Jesus Christ wrote:Is gabbagool the same thing as salami? Dumb question, i know. Sorry, i'm not eyetie.
Adam Balm wrote:Okay I got out of bed to watch this and I have to ask...will they be mailing our ending to us later then?
WTF was that?
Zarles wrote:The tension in that last scene was overwhelming. There were countless things that could've happened, but the best part about it was that nothing really did. We got a glimpse of what the future for the entire family held, and then just had it left for us to imagine ourselves. If you want to know what might be in store for Tony in the future, for example, re-watch the scene where he's looking into the blank stare of Junior's. That's Tony in about 20 years.
Anything else would've been anticlimactic. This isn't 'Lost' where there's a set number of answers and conclusions that absolutely NEEDED to be arrived at. It's like life - there are rarely big finales or neatly-packaged conclusions in it, either.
Chairman Kaga wrote:I loved them playing the audience against themselves. We're all trained over the years as audience members to expect certain cliches so alluding to them at every turn builds heightened tension without the expected payoffs. Brilliant ending.
Even more so with all the people bitching in the talk backs.
Zarles wrote:What joke? If it had all been a dream, then yes - that would be a joke. The final minute or so of the ep set up about 20 different endings that could've taken place. It was far more challenging to leave something like that at the end than to stage some silly shootout or something.
Adam Balm wrote:But this wasn't just leaving the story 'open ended'. This felt like a conscious attempt to 'punk' the audience, something that I don't know is such a good idea. I dunno.
monorail77 wrote:I liked the ending. I choose to think it just goes on and on, it'll just never fucking end with these people; there'll always be some shit or other. Sure, there were visual cues to make you think maybe something would happen, but not enough to be sure. They've played with expectations like that before.
stereosforgeeks wrote:It felt like an eternity before the credits came up and the initial fade to black. I was on the edge of my seat the entire dinner sequence. Then I felt cheated and now I am in awe.
Chase has always subverted viewers expectations and he did it mindblowing well in the finale.
so sorry wrote:A guy here at work said he had his phone in hand ready to dial the cable operator because he thought his HBO had gone out on him... I wonder how many other people had that same reaction at first.
so sorry wrote:Well, I never watched a minute of the Sopranos, but its the only thing people are talking about today so I know what happened.
I'd feel cheated if I'd invested 9(?) seasons worth of watching to get an ending that definatively doesn't show what becomes of Tony.
Its not a stretch to ask for this, is it? I don't know, like I said I've never seen the show, but it seemed like a strange way to end such a iconic and powerful show.
Zarles wrote:To me, the point of it was just that 'life goes on whether you like it or not'. Does anyone's life just get summed up and finalized, even in death? The show's always been about the family, so it ended with them and them alone, but also with the ever-present dangers that Tony has been surrounded by since day one - getting wacked, getting arrested, having his family endangered, etc. Life does indeed go on in the very same ways it always has.
Ribbons wrote:Maybe, but to me that seems like a pretty bland point to spend 8 years making. Almost any TV series, be it about mobsters, or cowboys, or smurfs, could end that way and then say the point of the ending was "life goes on." Of course it does. We don't have to see a show not-end to know that.
wharto wrote:I was as surprised as fuck when I heard Harris saying that, but I think after eight years of trying to get to Tony I feel he has gained more than a little grudging admiration for Tony.
As for the ending I liked it but if you look at that final shot of Tony's face is it just me who saw a little flicker of panic on his features??
minstrel wrote:wharto wrote:I was as surprised as fuck when I heard Harris saying that, but I think after eight years of trying to get to Tony I feel he has gained more than a little grudging admiration for Tony.
As for the ending I liked it but if you look at that final shot of Tony's face is it just me who saw a little flicker of panic on his features??
Maybe that was just Gandolfini worrying about where his next paycheck is coming from ...
wharto wrote:I was as surprised as fuck when I heard Harris saying that, but I think after eight years of trying to get to Tony I feel he has gained more than a little grudging admiration for Tony.
As for the ending I liked it but if you look at that final shot of Tony's face is it just me who saw a little flicker of panic on his features??
wharto wrote:Why do so many people seem to demand to have things spelled out for them??
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