Comments on: Sopranos: Some Hate That Ending… I Don’t

By: justin wesequate

justin wesequate — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:18:48 +0000

that ending was anything but brilliant– it just plain sucked if tony were to die i want see it/ and what ever happened to the riko case the feds were holding over his head for so long/ the shows writers and producers left a alot of unawnsered questions/ and im pissed

P.S who ever thought tony would be an informent for the feds is a knuckle head

By: JayBandit

JayBandit — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:58:48 +0000

Did anyone notice the parallels in the last scene to the Godfather? The guy at the counter seems slightly nervous, and then goes to the bathroom. It reminds me of the scene where Michael Corleone goes into the bathroom, gets the gun from behind the WC, and then blasts away the police chief and the rival boss.

I think if people actually watch the last scene a bit more carefully, they will noticed dozens of hints and allusions to various events in past Sopranos episodes in addition to other pop-culture references.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:23:49 +0000

Think about the ending a little better, look at the people inside the diner. Have some of you noticed the patrons of the diner! The two black men that walk in, remember the episode of the rapper sueing hesh over copy rights(BodyGuards). The young guy at the table with the hat laughing with his girlfriend. Does that ring a bell, if it does not-remember artie and tony when they went to that fine dinner. And that guy that tony told to take off his hat. Everybody in that diner were people who would do harm to tony. You saw pan shots as he look at them, the last few moments was that of his paranoia, not knowing when his end will come. It show us forever that tony would go thru life looking over his shoulder. He would always wonder if that person who walk by him would try to whack him. That he would forever question the people he talks to, the people who are his friends. Then the blackness came, then alot of people went to deep in thought over this. Saying that is when tony got shot. It went black as he went in the abyss, like seeing it in his persective. The blackness came at the right time to protray is paranoia, to show it is business as usual for tony. That life would go on for him but in a much darker sense at not knowing what would happen next. If chase wanted to kill tony off then you would of saw the guy with the gun and then it would of went black. Remember, the Soprano’s series is a very popular and money enterprise, and to kill tony would be like throwing away money. Chase kept the option of a movie that would make millions, and who knows maybe down the road they might get the cast back together for another season.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:35:49 +0000

You all got it wrong, people are looking way to deep into this. They could not kill him because, the talk is a movie may come out down the road. To kill tony would kill all possiblity of a movie, or a return to the series later on down the road. Chase leaves us all to think and guess what really happen.

By: GMK

GMK — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:36:47 +0000

Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” ?

Is there significance to the line, “Oh, the movie never ends…” Hmm…

By: GMK

GMK — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:33:47 +0000

Both Julie and Tobias are exactly right. The ending was perfect. I’ve also heard the theory that it is we, the viewers, who are whacked–that’s why we no longer see or hear anything. We’re over, but the Sopranos go on. The guy coming out of the restroom whacks us with a bullet to the back of the head.

By: David

David — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:52:43 +0000

You MIGHT want to listen to the music coming from the jukebox a bit more closely before you come to that conclusion

By: Tobias Remberg

Tobias Remberg — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:08:06 +0000

9 years of brightness ended by exactly 9 seconds of darkness…

What a final episode, what a final szene. I´m asking you. Whats not to love about this? Stop complaining! This No-End was the ONLY proper ending to the greatest story ever played out on television. Lets face it. There is no end to The Sopranos, no climax, no closure. Not with these Sopranos, it never was. There is always the next problem, the next solution, the next fight, the next high, the next low, the next “forgive me”-gift, the next janice situation, the Ralph Cifaretto looming just behind the corner. That corner always used to be the next episode, but The Sopronos have grown out of television, they have reached a greater conscious. And now that the series has ended in a casual no-end, The Sopranos can live forever in everyone, that ever loved the show. From now on, you can always ask yourself WWTD….

“Focus on the good times…”

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:15:15 +0000

Brilliant analysis… I think you’ve got it just right. I went to bed disappointed by the ending because I thought it was ambiguous… but when I awoke this morning, I began to see how ingeniously the show ended. What Chase showed in the simplest and most profound of means in that this is how everyone will experience death: we are here, in our lives, just living, and then… we are NOT. A stunning end of the show. Nothing can beat the amazing last episode of Six Feet Under, but the Sopranos runs a close second, despite the fact that these two shows couldn’t be more different. Bravo, David Chase. Bravo