I just think it's human nature for people to build up unrealistic expectations in their mind about just about everything, leading to less enjoyment of things in general. People are really good at complaining these days, yet it accomplishes absolutely nothing.
As a whole the battle was imperfect, but it had so many juicy moments throughout and built up such a feeling of dread and sustained it so long that I doubt that even the most critical people were not on the edge of their seat until the final 5 minutes. It was anything but tame or boring.
I was more viscerally affected by that episode than endgame, which I enjoyed but thought also played it safe for the most part, and that's why I have to give them some props for that episode. You can't get much literally and figuratively darker than that. No one here was not uncomfortable watching the dothraki get snuffled out and a tsunami of dead come pouring out of the darkness at the heroes. Never seen anything like it, and I'm glad I did. But alas, people are going to overlook those moments to fulfill their agenda of dissatisfaction if that's their filter for how they view things. You can either look for fun (it's entertainment after all), or look for every which way people slaving away for 55 nights to bring this to your screen didn't align with every specific thing you imagined.
To each their own I suppose.
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