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Very bad adaptation of the ending theories of the Books: a song fire and ice
I'm not the type to write reviews often although I do use them a lot in every day's life choices whether to pick a restaurant or buy a certain product. I use exclusively imdb when watching movies and especially before committing to any long series. So you can imagine that I was effected quite seriously since I am drafting this review.
Now I started watching The game of thrones in the summer of 2012. My girlfriend and I, were looking for on demand HBO series and stumbled upon the Game of Thrones. Needless to say that after the first 10 minutes, both of us were hooked. A week later I discovered that there was a huge fan base and to my delight, numerous published books. That weekend I bought the first three books from Barnes & Noble and became a loyal fan myself. I have followed the series religiously since then. I have bought memorabilia, t-shirts, and drunk the seasonal beers that were produced in the show's name. I've given many Game of Throne gifts to family members, coworkers and friends.
In season 7 however, I sensed that the show makers were going a little bit fast. Too fast for my liking. But I could not predict the disaster of season 8. I can't believe that we had to wait two years for this type of unsophisticated closure of events. A narration that is extremely foreign to the show. It betrays all the seasons which came before it.
To top it off, yesterday's episode, the finale, was one of the lamest and corniest episodes ever. An episode with the worst writing I've ever seen on TV, befitting the less sophisticated fan base that the show has sadly amassed during the last two or three seasons. And I apologise to the reader if you are not one of them.
I sincerely feel betrayed. I have spent too much money, too much energy, and too much time to be treated like this in the end. I understand the need to end the show because it was getting too expensive for the studio but clearly I didn't expect HBO to sacrifice quality to this drastic level. It is quite surprising and dangerous altogether that they've allowed themselves to sacrifice all the hard work that was accomplished in the past seasons and massacre characters they've so meticulously developed throughout the years simply for the sake of expediency and bottom line.
Summary: I feel betrayed.
May 2019 · Movies and TV