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Disappointing Sopranos Finale

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ansky212

Was anyone else as disappointed as I was with the Sopranos finale last night? The entire episode was rather slow and I thought the ending was interesting, but certainly did not live up to all the hype.
 
ansky212 said:
Was anyone else as disappointed as I was with the Sopranos finale last night? The entire episode was rather slow and I thought the ending was interesting, but certainly did not live up to all the hype.
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*** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!! ****

If you truly believe it did not live up to the hype, then you have a lot to learn. The hype of the finale was built up by the media. Newspapers asking readers how they think it should/will end. All day Sunday, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News did segments on it asking their viewers.

"Rather slow"?

What show were you watching? There were plenty of scenes that kept you on the edge of your seat. Tony standing outside at the pool. Paulie and Tony sitting outside that deli/restaurant/whatever it was (I thought Paulie was gonna shoot Tony, as he had a gun earlier). Paulie in the Bada Bing. Just to name a few. Pretty much the entire hour was 'on the edge of your seat.' That's what makes David Chase great at what he does.

If you were disappointed, then that's YOUR fault because you went into the show expecting something to happen. Hopefully you learned this time -- at least when it comes to David Chase. ;)
 
In the manner the last scene ended.Earlier in the show Paulie says When you die everything goes black.
The other possibility.It leaves the door open for a movie.I guess what I am trying to say is the show can but mostly wont be revisited.That's it.
If this is the end.It was is a pure genious way to end the show.
 
I thought it was good, not excellent. It did leave me on the edge of my seat ad several times I looked away because I didn't want to see Tony's death blow.

This leaves open the opportunity to do a movie. It took 3 years to get all 4 Sex and the City ladies to agree to do a movie. Wonder how long it will take James Gandolfini to greenlight the movie? I bet the script's already written.
 
brian4 said:
I thought it was good, not excellent. It did leave me on the edge of my seat ad several times I looked away because I didn't want to see Tony's death blow.

This leaves open the opportunity to do a movie. It took 3 years to get all 4 Sex and the City ladies to agree to do a movie. Wonder how long it will take James Gandolfini to greenlight the movie? I bet the script's already written.
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It's probably excessive to hail the ending as a tribute to Chase's genius. But neither was I disappointed (angry viewers bombarded HBO's website and some are cancelling HBO.) I feel merely like the victim of a harmless practical joke. I can appreciate the humor in it.

I too thought it was a prelude to a movie, but The San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman may be right when he says: "It is like Tony hit the snooze button on an alarm clock. And in some way, he did. Our glimpse into the lives of the Soprano family ends in that instant. But the implication is that life for Tony Soprano goes on, and we'll all just have to guess at the end. Conviction or innocence? Mistrial? He gets hit by a bus or has a heart attack? Who knows? We'll never know. And it's better that way. If you're thinking there's a movie in the works, think again. It was supposed to end like this. Sunday night was not a cliff-hanger waiting for a movie."

His full column is here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/06/11/MNGNUQD5AP1.DTL
 
Salty Dog said:
brian4 said:
I thought it was good, not excellent. It did leave me on the edge of my seat ad several times I looked away because I didn't want to see Tony's death blow.

This leaves open the opportunity to do a movie. It took 3 years to get all 4 Sex and the City ladies to agree to do a movie. Wonder how long it will take James Gandolfini to greenlight the movie? I bet the script's already written.
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It's probably excessive to hail the ending as a tribute to Chase's genius. But neither was I disappointed (angry viewers bombarded HBO's website and some are cancelling HBO.) I feel merely like the victim of a harmless practical joke. I can appreciate the humor in it.

I too thought it was a prelude to a movie, but The San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman may be right when he says: "It is like Tony hit the snooze button on an alarm clock. And in some way, he did. Our glimpse into the lives of the Soprano family ends in that instant. But the implication is that life for Tony Soprano goes on, and we'll all just have to guess at the end. Conviction or innocence? Mistrial? He gets hit by a bus or has a heart attack? Who knows? We'll never know. And it's better that way. If you're thinking there's a movie in the works, think again. It was supposed to end like this. Sunday night was not a cliff-hanger waiting for a movie."

His full column is here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/06/11/MNGNUQD5AP1.DTL
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Based on what I heard on the radio last Friday, a movie is not going to happen. They said James Gandolfini no longer wants to play the character.
 
ansky212 said:
Based on what I heard on the radio last Friday, a movie is not going to happen. They said James Gandolfini no longer wants to play the character.
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I read an interview with Gandolfini about a month ago where he said exactly that. He said the intensity of the character is too much to maintain. Still, I can imagine that he might be ready for one movie in a year or two, even if not for a series. I think it's less likely that the show's creator, David Chase, is going to chance soiling the legacy of that show with a movie. I think I'd like to see it rest in peace myself.
 
Personally I think the show ended the way it should have; keep people guessing what happens to Tony Soprano. Good job! I am however sorry to see the show end. However after several years I'm sure the actors want to move on to other roles. Besides there are always the DVDs for hardcore fans.
 
ansky212 said:
Based on what I heard on the radio last Friday, a movie is not going to happen. They said James Gandolfini no longer wants to play the character.
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Good for him!

The last thing Gandolfini needs is to be typecasted. He must be allowed to broaden his skills as an actor, which means he must move away from mob character roles.
 
Was it really disappointing? Think about it. If the Sopranos were to actually and really end, then Tony would have to die. The show was about Tony Soprano.

I believe that the ending was done that way so that whatever an individual viewer wanted or expected to happen, happened. If someone thought Tony would be killed, then he was killed. If somone thought he suffered a heart attack, then he had a heart attack. If someone thought the restaurant blew up, then it blew up.

I beleive that life goes on with the Sopranos, but now we do now get to see it.

So if you beleive that Tony lives, he lives. If he was gunned down, then he was gunned down, and so on......

You make your own ending.
 
The Finale reminded me of a scene towards the end of "Goodfellas". Where Ray Liotta. As he is about to get arrested.
Says something to the effect. "I knew they were cops". "Because if they were wiseguys, I wouldn't of heard a thing"
So "they" (the wiseguys of Soprano's) got all of us. Because we were not expecting it.
 
Gandolfini better get his ass in gear and make the big bucks on a movie version WHILE HE STILL CAN.

He's not going to have much of a career outside of this role. He'd better jump on it while he's young enough,
because Hollywood will "recast" the whole movie with big stars and make it without him----and they might have a hit.
 
stefanokills said:
Gandolfini better get his ass in gear and make the big bucks on a movie version WHILE HE STILL CAN.

He's not going to have much of a career outside of this role. He'd better jump on it while he's young enough,
because Hollywood will "recast" the whole movie with big stars and make it without him----and they might have a hit.
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Umm...not knowledgable about this industry huh? I can see several legal issues with the above.
 
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