Acting was excellent.
CGI was very good.
PLOT ( writing ) - abysmal.
Daenerys Targaryen :
Seven seasons worth of character development all to culminate with an unexpected twist that feels like torture for the viewer, one of the main characters (players) in the Game of Thrones turns evil. We knew that this was a possibility but the way it was executed with such viciousness and brutality directed towards the innocent.... it just felt terribly wrong.
Varys
One of the main players and one of my favorites, dies by dragon fire. A noble man with noble intentions, the only character with the highest devotion to the greater good. He didn't have much character development, he was always the same - devoted to the greater good of the realm, wise and cunning. His death was out of character.
He exposed his true intentions to Tyrion knowing full well that he's devoted to Daenerys, he didn't have an escape plan, he just waited for the dragon fire to come down upon him. Varys should have lived and be counsel to the next king or queen. His death was meaningless, just murder.
Jon Snow
Had almost nothing to do.... everyone expected more from him, he was powerless to stop the massacre.
Tyrion
A main player, if we look back on his character development over the series he is supposed to be intelligent, this was his main feature and he lost it all in just two episodes. Tyrion is also set up for an execution for his recent failed plan to save the city by releasing Jamie.
Cersei
The odds were even but somehow she suffered a crushing defeat. Very anticlimactic. Died in rubble, meaningless death. For all they know she got away.
I feel like the writers in their quest to write an unpredictable story threw the fanbase under the bus. Their aim should be to satisfy the public not to be unpredictable. Viewer predictions are just that... predictions and speculation. Nobody cares if they were right or not. Validated fan theories are not bad for the show, they are good as long as they were not too obvious.
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