I just finished it on the West Coast and cried because it was so brilliant.
They played a song that my hubby and I listened to when we started dating
because we loved the Journey song when we were children.
That ending got me so tense because we got to see how it is to live the life of
not knowing what's coming next and that anything could trigger something awful.
It was brilliant. David Chase kicks ass!
Toochis
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From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:04:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sopanos Aftermath
I agree.
The ending was, in my opinion, the T.S. Eliot ending: not with a
bang but a whimper.
We loved it.
Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt
On Jun 10, 2007, at 11:52 PM, 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.
>
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