So the series finale of The Sopranos really generated a lot of controversy I see.
I thought it was a pretty good ending myself. Not at first but when I thought about it, yeah.
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Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
So the series finale of The Sopranos really generated a lot of controversy I see.
I thought it was a pretty good ending myself. Not at first but when I thought about it, yeah.
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I had to turn the channel to make sure my cable hadn’t gone out. And what I specifically noticed was the absence of music during the final credits. I always enjoyed the music they chose for the final credits, which seemed to wrap up each episode nicely. All in all, it was a very satifsying ending for me.
The part that wasn’t satifsying was last week’s episode and how they ended the relationship between Tony and Dr. Melfi. That felt contrived and fake, and I didn’t think the build-up to the reason she finally let him go was logical at all.
I really didn’t care for the ending. The symbolism and references to past shows are clever, but I would have preferred a definite ending. This just smacks too much of that trend of ending things vaguely so we can do a movie later on. David Chase has claimed there is no movie, but Gandolfini has already let it slip that he’ll be ready for a Sopranos movie after he’s had a break.
This entire last season was disappointing in that it felt rushed and often didn’t do well in tying up loose ends. I agree with Deanna, that scene with Melfi was just out of whack.
The whole series has been going downhill for years. I fast-forwarded through about half the last episode.
The end was a copout. They should have showm the whole family being killed by angry Leotardo relatives. That was foreshadowed, and not doing it was weak.
Eh, I had a similar reaction to Dean’s. At first, I felt quite unsatisfied, but after thinking about it the next day, I thought it was pretty good.
That last scene was really well done in terms of giving the viewer a firsthand experience of what it must be like to constantly look over your shoulder. Is the next person that walks into the diner going to do the hit? How about the next? Or is it the guy in the bathroom?
(Incidentally, Journey must have a horseshoe up their ass, first they get hitched to the White Sox World Series championship, now the final scene of the Sopranos.)
Paul, repeat after me: it’s only entertainment. This stuff ain’t fine art, ok? I don’t need someone instilling in the fear of a gangster, or some down-to-the-last-mole anal retentive accurate portrayal of real life.
I want to be entertained. I want to finish a book, a movie, a play or a song and be satisfied.
Every person I’ve gotten your reaction from about the ending described it the same way: first pissed/upset/unhappy; then later “realizing” how much superior this ending was. I say it’s your subconcious messing with you head so that you can reinforce your self-image as a cool, hip, “smarter than the rest” art aficionado. Only the truly clever or appreciative will get such a bold, innovative ending.
Unlike us squares, who expect dull, predictable, banal things like (oh) a resolution to a six-year-long story.
I’m glad I didn’t watch the show, because I would have popped a blood vessel after that cheapjack ending…
Oh, you’ve nailed me Casey. I totally suffer from a low self-esteem and have a major image problem. Fortunately the Sopranos came along, and lo and behold, 6 years down the road, they put together a series finale that I could pretend to like and thus prove to all the nerds of Dean’s World how deep my intellect truly runs, and now my pseudo-hipness and smarts have been restored! Do I know how to sieze opportunity or what?
But, now you’ve come along and ruined it. Your damn pop-psychology (based solely on my view that the series finale was “prtty good”) has exposed me as a fraud. Dr. Melfi would be oh so proud of you.
Great detective work Casey!
Casey, incredibly presumptuous of you, wouldn’t you say?!
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