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I found not only the acting and music choice to be genius, but the choreography of everything that showed how Tony really fooled Junior and the feds. The way Tony Soprano stands over his uncle commanding the situation, how Junior's card still has Capo on it (even though it's crossed out) and when the fed writes boss on it, the camera immediately cuts to Anthony's photo. The cinematography really showed how he hid in plain sight.
best of the sopranos1,266,376 views • 28 days ago
The ending of Everybody Hates Chris is a brilliant tribute to The Sopranos. Chris sits in a diner as his family arrives one by one. “Livin’ on a Prayer” replaces “Don’t Stop Believin’,” while Julius struggles to park outside. But instead of Tony waiting for Meadow, Chris is waiting for his GED results. Julius finally arrives with the envelope. Chris asks, “What’s it say?” And just like The Sopranos, the screen cuts to black. One show left us wondering whether Tony survived. The other left us wondering whether Chris passed his exam. Same diner. Same tension. Completely different stakes.
best of the sopranos558,649 views • 22 days ago
Pretty sure this dream also alluded Chrissy’s view of Ade: just another who-ah.
best of the sopranos2,406,065 views • 3 months ago
Ever notice how Adriana's name is never mentioned? It’s more about her relation to all these people. Not “don’t hit Adriana,” it’s “don’t hit my niece.” When she’s your wife, you can. It’s essentially explaining where she falls in the hierarchy between Christopher and Richie and the rules associated with that, as opposed to Richie caring about her being hit. Adriana's got nuttin to do with it. The writing is insane.
best of the sopranos1,016,406 views • 2 months ago
Don’t ever let anyone tell you The Sopranos isn’t a comedy. This whole scene plays like a Dragnet parody, with the rapid-fire dialogue and dead-serious delivery. And the way he jabs his finger into the pizza to emphasize that it was a custom job with extra mozzarella absolutely kills me.
best of the sopranos136,263 views • 13 days ago
My understanding of this scene is that, in life, there are things or moments you don’t even know about that are ultimately important for you, sometimes even determining life or death. Everybody has probably lived through a situation like this without even knowing it, avoiding an accident, an aggression, or meeting the wrong person. It’s scary.
best of the sopranos383,824 views • 1 month ago
Pay attention to Butch in this scene. He seems open to the idea of going to war at first, but he still needs Phil to sell him on the reasons for it. Phil can’t do that. He blows it. Butch even tries to get the ball rolling by talking business to Angelo about how New Jersey’s “redundant upper management” is decreasing their share of the profits. Phil cuts him off soon afterward because that is irrelevant to him. This has nothing to do with business or the bottom line. It is about Phil’s damaged ego. He disregards the deaths of Coco, Fat Dom Gamiello, and even his own little brother Billy as reasons for going to war. Instead, he focuses on Tony never having served time in prison like he did. Why is that so important? Because it reveals Phil’s true motives. This war isn’t about business or Mafia rituals. It is about Phil’s bitter resentment toward anyone who didn’t have to sacrifice one-third of their life to prison like he did. It also shows why Phil could never have won this war under any circumstances. He was taking his family to war while making the entire cause about himself. He dragged everyone into an unpopular war for vague, personal reasons—reasons that could never be resolved later at the negotiating table, the way they were supposed to be. Phil believes his 20-year prison sentence gives him free rein to do whatever the hell he wants now that he is boss. Phil is a horrible Mafia Don. He is uninspiring, snarky, and increasingly aloof, and he has convinced himself that every mobster in New York owes him their life because he served his full sentence without ratting anyone out to the FBI for a lighter sentence when he easily could have. No matter how often he reminds everyone that he “did his time like a man,” Phil now seems to secretly hate himself for it. He regrets having stood up for everyone else in the mob after seeing how much the New York Mafia had eroded during the two decades he spent in prison. That is where Phil loses Butch, Little Carmine, and eventually the support of his entire family for this unnecessary war. He made it all about himself, not about business or anything else concerning the rules of war. He ultimately loses everything because he turns the conflict into a matter of personal vanity while gambling with the lives of other men. Phil has convinced himself that everyone owes him their lives because he stayed silent for 20 years. It is a distorted god complex that Phil has been hiding for years, but it is finally revealed in full here. With Phil, his personal grievances will always matter more than the lives of the men he is supposed to lead. Phil Leotardo is the epitome of a terrible boss.
best of the sopranos59,927 views • 7 days ago
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The most heartbreaking moments in The Sopranos, ranked 🧵 5. Tony Saves AJ
best of the sopranos6,272,847 views • 1 year ago
Chris and Sil can't kill Jimmy if he's wearing a wire, so the writers have to communicate to the viewer that he isn't wearing one in this scene in order for the killing to make sense. But the genius of the writing is that they reveal the information in a way that the viewer barely notices. Jimmy is nervous to make a good impression on the Russian girls; he's naturally thinking about his appearance and what they'll think of him, and in that context it makes perfect sense for his character to complain to Chrissie "hey you didn't let me put on anything decent". And that is flawless exposition because it literally disappears into the scene - it flows so completely with the conversation that there's no reason to consider its significance until Sil appears and Chrissie repeats Jimmy's words. Like I've literally watched this scene before more than once, I knew exactly how it ended, and the line "you didn't let me put on anything decent" STILL went over my head just because of how much it makes sense in the context of the conversation they're having. It's masterful.
best of the sopranos411,552 views • 2 months ago
Did The Sopranos Reveal Tony’s Fate Years Before the Finale? One of the creepiest theories about The Sopranos begins in Season 2, when Christopher nearly dies and returns with a message from the other side. He claims Mikey Palmice told him to warn Tony and Paulie about one specific time: 3 o’clock. Paulie becomes obsessed with the warning, while Tony brushes it off. Years later, in Season 6, Bobby tells Tony during a quiet conversation on a boat: “You probably don’t even hear it when it happens, right?” At the time, it seems like a casual reflection on death. But the finale gives those words a much darker meaning. In the final scene at Holsten’s, a mysterious man wearing a Members Only jacket enters the diner and heads to the bathroom. Moments later, Tony looks up as Meadow arrives, and the screen suddenly cuts to black. Here’s where the theory gets interesting: if the man came out of the bathroom to shoot Tony, he would approach from Tony’s 3 o’clock position. Christopher’s warning from Season 2 and Bobby’s words from Season 6 suddenly fit together. Tony wouldn’t even hear it coming. Whether David Chase intended this connection or not, it’s one of the most fascinating interpretations of television’s most debated ending.
best of the sopranos129,571 views • 20 days ago
The Sopranos pilot was filmed in 1997, when James Gandolfini was 35 years old.
best of the sopranos1,940,223 views • 9 months ago