10 Stupidest Game Of Thrones Moments

As a television series that has broken numerous world records and won countless awards, Game Of Thrones is undeniably phenomenal.

With innumerable shocking betrayals and depressing deaths of fan-favourite characters, the show’s unforgettable moments - like the red wedding - have cemented it as a medieval fantasy like no other.

That is before season seven, at least.

Since surpassing the events of the books by George R.R Martin, the series’ anti-Hollywood trademark has been inconsistent thanks to a lot of goofy moments that only David Benioff and David Weiss can be held responsible for.

Yet, while there were a lot of dumb moments in its penultimate season, it would be wrong to say it was alone in its silliness. For there were instances of poor writing and direction in its best years, too.

Some of these were forgivable thanks to being minor annoyances, but certain moronic changes from the books and idiotic scenes deserve to be lamented due to ruining the series’ tone and ridding characters of what made them great.

None of these moments can rob the show of its achievements, but they do tarnish its reputation and appeal for being an original epic that refuses to succumb to the worst Hollywood tropes and fantasy clichés.

For as much as everyone praises the series’ direction, there have been many instances of jarringly shoddy cinematography. The scene where Yara failed to rescue Theon from Ramsay’s kennel was one of them.

Now, there was nothing wrong with Yara choosing to leave Theon behind as it would have been foolish and suicidal of her to continue trying to save an annoying worm who persistently resisted her. But the way the scene played out was just dumb: Benioff and Weiss’ focus on making Ramsay a badass who can murder people without even wearing a shirt made the Ironborn look pathetic.

In the show and books, they’re described as some of the toughest killers in Westeros, but the show portrayed them as soft morons who could be easily bested in combat by the Boltons.

It also didn’t help that you couldn’t see the fight thanks to the cramped space and dark lighting, but what’s worse is that the showrunners didn’t care as all they wanted you to see was Ramsay’s pecs and scars.

This scene – along with others – is why the Ironborn are regarded by fans of the show as jokes, rather than the Westeros equivalent to Vikings.