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Summary: The Sopranos- The Best Show On Television Right Now
Review: If you don't have HBO, GET IT AND WATCH THIS SHOW. You will get hooked. I did, and I thought that I would hate it. Once you get hooked the first season on DVD is a must have. The first season develops the characters and gives you the bulk of the family history. The DVD has many extras including DVD-Rom features. It also contains helpful episodes summaries along with the expected DVD features.
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Summary: This is not television but rather...
Review: ...an eleven hour movie broken into one hour segments. The acting is superb, direction is excellent, and the choices of music is very clever. Pay attention to the almost subliminal background music, easy to miss. The Sopranos has become a social phenomenon so I won't push how great it is, so just look at the credits at the end. Note that "Tony" has a dialect coach!
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Summary: Great DVD!!
Review: Buy this DVD collection and also the 2nd season when released, BUT skip the 3rd season for sure. The 3rd season was a waste of time.What happened to the show this past season? HBO seems to have forgotten the show's roots and is rapidly losing their audience. Newsgroups, discussions, etc.., have all been saying the same thing, so my opinion is not alone. Who knows? Maybe someone from HBO will actually read this and pass it along...
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Summary: One of the best shows ever
Review: I subscribed to HBO just for the Sopranos. It is well worth it, I already am looking forward to season 2 on dvd. I'd like to see more features included but i'll take what the HBO Family provides.
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Summary: Married WASP Female with children LOVES this show
Review: The DVD version is excellent in my opinion. My 35 inch TV handled the pixels wonderfully. This show is absolutly the best on TV! I started watching during the 2nd season and watched the 3rd season faithfully. I recieved the 1st season on DVD last Christmas and many things make sense now that I just didn't get (charactors, plot lines, etc) in the 2 previous seasons. I loved David Chase doing his "play-by-play" during the pilot. My only question is....Where is Jackie Jr. at his father's funeral??? I guess they thought up his character later.
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Summary: Best show on TV
Review: What can I say about this series. It has complex characters that are played out acurately by a cast that is both dynamic and talented. I love that this is a series with the quality of a movie. The story just keeps going and getting better along the way as you get to know the characters. I missed most of the 2nd season and can't wait for them to release it on DVD. This is a must buy for most guys out there.
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Summary: Wow - what an amazing show!
Review: It's been said many times but bears repeating - even if you watch nothing else, this show alone is worth signing up for HBO. On the surface it seems like "yet another" italian mafia flick which only adds to the stereotypes of italian-americans in cinema. Beneath the surface it is much, much different. If you have not watched the Sopranos, I *strongly* recommend starting from the beginning with this DVD. There is just so much that happens in each episode, it's like watching 13 different movies. In my opinion, this season is still the best and after seeing it you will understand why this show has such a strong following. And what separates this show from the "Godfather flicks"? Well, among some of the stories, you'll see what happens when a mafia heavy cracks under the pressure of dealing with his domineering mother (including a scene where Gandolfini is in a strip bar, popping Prozac and reading a copy of "Elder Care".) You'll see what results when gangsters meet gangsta rappers. And if that isn't enough, you'll find out about 80-year old Uncle-Junior's special talent, one that would never make it on the prime-time networks, and what he has to go through to make sure the guys don't find out about it. It's pricey, but the fact that you're seeing all 13 episodes, each which could have been a movie in and of itself, makes it a worthwhile purchase.
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Summary: It's not JUST about the Mob...
Review: I like dramas (or any show in general) where there are characters I love AND hate at same time. Our protagonist Tony Soprano (played with great vigor by James Gandolfini) may be trying to juggle his family life, his underworld life, and deal with his own personal problems, but he's also a liar, an adulterer, and a murderous scumbag. Even the seemingly "good" people in his life have their own little hypocrasies. That to me is what fuels "The Sopranos", especially in its first season. It's all the little things that make life up: the lies, the truths, and the things you really don't know about the people around you. Inlcuded in this DVD package is a commentary on the first episode and an hour-long interview with the show's creator which explores the origins of certain characters, performances, and the controversies involving the show. A nice package for a truly fascinating, and often brutally funny series.
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Summary: 5 Stars for a Great Deal
Review: HBO should be applauded for their style! First, the Sopranos is a top notch show; very well written and acted. Secondly, the DVD package is one where you get a great deal - the full first season - for a great price. It's better than having to pop out more $$$ for only 2 episodes like some studios offers.
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Summary: Mama Mia, meatballs without beef!!!!
Review: I am a humongous fan of Gangster flicks. Even Casino, heralded as overlength and slow, captured my attention from the get-go. But this Sopranos cult of personality is far overblown. The first 2-3 episodes grate likes nails on a chalkboard with Mama Sopranos constant whining! Although we do meet an interesting family, full of personality, every time there is an interesting story line, like Uncle Juni making Boss, or Christopher's madcap truck jacking, or Carmella's flicker of romance with the Father, it is lost and the plot moves on. And the Dr. Melfi shrink scenes: break out the No-Doz! Perhaps I am expecting too much, but the benefits of a seamless motion picture (Casino, Goodfellas, etc.) rather than an ongoing series plotline is painfully obvious: short, undeveloped plot pieces forming a montage of characters with no substance. Sure, each character is very well developed, each with goals, dreams, and a "heart". But like an ethereal cloud lofting above a snowcapped mountain, the thin whisps of story fail to ever provide a foothold for our beloved characters to access our minds. Anticipate seasons two and three to be more of the same... and for that, I am glad to have a friend videotape it for me rather than shell out for the DVD. Save your DVD money for the issue of the Godfather series in year 2002.
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