6 is on today and yeah it’s def a step back up over Season 5, probably on par with the first 4 for me. the door is still devastating to watch, goddamn. The director and crew and actors just crushed everything there. First they unceremoniously take Summer from us (maybe my only complaint, as I didn’t think that’d be how Summer died/was hoping he’d make it to the end). Then everything from there just crushes you. Timing the first “hold the door!” That young Hodor says with Meera’s echoy voice. The look of anguish on Hodor’s face as he’s holding as hard as he can/maybe realizes this is where he dies. Then they way they time the audio of everything…it kinda goes silent and you think maybe there’s a chance he’ll hold the door and get saved by something,but then that first axe bursts through the door near his head and the sad Stark theme violin kicks in, and you know what you’re about to see. And just having shots of that happening interspersed with young Hodor shouting Hold The Door…god. Had me and my wife in tears all over again. Just so well done.
7 is on now. Still early so will have to reflect later but I just Lmao at the Sam montage at the Citadel
It's so good, especially that transition from him peeling off Jorah's skin into the pie or whatever lol
Plenty of excellent quotes from this show, but I think I’ve settled on, “Those are brave men knocking at our doors. Let’s go kill them!” as my favourite.
Stannis the Mannis better go out better in the book. Tbh I hope he doesn’t go out at all, I hope he somehow lives through the war. The happenings around Winterfell are interesting from what I remember.
Season 6 really is where things just started happening with little set up because the writers want them to.
Through with my first rewatch of season 7 since the series ended. Still love it. Yes pacing is an issue, but there are so many gratifying moments that I don’t care.
I just rewatched season 1 for the first time and I liked it significantly more than my first watch. Being familiar with all of the characters and plot lines really helps appreciate everything more.
Going to be honest, season 8 didn't sting as much after this rewatch. It was my first time watching since release, and I feel like a combination of knowing what was coming and not having all the expectations, theories, and build-up of the first time around, kind of lessened the blow. Still not great though.
I'm looking forward to getting to season 8 because I feel like I enjoyed it more than most of the internet but maybe after rewatching the rest the difference in quality will seem more severe. Or maybe ill just continue to be confused at how much people hate it. Also my wife's never watched the show so I'm curious whether she'll hate it or not.
Even going as far back as season 5, there are parts that really aren't that great, but I think everyone (myself included) thought more of that stuff would pay off or be explained by the end and gave them a pass. When the last season just rushed through everything to wrap it up, people claimed "season 8 was garbage", but I mean, I thought the decline in quality was there for a long time. I remember feeling like I was in a small minority while voicing my complaints during season 7, and it still feels weird that so much of the hate gets directed solely towards the final season.
IMO it goes like this 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6=All fantastic, top notch seasons. Even Arya's Braavos story is better this season than it was in season 5. And I don't blame Season 6 for what they did with Dorne to start it off, considering that was all set up in Season 5. 7, 8, 5=A mixture of some good events and stories, and some bad ones, and of course the often talked about pacing. Season 7 is the strongest out of these three IMO. The pacing picked up a bit which was disappointing as they coulda spent more time fleshing out these stores, but a lot of the moments we got and meetings between characters were so good. Bran/Sansa, Sansa/Arya, Jon/Dany, Jon/Tyrion, Davos/Tyrion, Davos and his little pirate man of the world crush on Missandei, and all the big spectacle scenes. 5 would be better if not for the butchering of the Dorne storyline, and the kinda shitty (but at least I understand why they did it) Sansa storyline...well her whole storyline wasn't bad, just the one particular thing. Other than those two things and the kinda "meh" of the Sparrows in Kings Landing, I really enjoyed a lot of the rest of it. 8 we've talked about to death. Great big popcorn spectacle moments, but lacking too much of all the other stuff that made GOT great.
rewatching this for the first time since it ended, just finished S4. my god. when this show was good, it was fucking GOOD.
S4 is my favourite season to rewatch. Oberyn Martell, the pairing of Arya & the Hound, and the battle at Castle Black are the highlights for me.
That single 360 degree long shot during the battle at Castle Black is so ridiculously good. I still love all the piece moving and intrigue of 1 and 2. 3 is of course devastating and 4 has all good storylines. Hard to pick a favorite between them all tbh. 6 is almost definitely my favorite of the back half. 5 jacked up Dorne too much, and we all know the 7-8 pacing issues. 7 is probably closest to 6 for me. 5 has some of the best moments of the series, it's a shame it's dragged down by some of the other stories.