Game Of Thrones Season 7 Finale Review

Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And guys, we got the final episode of Game of Thrones season 7, our finale. And this episode was— I thought it pretty much strongly finished the season. Um, one problem that we've had Throughout the Game of Thrones season is a lot of leaks, a lot of script leaks, a lot of episode leaks. Nothing new, we get that every year, but this has been, I think, probably the worst of the years for me. And I think it has— it diminished a lot from this season. And so, you know, as tempted as I, you know, I've been to look at leaks and read information so Sometimes, whether it be intentional or unintentional, I've decided that I don't like any kind of leaks in the future. I think it diminishes from the show. So I'm going to try my very best to avoid that. And that's become hard because they're already putting out episode, or rather, season 8 leaks. And so very hard. But if you're the person who leaks this type of information, Please stop. Let us enjoy and be surprised because I'm finding out these leaks are really good. And some of the leaks that were out, I mean, they were like verbatim by the, you know, by the scripts and things. But, you know, despite that, did enjoy the episode. It was an hour and 20 minutes long, about 2 episodes. So I guess we can almost see it was really 8 episodes. But, um, I liked how— I liked how everything kind of came together, how it finished off stories. But, you know, at certain points I just felt like, you know, Game of Thrones has become this situation where they're trying to like hurry up and finish the story, and they're kind of packed, you know, they're kind of almost like just cramming stuff together. It might just be a little bit too much story to, to try to, you know, to tell in these last final episodes. I think they wasted a lot of time in the earlier episodes. But anyway, guys, all in all, I still thought it was a pretty good— you know, when you're, when you're thinking about a show like Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones is such a good show and such an epic show that even when they don't have their A-game, they're still a lot better than every, like, every TV show in existence. So, you know, Game of Thrones is always going to be at a level that 99% of television shows can't reach. So it's really hard to see negatives in Game of Thrones, but when compared to a lot of the other seasons, a lot of the other finishes. Uh, there, there were some disappointing things, uh, for me about the episode, you know. Uh, uh, but, you know, all in all, it's still a good episode. A few, few, few things I didn't like about how things went. It just— everything felt like one giant, uh, flash, uh, flashback to me, you know, in the sense where I wasn't able to really get into the scenes, everything. It's just so much going on. Everything's moving along so fast. It's just action, action, action, action. So they really picked up. And so we got this, you know, initially, initially the big meetup with everyone. You know, we got Jon Snow, Cersei Lannister, Tyrion, all our major characters together. In one scene. And of course, you know, they were basically proving to Cersei that White Walkers exist. They had the White Walker in the trunk, and we got the scene with Sandor Clegane, Cleganebowl. We got the Mountain, and we kind of had their little face-off. Nothing big happened, but you know, Sandor just let his brother know, hey, I'm coming for you. You know, and, and you're even uglier than I am now. So got a little, uh, you know, something there with, you know, with Sandor. Uh, but, uh, um, you know, Cersei still being her normal, uh, you know, self. We got this crazy insult scene from Euron and Tyrion. Um, and, uh, I just, you know, I liked how they how did, you know, how the scene look, how they set the set of the dragon pit look. Uh, you know, the dragon pit, it had been, uh, as I understand it, uh, you know, where all the dragons were kept. And this was, um, very, uh, critical to what happened with the dragons over time, how they became small, even the size of dogs, due to being contained in these smaller spaces, not being able to roam the countryside free like we got to see with Daenerys and Drogon. In contrast to Viserion and Rhaegal when they were back in Meereen, how smaller Rhaegal and Viserion were to Drogon because of that. So I thought that was interesting with what happened you know, basically with, you know, with that story with the dragon pit and things like that. So the meeting, you know, of course didn't, didn't go well at first, but, you know, we got Tyrion, Cersei, and, and they had this very intense family scene where they got to kind of lay everything on the table about the entire situation that had deteriorated their family, destroyed their family, you know, on all sides, you know, and things like that. And so I thought that was a great scene. And, you know, it seems that Cersei was turned. Convinced that it was a good idea to send the Lannister forces and call the banners to help aid in, you know, what obviously was the most important thing to focus on— death coming to their doors. And Cersei chooses to go mad. She chooses to go Mad Queen. She chooses to go Mad Queen, and, you know, she's not going to help them, you know. And of course, Jaime's the disgusted by that. Um, and it's just, uh, so some of, you know, some— like I said, um, uh, Game of Thrones, an excellent show, but some of the writing in this episode, uh, how things just moved along, uh, didn't— you know, I didn't feel Cersei's arguments for not assisting. I mean, I kind of get the strategy let the, uh, let the White Walkers and the, and the Targaryens and the Nor fight, and, uh, when they're weakened enough, now we got a weaker enemy we can defeat. But Cersei not even, uh, going in and fully assessing the threat before she decides to do all this, you know, it's just, just sheer madness. And, uh, you know, I don't know if that's kind of denoting that Cersei has gone mad, you know, after the death of her, her children, which is, you know, which is quite plausible. I can, I can go for that, that Cersei's pretty much been mad ever since their death and doesn't care anymore. But, uh, right, it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me to have a death wish like, uh, how they're setting it up in the show. Cersei's still just interested in ruling over Westeros, but everybody's making it clear that, hey, you know, we have death at our doors. If this wasn't as important as it is, why would we all be here? Why would Dany come there with the dragons and, and, and, you know, do all these things instead of just sacking King's Landing? So You know, I'm just gonna have to believe that Cersei has went full mad in these illogical decisions, you know, that she's making. Like, you know, let the— you know, she doesn't know if the White Walkers will prevail, as Jaime was letting— you know, basically telling her, you don't know if the White Walkers are gonna prevail, you know, then you got to face them, then we're all dead, you know. And she's talking about family and her baby. But obviously she can't be worried about the legacy of her family if that occurs, and she's not even assessing the situation, trying to observe it, trying to at the very least have her forces go there, fight them off, maybe try to pull back and try to sabotage them at the end of the battle, sort of like what you got during the Battle of Blackwater with Tyrion defending against the Lannis Baratheon, and then later Joffrey calling in Ser Meryn to, you know, to attempt to kill Tyrion, which I think would have made a lot of more sense. But again, just pure madness on Cersei's part. But anyway, you know, we kind of get back to Winterfell, and, you know, Petyr Baelish is still doing his maneuvering that he does, you know, that he always trying to set one side against another, trying to play everybody like pieces on the chessboard. And of course, we got to see they were on to Peter Baelish this time because we get Brandon Stark. He's the Three-Eyed Raven. He's already seen everything, so he can let everybody know what's going on. Uh, and, uh, you know, so everybody knows the story. So they, they get one over on Baelish now. A lot of people have liked, you know, seeing the character of Petyr Baelish throughout the season. A lot of people, you know, he's been very, you know, important to the show and the overall development. And a lot of people don't like how Petyr Baelish died, you know, to be such an important part of Game of Thrones. Lot of what made Game of Thrones the show we know. And I think, and I think that might be some of what I'm missing from the characters and a lot of maneuvering, because in these final parts, it's like it's just a lot of action and they're just trying to finish it off, you know. That's what it feels like to me. I'm not feeling a lot of the, the, the strong acting strong delivery and characters in their final scenes going out. Everything's just moving along kind of like a Michael Bay movie to me. And, you know, that's what I think is kind of bothering me about the, the end here of Game of Thrones and how it's going to plan out. I think I still have always thought that the strength of Game of Thrones is has relied on the acting and character development, and everything that's been going on with the battle scenes and the dragons and the White Walkers, for me, has always been something that's been in the background, taking a back seat to this, this phenomenal acting and this feel of real people that seem to just be trapped in this fantasy world. Room. So I've always— I think that's what I've always appreciated more about Game of Thrones. But I think in these final episodes, because there's so much story to tell, I think in these final episodes that we're gonna get a lot of what we're seeing here, just like pure action. Like they just saved the last 7, 8 episodes just to probably do, you know, pure action. I don't know what they're gonna do with, you know, season 8, but I would imagine it's gonna be so much going on throughout season 8 that we're gonna get, you know, basically more of what we're getting here at the end of this because it's gonna be so much story left to tell. But also going back to Bran, you know, Bran's been one of my favorite characters, you know, uh, this season, what they've done with the Bran character and Bran's, uh, you know, ability to see everything going on, be able to tell the story, affect the story, and things like that. But We— great scene. We got to see Sam and Bran meet up, and they're discovering and figuring out all these things. But, uh, it also just kind of showed in the scenes how good of a listener Sam Tarly is, because I thought that when Gilly was telling the story about the annulment, Rhaegar Targaryen, uh, and his, uh, you know union with Lyanna Stark and his annulment to, uh, uh, Elia Martell. Uh, I thought that Sam, the way that it was set up in the scene, I thought that Sam had missed all of that information and that there was going to have to be these big scenes where he tries to somehow, uh, come up with it or find it or something like that. And again, I think this is Going back to what I said earlier about so much story left to tell, and they're just kind of cramming everything in, just moving along real quick, and people are discovering and remembering things and getting places at the right opportune time. Because I just feel like they got to move the story along, and that's what they're doing. But, uh, what, what kind of bothers me about that, that's what I was saying in my earlier reviews. Why waste a lot of this time in the first 3, uh, several, you know, several, um, or, you know, first, uh, few episodes of season 8 that kind of— there was a lot of stuff going on that I just didn't think had to happen. I thought there was a lot of wasted scenes that could have, you know, uh, gave us more of the emotions and character build up into many of these discoveries. I think they you know, could have had a lot of, had a lot of time in those early episodes to deal with that and show us that. I think some of the setups, early episodes, dealt with some things I didn't think that that was that important to show. You know, I'll give you an example. If you think about a lot of these scenes where they show Sam, where he'd be making soup for the Meisters and, you know, making these pies and doing, you know, all a lot of these weird things, a lot of these weird longer-than-needed-to-be scenes, and they were doing various things. I thought they could have cut that out because what it seems kind of happened toward the end was that they just kind of quickly ran past a lot of very interesting scenes that I would have liked to see a lot of more reactions to. And so I didn't, you know, didn't get that. But anyway, but anyway, We get there and we finally at the end, you know, pretty much get, you know, the— I believe it's Rhaegal that died. No, I'm sorry, it was Viserion. It was Viserion who died. And, you know, we get to see the Night's King. He's flying on him and he's using a bluish fiery flame and he brings the Wall down and the White Walkers are able to come through now. So Tormund's, you know, got his hands full because Tormund is the first people, you know, they're gonna hit. And they're marching on north. And, you know, of course we got Dany, Jon headed back to— they're gonna arrive in White Harbor. They're headed to Winterfell. And, you know, which is not good because now that I think about it, because Dany chose to sail on her ship with Jon by the White Harbor to create this united front for the North. Not only, I think, endangering themselves, but she doesn't have the dragon. They may encounter the White Walkers when they arrive. She didn't choose to fly, so, you know, so I don't know if she's left the, you know, Drogon back and the dragons back in Dragonstone. You know, which probably was happening, you know, putting herself in, you know, some danger there and arriving there without the dragons. And the Night King has his dragon, so, you know, yeah, that's gonna be interesting to see next season. I thought everything was pretty good. I was kind of, you know, pretty much satisfied with the level it's at now, how much of the story it's covered. Of course, Jon still doesn't know he's, uh, Aegon, uh, Targaryen, that he's the true heir to the Iron Throne. I would have at least liked to have seen that get touched on, at least him find that out and maybe leave off with that as well, uh, so we can have more time in the next season to deal with him coming to that, you know, that revelation. Because at this point, I just feel like with only 6 episodes in season 8, I just got this feeling now it's gonna end up like season 7 did, whereas you got— you're dealing with all these White Walkers and we're not getting a whole lot of story because it's so much stuff going on, you know. And so maybe season 8 is gonna spend a lot more time with these episodes, but, and with these stories and with these characters, you know, besides the action sequences, the big battles in there. Because I'm gonna be honest, guys, the CGI and action sequences for me, although they look great for television, I can tell, I can see where all this money's been spent, looks awesome. Hollywood movie quality. But as good as that is, Game of Thrones for me has never really been about that. You know, I've always been satisfied with really good acting, really good stories, really good characters, and like 2 to 3 minutes of CGI. And it looks like in the last part of this is just, you know, mostly going to be battle and CGI. And, you know, I like how they've done it before with, you know, a little bit less of that. That, uh, because, because to me the CGI doesn't mean a lot without the story to fit. But all in all, guys, I'm satisfied with the finale. Uh, you know, uh, I, we're gonna have to wait a long time to season 8, you know. Uh, I'm not as hyped as I usually am, but, uh, I, you know, but, uh, I'm definitely gonna tune in and I want to see the conclusion of this. Been with this for will be 8 seasons. And so, uh, you know, very interesting episode tonight, guys. Tell me what you thought about the episode, what you like, what you didn't like. Uh, thanks for joining me this season 7 with my commentary and partial reviews here on Game of Thrones. Guys, if you like content like this, don't forget to like and subscribe. And until next time, take care.