarts".
It's a bit rushed and a bit anti-climatic. They could have spent a bit more time fleshing it out.
And what are they going to do for three more episodes?
Shot in the dark couldn't see a thing!
HUGE let-down.
So the super-enemy we've been building this entire show and lore about was, in the end, so weak and worthless that all he could do was smash a wall and ALMOST take ONE little town up north. He couldn't even manage to kill anyone important. How the HELL does Sam and Jaime survive that battle, for example?
This is Game of Thrones, what the hell happened since everybody suddenly got plot armor?
Also, what on earth is the point of Bran? He's been built up to be this super-threat to the Night King, but he's done absolutely NOTHING except sit around and look silly. THIS is where his story SHOULD have peaked.
Finally (for now), what the hell was up with the lighting in this episode? Was watching in complete darkness, and I still had a hard time seeing any real details.
overall impression: bullshit hollywood movie (i.e same crap like marvel, DC).
but hands down, beautifully done BS.
Epic ending! Wasn’t expecting an end like that. Next on the list Cersei.
I think this one of the longest and best battle in TV/Movie history. Arya is really bad ass!!! She needs to be king of the 7 kingdoms :)
OMG, I have never seen that piece of work in a television episode before. That was a marvelous art, 10/10.
They were right to say that HBO is already overbudget...LOL!
There were a lot of crying in this episode, a lot of emotions, and a lot of heroism!
fucked up ending. Fr they killed knight king so easily .
After very boring endgame, this is just what I needed. Fully packed action episode, without stupid obvious moments, with minimum dialogs (as it should be) and nonetheless maximum delivery. Stayed hooked for whole hour.
What do we say to the God of Death? NOT TODAY, BITCH
Pretty boring for the most part imho. Sure, there was a huge battle, people dying all over, but at some point it became monotonous.
There was also so much pitch black scenes, I could hardly see anything...
Arya Fucking Stark!!! Amazing episode!
And the fight came, epic, spectacular, anguished, the best battle of the series, for now
Damn,this episode was fucking brutal.
game of thrones season 8 episode 3 review: what a great episode for the new game of thrones. new game of thrones you ask? by that i mean that this is absolutely not the same show it was before the books were done being covered. Barely anyone died in this episode, i didnt cry over a death once and i cry at most things. I gotta say Jorah Mormont and Theon were the important good guy deaths and they matter but this is supposed to be the finale, the battle we've been waiting for. all the characters had crazy plot armor and were always last minute saved and people like jaime and brienne being literally squashed between a wall of rock and a wall of dead. how the hell are they still alive i dont understand. this never wouldve happened in the early season. the tactics were also pretty nonsensical. why did the dothraki (who had least killing power) charge first. to give the enemy more troops? why did noone shoot at the dead when they were all nicely lined up. why did they keep retrating but then un-retreating. so much confusion (although i realise the last example might be the correct way to do things but i definatley didnt understand why that would be.) This is a bit of an anti-climactic conclusion tot he wight arc, I was expecting the night king to win and then to be beat next time. I thought bran was a gonner. However on the other hand god fucking damn what a good episode. it was so well made and the tension was insanely high. even when i conciously thought "theyre delaying the events to build tension this is so slow" they still got me. i cried in relief when arya took out the night king. i genuinely believed at points that dany or jon were fucking dead. this episode was one hell of a ride. although i wouldnt put this into the same category as i would earlier game of thrones, i still got got by the fact that i love all these characters and production was amazing
What a garbage episode. 2 months to film that? One night in a room with the lights off and the soundtrack playing would give the same result. All the destruction and death that was barely visible and nobody of any real relevance kicked the bucket. Oh yeah, ‘big name’ d list characters died in what was built to be the biggest battle. If that’s the best they could pull out for the epic showdown thank god it’s only got weeks left.
My god, this was such a boring episode. They should make it 4 hours long and entirely in slow motion because “the greatest battle ever”.
The episode is good and all .. but it's completely underwhelming compared to what was being built up! could have been 100 times better
This show is not good for my blood pressure.
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Mostly I just question the general trend in cinematography where there is an insistence on shooting nighttime like you are stuck halfway down a coal mine. You're trading a bearable viewing experience for hyperrealism. I remember when this came out and thinking, "lol they've spent so much time and money on all this action for hardly any of it to be seen and enjoyed". I think my favourite scene would have to be Arya in the library, reminded me of the Jurassic Park lab moment.
a charitable 7 cause idk, i do like set pieces. everyone's 4's are justified.