The Game of Thrones Finale Wasn't Perfect, But It Made the Season a Hell of a Lot Better. After six episodes that have been incredible, infuriating, revealing, confusing, and epic, last night’s Game of Thrones finale had a great many things to answer for. They were the answers needed to help recalibrate the show’s uneven seventh season so it ended up greater than the sum of its inconsistent parts—even if that doesn’t equal the show’s best seasons.“The Wolf and the Dragon” had its own problems to be sure—one in particular made me want to actually scream in irritation—the main one of which was its surprising lack of surprises. If you’ve been paying a decent amount of attention, you didn’t have to hunt out hacker leaks to form a pretty good idea of what was going to go down in the season finale, but for me, that somehow didn’t make it any less satisfying.

If you’re a book reader, you know how the show, having advanced beyond George R. R. Martin’s novels, has been partially satiating our hunger by sporadically giving us the scenes we’ve guessed and hoped were coming. The 100 Saison 1 Episode 11 Vf more. The finale was packed with these scenes, like a Thanksgiving dinner—you know what the meal is going to consist of, but it’s still a feast. It began with a meeting—The Meeting, really—where most all the show’s principal characters came together in the Dragonpit of King’s Landing for Jon Snow’s almost certainly unfeasible attempt to convince Cersei Lannister to help fight the White Walkers and their army of wights.

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There were three daises set up on the floor of the shattered arena where the Targaryens once imprisoned their dragons. The people sitting in them are as follows: • Cersei, Jaime, Qyburn, Euron Greyjoy, and the Mountain• Jon Snow, Davos, and Brienne• Daenerys, Tyrion, Jorah, Missandei, Varys, and Theon. And, after several tense moments and several even more tense conversations, there is one person in the center of the all: The Hound, who carries a giant chest by himself. When he opens it, nothing happens—no movement, so sound.

And when he kicks the chest over, the wight inside bursts out growling, and runs right for Cersei. In terms of showing the woman who currently sits on the Iron Throne of the threat that lies beyond the Wall, it honestly couldn’t have worked out any better if they planned it (and it almost makes you wonder if they did).

Sandor Clegane yanks the wight’s chain back at the last second, so Cersei gets the most horrifying look possible. When the wight’s attention is focused on him, Sandor cuts the wight in two at the waist, allowing Cersei to see both halves trying to crawl towards someone to attack them.

When the Hound cuts off a hand, Jon Snow picks it up to demonstrate the wights’ weakness to fire—then stabs the torso with a dragonglass dagger, demonstrating its other weakness. All in all, Jon makes his case—so effectively, in fact, that Euron asks Jon if the dead can swim. When he answers no, Euron says (and I’m paraphrasing), “I. Am. Outta here.” He announces that he and his fleet are heading back to the Iron Islands, and leaving everyone on the mainland to die. Cersei also recognizes the horrific threat the living face, but she agrees to Daenerys’ request for a truce, and that she’ll send her forces north to fight with Winterfell and Daenerys’ Unsullied and Dothraki to fight the enemy of all of them. If Jon Snow, King of the North, agrees to stay up north and at no point take his soldiers anywhere near the eventual war between herself and Daenerys. Jon explains he can’t do that… because he’s already bent the knee to Daenerys.

And Cersei storms out of the Dragonpit. Jon tells the truth, and dooms humanity. It was as infuriating a moment as anything I’ve ever seen on Game of Thrones. Oh, I know Jon has his honor, and his desire to always do the right thing has gotten him into trouble before, trouble that includes being murdered by his own men. But this moment… this is beyond the pale. Knowing the truth would end the nascent truce, negating everything they’d worked so hard for, rendering the death of Dany’s dragon meaningless, and indirectly consigning god knows how many inhabitants of Westeros to death, Jon tells the truth anyway.

Davos is pissed. Tyrion is pissed. Daenerys is extra pissed. Jon gives a pretty little speech about how lying is bad and people need to keep their word and blah blah, which might have had an ounce of weight to it if heal so hadn’t been talking for seasons about how the war against the White Walkers was the only thing that matters, nothing else—including Jon’s goddamn honor. Everyone on Team Daenerys and Team Stark knows it, but Jon doesn’t. It’s a decision so stupid, even for a Stark, it feels like it almost erases everyone’s development over the course of the entire series, like it reset everyone back to the beginning of season one.

But the worst thing about it isn’t how dumb it is, but because it’s so selfish—a truth told for his own self- righteousness and self- image, and nothing else, because it certainly doesn’t benefit anyone else. In fact, it leads directly to Tyrion making his own terrible decision: To go see Cersei, the sister who’s tried to have him killed at least twice (that he knows of!), by himself and convince her to return to negotiations. Last week, in my recap of “Beyond of Wall,” I used the headline “Game of Thrones Is at Its Best and Worst Right Now.” I was referring to the show’s powerful ability to give us amazing, epic fantasy scenes unlike anyone has ever before tried of television. What I wasn’t referring to was the show’s original strength—giving us characters of depth, but also scenes between these characters, usually just talking to one another, that made them and Westeros rich and real and so captivating that even people who think stories about dragons and made- up places are dumb have gotten completely invested in the series. Tyrion’s reunion with Cersei is one of those scenes, and, somewhat surprisingly, powered by the characters’ honesty wth each other. Cersei’s still mad that Tyrion killed their father, but more upset that he left the Lannister family so vulnerable that their enemies felt bold enough to kill Myrcella and wrest control of King’s Landing from her, eventually leading to Tommen’s suicide.

Tyrion explains the reason he follows Daenerys is because she actually wants to make the world a better place, while Cersei only cares about her ever- shrinking list of who she considers family. Tyrion baits Cersei and tells her to have the Mountain, looming behind him, to kill him (when Cersei doesn’t, he pours himself a large glass of wine). Cersei reveals she’s pregnant.

The two will never love each other, but they end up making their own sort of truce together. Watch See No Evil 2 Online Freeform. Or so it seems. “The Wolf and the Dragon” is filled with these sorts of wonderful, character- driven scenes, more than the entire rest of the season put together.

It’s as if season seven was sprinting through the plot for the first six episodes, in order to make sure it had plenty of time for these scenes after virtually all the main characters got together in one place. I’d argue Tyrion and Cersei’s reunion is the highlight of the episode, but here’s a few more of them, some large, some small, all gratifying: Brienne discovers the Hound is still alive, and the two of them share a small smile over what an ass- kicker Arya has become. Tyrion gets a few moments with Bronn (reminding him of his eternal offer to him: “I’ll pay double”) and his former squire Podrick. The Hound reunites with his undead big brother the Mountain—“You’re uglier than I am now”—and postpones Clegane bowl to another day, although he declares the day is indeed coming.

Euron waits until the meeting starts and immediately interrupts to call out Theon, announcing he’ll kill Yara if Theon doesn’t surrender, annoying literally everyone else in the Dragonpit.

Our top 3. 0 must- watch films of 2. That 2. 01. 6 was chock full of films potentially worth seeing was both a good and bad thing. Good, in that we were spoilt for choice. Bad, in that we're an indecisive bunch and had no idea how we'd find time to watch everything. So in an effort to sort the wheat from the cinematic chaff, this was our attempt to draw up a list of the 3. And to give the largest films and the smaller, less obvious offerings something of an even footing, we tried to go for a mixture of predictable superhero flicks and lower- budget dramas, thrillers and other exciting genre pieces.

That reasoning, at least, is why one or two promising movies didn't make the final cut - and we'll let you argue which ones they were down there in the comments. We've added our reviews to each film on the list, so you can see which ones ended up being a delight, and which ones gave us a case of the "guh"s.. Independence Day: Resurgence. Twenty years after their first invasion, bug- eyed aliens knock on Earth's front door once again in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day: Resurgence. Returning stars Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman and Brent Spiner were joined by newcomers Liam Hemsworth, Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Fichtner (Will Smith decided he wouldn't be coming back due to his mothership- sized fee).

In this one, the puny humans used alien technology from the previous invasion to help them turn the tables. Review. 29. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. The start of the first trilogy of Harry Potter spin- off movies, Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them immediately ensured it was on firm ground by bringing back David Yates - the director of the last four Potter flicks - to helm this one.

JK Rowling, meanwhile, had for the first time penned a story directly for the screen. Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander (leading an impressive and varied cast), and this first adventure begins around 7. Harry Potter stories. Further films will follow, as you might expect.. Review. 28. The Girl With All The Gifts. Colm Mc. Carthy, the director of hit TV shows like Peaky Blinders, Doctor Who (The Bells Of Saint John), Sherlock and Ripper Street directed this intriguing British sci- fi.

A fungal infection turns humans into zombie- like "hungries", and with a group of scientists willing to experiment on children to find a cure, a school teacher tries to save one of the young test subjects. Based on a novel by MR Carey, She Who Brings Gifts, this one was a genre thriller in the tradition of John Wyndham and 2. Days Later. There was a great cast, too, including Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine. Review. 27. Ghostbusters. Of all the films on this list, few attracted as much dissection as Paul Feig's new Ghostbusters movie. It feels like it kept internet comments sections in business. As you more than likely know, the new film is headlined by Melissa Mc.

Carthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate Mc. Kinnon. Chris Hemsworth plays the new receptionist, and there are cameos from Ghostbusters of yesteryear too. In theory, this was supposed to kickstart a new collection of Ghostbusters movies, and we're still holding out hope that it could happen, just to offer the best possible retort to the vile abuse that's been aimed at the project from a vocal minority. But mainly, as much as we're wary of digging beloved franchises back up, we just want to see more really good Ghostbusters films. Paul Feig is certainly a man up to the job. Review. 26. The Purge: Election Year.

Writer- director James De. Monaco brought us a far superior sequel with his retro, run- and- gun dystopian action flick The Purge: Anarchy. Given that De. Monaco managed to write and direct that film in just one year, it was intriguing to see how he fared with a much longer gap between sequels. Read our review to find out what happened.. Review. 25. The BFG. Steven Spielberg was back in family movie territory for the first time since Tintin, and he tackled one of Roald Dahl's most beloved books, The BFG. Dahl's writing has enjoyed middling success when it comes to movie adaptations (we try not to talk about Tim Burton's disappointing Charlie And The Chocolate Factory movie, yet Henry Selick's James And The Giant Peach is a delight).

Spielberg here directed the final screenplay from the late Melissa Mathison. The excellent cast featured Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Penelope Wilton (who enhances any project she walks onto the set of), Jemaine Clement and the brilliant Mark Rylance. Young Ruby Barnhill stepped into the role of Sophie. Review. Eddie The Eagle. Perhaps on the surface, Eddie The Eagle's story may have looked like a biopic that was easy to write off. But just look who was involved. This, after all, was Dexter Fletcher's third film as director - following the terrific Wild Bill and Sunshine On Leith - and he landed Kingsman's Taron Egerton to take on the role of the British ski jumper on his journey to the Winter Olympics.

Furthermore, Hugh Jackman co- starred, and there were appearances from Christopher Walken and Tim Mc. Innerny. We felt that Fletcher found the very human side of the story, too. Review. 23. A Monster Calls. The Orphanage was Juan Antonio Bayona's debut feature in 2. He demonstrated a similarly exacting control in 2. The Impossible, and he was back in genre territory with A Monster Calls.

Adapted from the fantasy novel by Patrick Ness, the film is about a lonely teenage boy and his uneasy relationship with an imposing, tree- like 'monster'. Bayona's way with cinematography and quietly effective imagery were a perfect match for the book's exquisite writing and illustration, while the likes of Liam Neeson (as the monster), Sigourney Weaver, Toby Kebbell and Felicity Jones provided the dramatic heft.

Review. 22. How To Talk To Girls At Parties. Gradually, more and more of the work of Neil Gaiman is edging towards the big screen. And whilst we hoped that 2. Sandman before the cameras, we would overlook How To Talk To Girls At Parties at our peril. Adapted and directed by John Cameron Mitchell - the genius behind Hedwig And The Angry Inch - the cast includes Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Matt Lucas and Ruth Wilson.

There simply aren't enough sci- fi romances set in the leafy, picturesque surrounds of Croydon, but sadly this film - which we were very much looking forward to - had its release delayed, and we still haven't clapped eyes on the finished product.. Latest news: cast confirmed, shooting underway.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Another adaptation from a best- selling novel, this one written by Ben Fountain. It was the first film from director Ang Lee since Life Of Pi in 2. Watch Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb Online Forbes here. Iraq. Simon Beaufoy (1. Hours, Slumdog Millionaire) was handling the adapted screenplay, while the cast was intriguingly eclectic: Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart rubbing shoulders with Steve Martin, Vin Disel and Chris Tucker.