Ladies and gentlemen it's been at least two months since I last spoke about anything to do with Game Of Thrones and well as such I thought that now was the right time to make another Game Of Thrones review. This time tho I thought that i'd go with a rather underrated episode from the dreadful season eight and so join me boys and girls as I review the Game Of Thrones season 8 episode that really should have had alot more main character deaths with the episode itself being called simply "The Long Night" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is Winterfell finds itself under attack from the army of the dead which is lead of course by the night king and so it's up to our heroes to survive the night and hopefully defeat the night king once and for all or else the night king and his army of the dead will take out the entire world of Westeros. Plot wise I felt that this episode was really good since it was very easy to understand what the plot of the episode was and it really helped the plot of this particular episode was in my opinion at least really well freaking told.
Starring in this particular episode is Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister. Also starring in this particular episode is Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen , Kit Harington as Jon Snow , Sophie Turner as Lady Sansa Stark , Maisie Williams as Arya Stark, Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth , Carice Van Houten as Melisandre , Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei , Alfie Allen as Prince Theon Greyjoy , Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark , John Bradley as Samwell Tarly , Hannah Murray as Gilly , Gwendoline Christie as Ser Brienne of Tart , Conleth Hill as Varys , Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane , Kristofer Hivju as Tormund , Joe Dempsie as Gendry , Jacob Anderson as Commander Grey Worm , Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont , Bella Ramsey as Lady Lyanna Mormont , Richard Dormer as Lord Beric Dondarrion and Vladimír Furdík as The Night King.
In terms of what I thought about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this episode in all honesty I thought that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this particular episode was really freaking good. Which given that this is Game Of Thrones and Game Of Thrones always has good acting the fact that this particular episode has good acting isn't new or even close to being shocking but what is new is the fact that there's alot of scenes where there's no dialog and yet you can tell what the characters are thinking just by looking at the actors on the screen and that is something that i've never said before in any of my reviews but it's something that I feel is very true for this particular episode.
Doing the CGI for not only this particular episode but also for the whole of the Game Of Thrones TV series is Karakter Design Studio , Weta Digital , El Ranchito , Image Engine Design , SSVFX , Important Looking Pirates , Atomic Arts , Lola Visual Effects , Clearcut FX , Cadence Effects and Yellowmoon. I don't think that this needs saying at this point since it's true for every single episode of Game Of Thrones but the CGI that's featured / resented to us in this episode is so freaking good and part of what makes the CGI in this particular episode so good is the fact that CGI blends in with the stuff that was filmed for real so well and so there's a hint of realism there like for example when you see a dragon breathe fire this episode will sometimes show how that fire is lighting other parts of Winterfell and that kind of detail / realism is something that you don't really see that much in TV shows and that helps the overall quality of the CGI in this episode but that's just what I think anyways and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.
One of the things that really bugged me about this episode is that only a few major characters die which for Game Of Thrones a show which is known for killing major characters isn't a good thing at all in my opinion. Like how cool and shocking would it have been to see Jon Snow get killed or to see someone like Arya get killed either one of those deaths would have made the episode more impactful heck killing of any of the really well known characters would have made this episode seem all the more impactful but nope instead the writers of this particular episode who are David Benioff & D.B. Weiss instead chose to go the safe route and kept all of the really well known / really popular characters save and thus alive.
I had to admit that I really loved Arya in this episode since they pretty much made her like Liam Neesons character from Taken mixed with John Wick. Which is honestly something that really did work for where the character of Arya is at this point in the story since at this point in the story she's become a battle hardened warrior and so she's willing to do anything to keep something that she loves save and that's love and that determination that really keeps her going in this episode but there's a huge chance that i'm simply just looking for something that simply isn't there just like there's a huge chance that i'm looking at something that simply isn't there.
I'm just going to come right out and say it Jon Snow is freaking dumb as a rock in this episode because he knows that The Night King can raise the dead and so what does he do he puts alot of the really important people plus women and children and those who simply cannot fight in a place that's full of dead people. Granted wherever every none fighter and important person was going to put was always going to be unsafe but putting them in a room full of undead people when your fighting against someone who can raise the dead is a pretty freaking dumb move but that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.
Now then boys and girls I cannot remember the exact running time for this episode but I do know that this episode is at least one hour and twenty minuets / an hour and twenty minuets long and I have to say that that is the right amount of time for this episode in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion. Since there's so much to cover story wise that you just couldn't do this episode in just under an hour but that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways.
Now then boys and girls this whole episode is basically one action sequence / action set piece which means that I have to talk about the action that's featured / presented to us in this episode / in the actual episode itself and if i'm being really freaking honest the action that's featured / presented to us in this episode is so freaking good. I honestly think that director Miguel Sapochnik really does know how to direct an action scene since he does a really good job with the action in this episode since the action that's featured / presented to us in this episode is just so cool to see which is something that you always want when your doing alot of action in either a TV show or in a film.
Overall out of the whole of season eight this is one of the better episodes which really isn't saying much because alot of Game Of Thrones fans myself included hate season eight of Game Of Thrones. Now then boys and girls i've talked about both / some of the good things that are in this episode and bot / some of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such this episode gets an 8 out of 10 from me.
As for where I got the images that I used in this review well i personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from either Google Images or the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page. With my referred website to use for images from this episode being the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page just simply due to not only how images there are from this particular episode but also just simply due to the fact that nearly all of the images from this particular episode are very high definition and as well as being vert high quality.