After I finally understood that my cable didn't go out in the waning seconds of the show, it took me about 90 seconds to realize how brilliant the ending of the show was.
Chase built a climax that gave us a very small but extremely disconcerting view into what it must really be like to be a Tony Soprano. Having to constantly be looking over your shoulder, at everyone around you, wondering --- who's going to try and take you out. Is it that guy, no - it's that guy... no, it's... there's my wife... After coming to that conclusion I could forgive the whole episode not being the heavy hitter I was expecting. It was just as the show had lived - another day in the life of the Sopranos. That a guy like Tony Soprano can sleep at all is, in itself, amazing. And, yes, I agree with Dario... Watch your local listings/theatre for the movie! Glenn T. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dario Casadei To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sopanos Aftermath Watch for Soprano the movie. Dario. David Kusumoto wrote: > And let's not forget another reason why the Sopranos was great. It > left us with 86 shows since 1999 -- and in my view, only about 20 of > 'em could be called "duds" (and even those have to be qualified > because they weren't total stinkers). Its detractors rightly were > disgusted by the language and sex and other elements, but David Chase > created an alternate universe so convincingly that even when you hated > to watch, once you did, you were hooked. > > Any show that allowed us to see the legendary Lauren Bacall get > "smacked" and then deliver an "f-bomb" with such smoothness and > assurance was worth something. Everyone knows Betty Bacall is closer > to what we saw in the Sopranos -- than our idealized version of her in > movies. In real life, she swears off camera like a sailor. There > were a lot of great episodes and star-turns, but I have to say that > that episode, along with "College" in season 1 and the episodes > involving Janice popping her husband after hitting her -- and Ralphie > getting killed by Tony in the kitchen, arguing over a HORSE -- stick > out in my mind. Oh and before I forget; the singular episode (and > probably the only) where Lorraine Bracco got to show her acting chops > -- after she's sexually attacked and has to decide whether, when she > sees her assailant later, to tell Tony to help her exact revenge. > Just a great show... > > -koose. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is > solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
