Sopranos-Are you kidding me

[The Korean]

WTF was that?

[Bucnak]

It is one hour of my life that I will never be able to get back. A major disappointment, and let down.
If there is a movie or sequel, I for one will not pay to see it, bye-bye HBO, its been good for a long time.

John

WTF was that?

[The Korean]

Chase and HBO need to learn what a finale is suppose to be. IMHO they could have stopped at the last episode, at least everyone would think that because of the life Tony led, he was forced to run and hide from the feds, and other mobsters. In sitting there in disbelief, I thought of countless "time fillers" in the last episode, was this all they could come up with.

On a side note, did any one watch John fron Cincinnati. In another blockbuster move, HBO decides that have a shows premiere wins it fans over with the number of times F--k can be used. I like strong language and how it can illistrate a point, but damn, they went out of the way to use it, after I noticed it, it made the show seem awkward.

[cigar no baka]

I wasn't expecting a big "wrap up everything" finale from Chase. He's publicly stated that he had no intention of tying up everything in a nice, neat package, so I was not disappointed.

I think the final scene was a way of showing how Tony looks at the world. You're seeing things in the diner from his eyes. Everyone is under suspicion, they could be a potential hitman. Every time the door opens, he has to look to make sure they're not about to blow his head off. He lives in a life full of suspicion and paranoia, and will until his final breath.

[597]

Yeah I was a little disapointed as well with the ending. It's too bad they didn't have a real ending. (I thought Tony was going to get killed in front of his family just like Leotardo did).

[cinda]

This was brought up on another board but if you go back to where Tony and Pauly are on the boat and there discussing what do you think happens when it all over and one of them says I think it all just goes black...thats the correlation. However they wasted so much time with junk I think that old scene could of been added to something in last night show maybe Tony and Pauly reminiscing. Then at the end when the screen goes black incorporate white words roiling off the black ...."I think when it's over it just goes black".... something to leave the viewer with a little closer. It was poor writing for sure.

[prophetic_joe]

I believe the point was to not leave the viewer with closure. I think it was intended to be realistic the bad guy doesn't always lose but that doesn't make him the winner either. Chase didn't want there to be a message in his show and if he had killed Tony it would have been the typical cliche crime doesn't pay thing, but the fact of the matter is that sometimes that just isn't true.

[The Korean]

Back in the CA article before this last season began, Chase said, he doesn't want to paint the message "Crime doesn't pay". I watched it again last night, and since I know it is not going to change, I am begining to be ok with it. I still think it was a awlful finale, but there was attempts to wrap up alot of loose ends (A.J.'s future, Junior, T looking out for Janice). Maybe after a few years when Chase and all of the others are away from it for a while, they could sit down for a movie (Unlikely, but you never know).