...and not just that, unlike with the books, there IS an actual ending!
Problem of this episode was that it somehow had to get out of the mess the two episodes before had left it in due to their rushed, unbalanced approach and their clumsy writing. This was a feat nobody could get out of unscarred. Still, as far as the second half of this episode goes, I thought it managed to pull it off and gave us a feeling of closure.
Of course, the council to elect a new king - featuring some long presumed dead characters from seven seasons before - was impossible to portray in just 15 minutes. It would have taken a whole season to really show the political intrigue necessary to reach the conclusion shown here. It would probably take half a book. But come on - Bran the Broken? Giving the power to the one who least desires it? Does this not - finally - sound like a plot outline given by the grand George R.R. Martin?
The closer this episode came to its end, the more it felt like this was the ending given by the composer of the Song of Ice and Fire. Brienne - check. Sansa - check. Arya - check. Jon Snow - check. This all felt like it could be the ending Martin is struggling to reach for so many years now.
Weiss and Benioff struggled to reach it at well. The way they reached the ending is the problem, not the ending by itself. They rushed it, and its their own fault that they decided to tell this extra-large story in just eight seasons. That is what - in my eyes - they are most to blame for. Did they do it out of stubborness or out of fear that they could not write a longer, more satisfying version? You decide.
The story they told once they ran out of books was often lacking depth, was often too much "in your face", going for the shock moment instead of reaping the seeds that had been sown. They rushed to the ending, losing plot highlights and character moments as they ran. They did not have the patience to let this story go were it belonged, they forced it - and this is why in my eyes many story elements like size of the armies, powers of the dragons, motivations of the characters went out of proportion.
That's a pity.
Still, it is not fair to blame all this on this one, final installment of a still great series. People are giving this one out of ten, but the mistakes have been made earlier. As I went into this season with a feeling of dread worrying about the characters, it turned into a feeling of dread because of the bad, unbalanced, and I force the point again, rushed, rushed, terribly rushed writing. In this final episode. I got some kind of closure that will suffice for the time being. I was content with the final fate of most characters. Could it have been better? Certainly. But considering last weeks episode, it definitely could have been much worse. The only thing left now it waiting for the official version of the ending printed in a book. George R.R. Martin, long may he reign!
Problem of this episode was that it somehow had to get out of the mess the two episodes before had left it in due to their rushed, unbalanced approach and their clumsy writing. This was a feat nobody could get out of unscarred. Still, as far as the second half of this episode goes, I thought it managed to pull it off and gave us a feeling of closure.
Of course, the council to elect a new king - featuring some long presumed dead characters from seven seasons before - was impossible to portray in just 15 minutes. It would have taken a whole season to really show the political intrigue necessary to reach the conclusion shown here. It would probably take half a book. But come on - Bran the Broken? Giving the power to the one who least desires it? Does this not - finally - sound like a plot outline given by the grand George R.R. Martin?
The closer this episode came to its end, the more it felt like this was the ending given by the composer of the Song of Ice and Fire. Brienne - check. Sansa - check. Arya - check. Jon Snow - check. This all felt like it could be the ending Martin is struggling to reach for so many years now.
Weiss and Benioff struggled to reach it at well. The way they reached the ending is the problem, not the ending by itself. They rushed it, and its their own fault that they decided to tell this extra-large story in just eight seasons. That is what - in my eyes - they are most to blame for. Did they do it out of stubborness or out of fear that they could not write a longer, more satisfying version? You decide.
The story they told once they ran out of books was often lacking depth, was often too much "in your face", going for the shock moment instead of reaping the seeds that had been sown. They rushed to the ending, losing plot highlights and character moments as they ran. They did not have the patience to let this story go were it belonged, they forced it - and this is why in my eyes many story elements like size of the armies, powers of the dragons, motivations of the characters went out of proportion.
That's a pity.
Still, it is not fair to blame all this on this one, final installment of a still great series. People are giving this one out of ten, but the mistakes have been made earlier. As I went into this season with a feeling of dread worrying about the characters, it turned into a feeling of dread because of the bad, unbalanced, and I force the point again, rushed, rushed, terribly rushed writing. In this final episode. I got some kind of closure that will suffice for the time being. I was content with the final fate of most characters. Could it have been better? Certainly. But considering last weeks episode, it definitely could have been much worse. The only thing left now it waiting for the official version of the ending printed in a book. George R.R. Martin, long may he reign!