The Sopranos ending??

as I watched that scene, I was expecting something to happen all the time. I was suspect of everyone, expecting him to be killed by someone, anyone. And I think that's the point of that scene, to give us life in his perspective. He will live every single moment of his life like I experienced that last scene.
 
Maroon Lucifer said:
as I watched that scene, I was expecting something to happen all the time. I was suspect of everyone, expecting him to be killed by someone, anyone. And I think that's the point of that scene, to give us life in his perspective. He will live every single moment of his life like I experienced that last scene.
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Well put, that's exactly the conclusion I came to after being initially annoyed by the anti-climax. Now I see that it's an inspired way to end a wonderful tv show.
 
Maroon Lucifer said:
as I watched that scene, I was expecting something to happen all the time. I was suspect of everyone, expecting him to be killed by someone, anyone. And I think that's the point of that scene, to give us life in his perspective. He will live every single moment of his life like I experienced that last scene.
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This

but there are various intepretations going about on the net:

a) he survived, and the scene was the Sopranos way of mixing the brutal mafia life with traditional family principles, so rather than the tried and tested 'shoot out between mobs' they highlighted how his mafia life affected his ability to be a father and husband

b) he died and that ending was the way of 'killing the audience'. Since everything was shot from his perspective (whenever they show someone entering the diner its from his eye line of sight), so when his daughter finally enters the restaurant and you see him look at the door, logically speaking we should see her in his line of sight, the fact its gone dark suggests he was shot thus not showing us the scene from 'his perspective' and indicating his death. The fact there is a clear shot from the bathroom to his seat is another reason people suspect this (his daughter would have been sitting next to him in the diner had she parked properly and arrived earlier)
 
The ending was explained twice in the series, and I'm not talking about hints, I'm talking about a blatant explanation. I'm watching the match right now, so I can't go into details, but he died in the end; no "interpretation"/etc.
 
^ yeah, they're on a boat talking about death and saying everything 'just goes black'. Plus when Phil Leotardo gets whacked in the last episode he's shot in front of his wife but he dies before she can even react its that sudden a gunshot
 
Ingham said:
^ yeah, they're on a boat talking about death and saying everything 'just goes black'. Plus when Phil Leotardo gets whacked in the last episode he's shot in front of his wife but he dies before she can even react its that sudden a gunshot
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And remember Sil was having dinner with someone, and that guy got shot? Everything went silent, and Sil went blank, and didn't know WTF was going on, until a few moments later?

And like I said previously, Tony said - “You probably never hear it when it happens, right?” - in the second last episode as well, remembering that talk he had with Bobby on the boat.
 
Uncle Junior said:
And remember Sil was having dinner with someone, and that guy got shot? Everything went silent, and Sil went blank, and didn't know WTF was going on, until a few moments later?

And like I said previously, Tony said - “You probably never hear it when it happens, right?” - in the second last episode as well, remembering that talk he had with Bobby on the boat.
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You're reading into it exactly as they planned, just as easily nothing could have happened.
 
Uncle Junior said:
And remember Sil was having dinner with someone, and that guy got shot? Everything went silent, and Sil went blank, and didn't know WTF was going on, until a few moments later?

And like I said previously, Tony said - “You probably never hear it when it happens, right?” - in the second last episode as well, remembering that talk he had with Bobby on the boat.
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Then how do you explain the fact that a movie proceeding the events is seriously being talked about?? There are clues, but its still far too open ended for there to be a definitive answer. Its what makes its a fantastic finish for that series. As somebody else said, it gives you a view on how the rest of his life will play out in an almost constant state of paranoia, or he simply dies.
 
I remember watching it at the time and thinking someone had cut the ending off my "aquired" version of it.
 
marchi-91 said:
Then how do you explain the fact that a movie proceeding the events is seriously being talked about?? There are clues, but its still far too open ended for there to be a definitive answer. Its what makes its a fantastic finish for that series. As somebody else said, it gives you a view on how the rest of his life will play out in an almost constant state of paranoia, or he simply dies.
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They are/were in talks of making a movie on The Shield as well.

No one said anything about what time-line will the (The Sopranos) movie follow.
 
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