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.
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...
"Send the dothraki first since they are barbarians"
"Dragons are our heavy artillery let's keep them flying in circles without doing NOTHING for say 2/3 of the battle. Even if they all stop before a flaming trench and sit there nearly aligned for tenths of minutes. We can not win the easy way this must be EPIC"
"It's a massive invasion of Savage, quick and merciless undead but we like to walk orderly and calmly in libraries"
"By the way, libraries are still dead silent while people are being ripped to shreds outside"
"Hey, look, Arya slipped past 4.000 undead and learned Rey's air saber trick"
"Every major character gets to live even after being surrounded by dead. (jorah and theon were already half dead - oh yeah, theon, seems Arya waited in the shadows while you were impalled too. Go team.".
What was this, Disney’s Game of Thrones? All these seasons of build-up... and we get this? How many characters of importance died?
I’m disappointed.
"Everyone! Remain calm! The Crypts are perfectly SAFE!!!!! I repeat, the CRYPTS ARE SAFE!!"
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?
fucked up ending. Fr they killed knight king so easily .
Pros
+Fight scenes were pretty intense and not as hammy as they have been in other episodes with The Others and Wights
+Melisandre returning was good
+Dragon fighting was great and properly brutal
+The Night's King's assassination was pretty great, I liked how they led us on twice with Dany trying to kill him with dragonfire and Jon trying to duel him fairly and both failing before Arya got him
+Theon's redemption was godly and I can already tell people are going to be overlooking it in favor of other scenes unfortunately
+Beric Dondarrion getting brutally stabbed in the hallway was pure cinema, great cinematography
+Brienne and Jaime's unbeatable tag team fighting was great
+Acting was noticeably solid this episode, even actors I don't exactly like did well here, the writing being more competent than most episodes definitely helped
Neutral
* the Dothraki getting all hyped only to do literally fucking nothing was actually hilarious
*Lyanna Mormont bit was the only really cheesy part but it was kind of fun
*Arya chase bit was a lot longer than it needed to be
*Sam just lying down on a pile of bodies doing nothing for the last half of the battle was kind of hilarious too
*Crypt parts broke up the action a bit and served their purpose but also didn't bring that much to the table
Cons
-There were a number of scenes that tried to create tension by prolonging whatever action was happening (like the absurdly long wait at the start, or when Melisandre set the fire to the moat, etc.) and I don't feel like most of it was necessary or added anything but time to the scene
-Not enough important people died for a show that made it's name for not giving plot armor to main characters, there were a few too many scenes where one should've died and was saved at the last second by another character that had no business being at that part of the battlefield (I'm looking at you Jorah! fucking teleporting outside of the castle to save Dany. I'm onto your sorcery)
-Too Dark, hahaha I know dumb complaint but it was noticeably annoying at points
-Didn't really explain why Bran just decided to control the ravens for a bit (I'm also secretly disappointed he didn't steal the Night's King's dragon)
-No giant ice spiders
-Tactics made no sense as usual but magic zombie fighting wouldn't anyway so that's not completely unforgivable.
yeah I know I put a lot of critical points here but the critical parts were all minor to me and the good parts wayyyyy outweigh them. It was a great episode, it sets up an interesting ending to the series. Never thought Cersei would actually be the big baddie at the very end when they could have the Night's King but I'm not against it either. Can't wait to see Jaime stab her and pull out a flaming sword :smirk:. also the Cleganebowl/Trial of the Seven/whatever shit they set up for the final encounter will be wonderful
This is an absolute failure on all fronts and the fact it is so highly rated disturbs me. Easily the worst episode of this show, and this has singlehandedly destroyed any remaining faith I had for the rest of this series. What a disgrace.
Best Walking Dead Episode Ever!
Damn,this episode was fucking brutal.
Very disappointing episode. Anyone saying it’s the best episode of this show is just caught up in the hype.
Visually, this episode was fantastic. And as a stand-alone episode, it was very good. But when you take this as an episode of Game of Thrones and think about everything that led to this, it’s undeniably disappointing.
Barely anyone died. Most of the characters had super thick plot armour. Lots of plot holes. Anti-climactic ending. I don’t mind that Arya killed the Night King. I also don’t mind how it happened. But for it to happen so soon... the army of the dead have been hyped up since season 1 as the true enemy, and we were told that they were the most dangerous army in the show. Yet all they accomplished was the deaths of a few side characters. It’s pathetic compared to the feats of other characters and armies in past seasons. The Night King should have taken Winterfell and killed at least a few main characters. The survivors should have them retreated somewhere and then beat the Night King in a later episode. The Night King and the army of the dead did not come across as very threatening by the end of this episode. They were unable to kill any main characters, and they were defeated in the first proper battle they took part in.
Very disappointing. My rating is only as high as it is because of the great visuals and the value of the episode as a stand-alone piece of television.
The Best GoT episode thus far! Avengers end game can't even compare.... bwuahahha
GOT is the greatest thing to happen to humanity. So much hype was going around this ep, so many emotions... and it delivered. Nobody expected that. And i love so much about this ep that not a lot of people died as i was expecting. And as if i didint have enough reasons to love her, now im just obsessed with Arya,she is 100% my favorite. If she dies, im going to hate GOT.
one thing tho that im confused about is whats next, theres 3 episodes left, so all of them gon be about the battle with cersei??!! if they survived this night king shit they are supposed to die because of cersei dumnass.
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 don't understand why is everybody complaining about the light. I saw everything. Buy some glasses.
A disappointment. It's not horrible, but it is far from having the quality GoT had in the early seasons. The writing is piss poor since the end of season 6 tbh. Most people seem to have liked it, even though it doesn't feel like game of thrones anymore. The writers have no guts, GoT shouldn't be about taking the easy way out. This was the most hyped battle in the show and managed to be the worst of them all in my opinion.
I'll be waiting for the books.
Battle of Winterfell MVP: Arya Stark
if this episode doesn't get rated 10 out of 10... then what would?
Thanks to Melisandre we could actually see what the fuck was going on!
This episode was so dark, even the Night king's guard didn't see Arya coming...
My therapist will hear about this episode.
They didn't even need the Dothraki. Greyworm, Gendry, Tormund, Brienne, and Jaime killed like 2,000 wights each
The Night King was reduced to Tyrion level of Stupidity.
Confirmed death count: R.I.P
Edd
Beric Dondarrion (aka. Barricade Dondarrion)
Lyanna Mormont (Lyanna 'Giantsbane' Mormont. Killed a giant at the age of thirteen in the Battle of Winterfell. Her greatest and final act. And now her watch has ended.)
Theon Greyjoy
Jorah Mormont
Night King
Melisandre (Melisandre: "I will be dead before the dawn.")
99.8% of the Unsullied
99.9% of the Dothraki (Dothraki's flaming weapons slowly disappearing in the dark was the most terrifying scene EVER)
Confirmed living:
Ghost
Drogon
Rhaegal
Jon yelling at a fucking Dead Dragon!
Jon: We did it. We defeated the dead.
Bran: We don’t have time for any of this. Cersei has 4 elephants.
One of the Best part was the slow piano montage of everyone dramatically fighting to the last breath with a shot in the middle of Sam lying on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
RIP Azor Ahai Theories
RIP Night King
RIP Logic
RIP Lighting in the Episode
RIP Lyanna Mormont True King in the North
RIP Arya as a good character
RIP Melisandre the confused woman
RIP Theon protecting Useless Boy
RIP Jorah and Beric Defending Strong woman
RIP Good storytelling and 9 years of Hype
RIP Winter and the Long Night
RIP Me
None of the prophecies mattered, nothing was resolved between Bran and Night King, all eight seasons of build up and the NK dies from one quick stab. No surprising twists, no intelligent storytelling, the storyline ends like this. The whole long night ends in one battle.
The war council preparing for a siege, they send out their cavalry to die in the first 10 seconds, 20 or more wights surrounded every character, and yet every main character manages to retreat. Theon with around 20 archers managed to defend against a horde of wrights. We see Jon surrounded by a crowd of wights, and next scene there's no more wights left.
I think this time it's a bit of a stretch to say DB Weiss and David Benioff planned this well. By their own admission they've only known Arya was going to land the finishing blow for 3 years and when you account for the 2 year hiatus, that's just season 7. Even then, Arya got the job because she's a fan favorite, not because this is what she's been building up to. Her story never even had a hint of "White Walker" plot. I think Mel talking about shutting eyes forever back in season 3 was purely about her faceless man training. Mel said the "Blue Eyes" comment second in season 3 but they retro actively made it the last color while reiterating it this episode to force prophetic weight onto it.
From a story writing perspective this was not Arya's fight to win anymore than it would've been Oberyn Martell's. Her experiences made her a highly skilled fighter but her plot didn't set her up to be the savior of the realms of the living.
So in this big battle where "your favourite characters gonna die" they killed like 4-5 totally side characters nobody really cares about and defeated the night king in a lame ass way. Dissapointment is not even the best word to describe this episode.
Fair enough fair enough!! This was a very thrilling and exciting episode. Let the buzz begin. Good grief really!! Just this episode alone was worth the wait. Bravo!! Well done!!
This episode is a masterpiece, perfect combination of tension, action and drama. The final was epic.. I didn't even blink for most of the episode. Just an amazing battle.. now is time for Cersei to die hopefully by the kingslayer hand.
"The Long Night" is a visually stunning episode of a fantasy television show. It features incredible cinematography, special effects, music, and audio. This is a disappointing episode of Game of Thrones.
So far, these three episodes of Season 8 have not been as politically or emotionally complex as episodes in previous seasons. However, I still enjoyed seeing characters I've grown to care about display feats of strength and badassery.
My favorite moment in this episode was watching the Dothraki ride into the black night, arakhs aflame, and seeing those orange glows slowly disappear. Miguel Sapochnik is a fantastic director!
This season could be redeemed if the death of the Night King is more complicated than we currently understand. It wouldn't be enough if the importance of the battle with the Night King was only to illustrate that prior enemies can band together and unite under a common cause.
I'm looking forward to Episode Four and beyond!
Absolutely incredible what they were able to deliver from a technical perspective. I just wish it was a little brighter, it was so dark that it was hard to see everything. A ton of great moments.
BEST EPISODE I'VE EVER SEEN!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Shout by EduardoBlockedParent2019-04-29T07:13:16Z
This is definetly one of the best episodes of history of TV Shows, even movies ! I had never cried for a show, there were so many tears in my eyes, so much adrenaline ! PERFECT ! So so powerfull ! I used to ask myself why am I still breathing...? Why am I here? because of love, music and emotions like these...