Soprano's Series Finale
The Sopranos season finale aired this evening and I wanted to quickly weigh in on the ending.
For those who watched it (spoiler alert), the final scene was rather interesting. Tony agreed to meet his family (wife & children) for dinner at a greasy spoon.
Tony arrives early - selects a Journey song on the diner jukebox and awaits his family to join him.
The closing minutes of the show are incredibly tense with Tony looking up every time the diner door opens only to find that its not his wife or children arriving, but suspicious people whom could fit the profile of a "hired hit".
A feeling that Tony would have to endure for the remainder of his life.
The show closes with Medow opening the diner door and the show cutting to black.
I'm of the opinion that nothing happens to Tony. There's moments on screen where a director can make any audience member feel what a character is experiencing.
Example : When you see Psycho for the first time... the shower scene is incredible because we can all relate to being vulnerable while bathing.
The tense feeling at the end of the Sopranos was no different. David Chase went to great lengths to comment on our current state of "fear".
Not knowing whom or what will be next - is what we were able to experience.
For those who watched it (spoiler alert), the final scene was rather interesting. Tony agreed to meet his family (wife & children) for dinner at a greasy spoon.
Tony arrives early - selects a Journey song on the diner jukebox and awaits his family to join him.
The closing minutes of the show are incredibly tense with Tony looking up every time the diner door opens only to find that its not his wife or children arriving, but suspicious people whom could fit the profile of a "hired hit".A feeling that Tony would have to endure for the remainder of his life.
The show closes with Medow opening the diner door and the show cutting to black.
I'm of the opinion that nothing happens to Tony. There's moments on screen where a director can make any audience member feel what a character is experiencing.
Example : When you see Psycho for the first time... the shower scene is incredible because we can all relate to being vulnerable while bathing.
The tense feeling at the end of the Sopranos was no different. David Chase went to great lengths to comment on our current state of "fear".
Not knowing whom or what will be next - is what we were able to experience.
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1 Comments:
Thank God. I'm glad someone else realized that the ending was fine as is. The idea that life keeps going whethere Tony lives or dies is something else I think Chase was pointing out. The Journey song is perfect. It could be exactly right, Tony goes on living, ironic, Tony gets popped, but all in all, it tells you to look to yourself for the answer on this one. While I didn't get to see the ending, I dug the idea. Of course, I dug the Cheers ending too.
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