The title of this post are words that I never thought i'd be typing but here we are the final ever episode of the show has aired and I made a promise to myself and it's one that i'm going to keep. This show has been a huge part of our lives for the past eight or nine years and so to be at the end of the story is one that fills my heart with sadness and so here is my full series review of Game Of Thrones and yes there will spoilers for season 8 and the final ever episode.
The plot of the show is seven families all want to be either king or queen and will do just about anything to reach those goals. That's honestly the best way I can summarise the plot of the show because there's so much going on in any given season. Any fan of this show will tell you that there plenty of twists and turns that keep the show from being boring and predictable and that to me also helps with the story since you have no idea where the story will go next.
Now for the sake of my own sanity i'm only listing actors from season 8 because if I went through every single season i'd be here all day and so starring in this show is Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister , Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister , Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen , Kit Harington as Jon Snow , Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark , Maisie Williams as Arya Stark , Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth , Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei , Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy , John Bradley as Samwell Tarly , Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark , Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth , Conleth Hill as Varys , Rory McCann as Sandor "The Hound" Clegane , Jerome Flynn as Bronn , Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane , Joe Dempsie as Gendry , Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm , Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont , Hannah Murray as Gilly and freaking finally Carice van Houten as Melisandre.
The show has always had lots of great acting in it so it really shouldn't shock you when I tell you that the acting in the show is in my opinion some of the best acting seen in television today. Alot of what makes the acting so great doesn't come from the big action scenes or the heavy dialog scenes it comes from the smaller moments there was a great and well acted scene in season 8 episode 2 with Gwendoline Christie and those are the times of moments where the great acting really does shine through.
Now while I could find who did the CGI for the show there was so many companies involved that I made the choice not to include them. In terms of what I thought about the CGI in the show it started out pretty weak like you can tell that the budget for effects in the early seasons wasn't that high but it's something that got better and better as the series went one to the point where the CGI seen in the show was better then the effects seen in most movies.
Alot of people have been giving this final season alot of hate mostly due to it's writing and while I can see where there coming from in some cases to me this show was never about the destination it was about the journey. I do see where there coming from tho when they say that certain storylines weren't concluded in a satisfactory way or that they made someone into the villain without really moving them into that place in a proper way and from this point onwards there will be heavy spoilers but if you don't want to get spoiled then just skip to the end of the review
I'll full on admit to never seeing them turning Daenerys evil and incase you didn't get it that's who I was just talking about. Yes they do hint at it all throughout the show but she was never moved into that place where she could turn evil and that's my main issue since they very easily could have started to fully turn her in season 6 or 7 and if they did that it wouldn't seem as jarring when they did it in episode 5 of season 8.
Now apparently some people didn't like the ending and that was always going to the case no matter which way the show went people were always going to be upset with how the show ends all you have to do is look at the ending to How I Met Your Mother which I thought had a solid ending. The only real issue I had with the ending is them making Bran king comes from out of know where and as far as we've seen Bran hasn't really shown any tendencies that would make him a good king where as Sansa has shown some tendencies.
I've always said this since episode 1 of season 1 i've wanted Daenerys to be queen and I kind of got my wish in that regard but just before the start of the final season I started to think that Sansa would make a great queen. So I was proven right on both accounts because technically Dany does become queen but only for a few hours or possibly days and Sansa becomes queen of the north and honestly who better to run the north then someone who's been sticking up for it since the shows early years.
The show has always been good at giving us plenty of twists and turns and delivering them in a way that not only shocked us but also advanced the story. This is something that goes all the way back to the killing of then main star Ned Stark in season one and i'll admit I was hoping that we would get something along those lines in the final season I was shocked when we actually didn't get something like that because to me it wouldn't be GOT without it.
The show was also known for it's violence and that is something that I could very easily see people getting put of by but it wouldn't be the same show if the violence was toned down. I'm honestly glad that they didn't tone down the violence because to me the show has always had this realistic feel to it and the real world is shockingly violent so it would make sense that the show would depict the violence in the show as realistically as possible.
Now this is something that i don't actually miss but in the shows early years there was alot of and I mean a lot of sex and nudity. I'm so glad that they toned that down as the show went on because it allowed the plot of the show and of that season to rightfully take centre stage so your forced to focus more on the plot then instead of having boobs thrown in your face every few minuets and that also allowed for some great character moments as well.
Overall it's been a fantastic ride and it's one that im sad to see end but all good things must come to an end and i;m glad that the team got to end it on there own terms as for THAT petition going round demanding they remake the final season it's a pointless thing to sign and it makes you look entitled my final rating for this show is a 9.5 out of 10.