Sometimes "predictable" is good for the sakes of the storyline making sense. This time it did and didnt harm the story at all. And in terms of predictable, I think this would have been predictable on a forum where every single damn scenario was played out and discussed. A twist for the sake of a twist wasnt needed, it was just a case of a few scenarios ultimately could happen and the most obvious one seemed most likely.
Much like Aryas storyline, every possible way she could survive was discussed. If they went with one of them, somebody would have said "ugh, I knew it". However they went with a way that nobody called, lol, and everybody was "ugh, that didnt make sense"
As has been said in this thread, whilst it was ongoing there were certain situations I thought could play out. When Jon was getting crushed and the music was playing, I was thinking "feck, dont have him crushed now". When Rickon was presented, I was certain he was a goner, then the longer it went on, I thought, shit he has a chance. Then wham, the arrow which we didnt see takes him out.
Same with the Giant, expected him to fall but not be killed (and given time to rest before the Walkers came in).
And when Jon was bashing Ramsays face in, I was hoping he wouldnt just stop and let himself get stabbed or something. And part of me was thinking Sansa will come over and jab a weapon in his eye.
For people who didnt like it, thats up to them. If they want to find stuff to pick up on that made them dislike it or find it cheesy, whatever. I know I enjoyed it and it was one of those episodes where I could feel being different emotions, happiness, relief, uncomfortable, in awe, etc. Just what I wanted from that episode
