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Summary: soprano "confirmed" letdown
Review: The fourth in the series is really a let down compared to the other 3. I question the screenwriters or lack thereof. I think this last episode was shabbly done and without alot of effort.
Even the storyline was poor. With the first two at least you were left with the expectation of something solid to come. This series leaves the viewer with no expectation since the firm hold of the soprano clan was destroyed with Tony and Carmello. This series leaves no room for a positive lead-in, everything is collapsed and who wants to chance a Fifth?I was really disappointed with the fourth series and if there is an end to come, I suppose this is the time to do it since I do not think I would chance wanting to see another flop or being left with another negative outlook as to what is to come. There was not one consistent theme in the whole series, at least in the first two, the marriage of Tony and Carmello was shakey at best, but there remained consistency and something to draw from. The fourth season was jumping all over the place and going no where.
This fourth series represented a "thrown together" way to end an otherwise decent saga. I hope that maybe an one hour or two hour episode can be done to finalize the series a little better and maybe I might buy this but not the fourth one. As it remains, the series ended for me with the third season.
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Summary: WARNING ! If you buy this you won't be able to switch off
Review: I've always loved the Sopranos, mainly for its subtle humour and incredible writing and story plots. I always thought The Sopranos would make a good book, because it would sure to be a page turner. Season four is no different. We start the series revitalised and ready for any new troubles that may face Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini better than ever). The economy is down and the mob business is slow. That can only mean one thing. All the guys are going to have to work twice as hard to make more money. As this happens on Tony's mob side of life, it becomes clear he's also facing troubles at home - amazing acting takes place between Edie Falco and James Gandolfini in the incredible final episode. This is one of the best things ever to come off of TV, and each episode is almost like a mini movie, action - drama - twists and turns. The only problem is, you buy this DVD, you're guaranteed to call in sick for work the next morning to carry on watching. You may even find yourself dropping the words 'BADA BING, BADA BOOM' into a conversation unknowingly...
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Summary: Another Brilliant Season
Review: Above all other seasons, the forth in this groundbreaking series focuses on the complex enigma that is Tony Soprano. Creator David Chase allows Gandolfini's character to go places rarely reached in television or film. Traveling through these thirteen episodes with Tony, a viewer will get to experience utter joy, limitless rage, and the unequaled pain that accompanies an acknowledgment of personal culpability in creating one's troubles. Tony comes to realize how others truly see him in the early episodes of Season Four. He laughs at his friend Artie and his cronious cohort Councilman Zellman when they nervously try to discuss different requests. He does not understand why they should be so afraid. But soon, he validates their concerns and sees the monster inside that drives away the closest people in his life. His marriage is also falling apart, a plotline most associated with this season. Gandolfini and Falco provide career performances, particularly in the finale's blow-up scene. But Tony's most powerful moments concern two important losses in his life. Sudden news of the passing of an old acquaintance sends an unstable (and violent) Tony back to therapy and another tender relationship with an animal (remember the ducks) ends with Tony out looking for blood. Chase loves to allow small incidental moments to provide the genesis for much of the show's conflict, a comment on the fragile nature of life. In the first season, the jokes about Junior's acquired "taste" of his girlfriend drive the wedge between he and Tony that causes many to get whacked. In this season, a throw-away line made about the weight of a tangential character builds and festers animosity all season. Plot built in such a masterful way is just another example of why The Sopranos is television's finest hour.
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Summary: Click the order button!
Review: Frankly I think they need to make the sopranos a couple more seasons. This season is just as good as all the other ones except for the fact they they jump to conclusions. If you're looking buying this season then that probably means you've already seen the first 3. Anyone who needs to read weather the Sopranos are good from this point has something seriously wrong with them. Go ahead and finish it up already! Why would you stop now!
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Summary: Weaker Sopranos, but with more gems than you'd expect
Review: Season 4 is a lightning rod for Sopranos criticism - certain plots go on too long and certain plots are so uninteresting, they're offensive (Paulie's mom at Green Grove anyone?). Still, the masterful sleight of hand David Chase pulls on us is our complacency in thinking the show is all blood and bravado. This is a show that recognizes the fullness of its characters' lives, the complexity and their consequences. That means that some episodes that were trashed on the season's original airings are masterpieces of characterization, in their bold turns in the screenplay and their endlessly fearless performances. I'm thinking not of Ralphy's surprise murder (a great turn, to be sure), but of Adriana's desperation after being tapped by the feds ("Pie-o-My"), Johnny Sack's arrogant but touching overreaction to the jokes against his wife ("The Weight"), or of the bizarre interation throughout the season of Bobby Baccala's grief and Janice's opportunism. Each actor rises marvelously to their challenge without ever getting showy in their attempt, but for one actor, it'll go into some television record book eventually - Edie Falco's performance during the season is so overwhelmingly astonishing, you don't quite know what to do with it. Fusing anger, loneliness, a desperation for intimacy, lust, jealousy, codependence, and a need for independence often all in the same glance, she goes further than any performance, female or male, in television history. That makes even the weakest of the 4th season episodes compulsively watchable (as in "Mergers and Acquisitions," for which her theft of Tony's money from the birdfeeder is the only interesting plotline).
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Summary: Continues to be the best show on Television
Review: The Sopranos is one of the few shows that manages to consistently year after year provide excellent storyline, in-depth character development, and innovating twists (Ralphie's going down, season finale) on television. The casting on this show is perfect and everyone plays their part to perfection (especially Paulie and Silvio) and beautifully. I would not be surprised if The Sopranos, Gandolfini and Falco sweep the Emmy's every year. This season is just as intersting and well written as the previous seasons. Season 4 focuses more on Tony's family life and crisis and the business part takes a backseat, although still very much engaged in Season four. Not top of the line excellent compared to previous seasons but still far better then most television shows out there. I would not hesitate to recommend this season four. As many people have said, once you start watching, you will be hooked. If you have never watched this show, I recommend you buy season 4 or any other seasons when you are on vacation or something since you'll sit in front of the couch watching every single episode.
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Summary: Freud on Steroids
Review: I didn't understand what all the gangster excitement was about when the Sopranos first aired on a pay-for-view station. I didn't want to watch the dregs of Hollywood with the good stuff. I sought only good film. A year later I rented Season 1 and caught up to the notion that mobsters in North Jersey could be just like you and me sort of. Then I rented the subsequent seasons because as every soap opera fan wonders: what more could possibly happen to these crazy people?
My wife weighed in for the first time in Season 4. When Tony wanted to sock Carmela, my gal screamed in anguish as though I had ever laid a hand on her. Well, maybe in heated moments, I came close. You see, it's all too real these Sopranos, but if an entertainment were much like average domestic life, it would fail to amuse or anguish. No! The reason the Sopranos is on a pinnacle as art, that has to do with the viewer's lack of integrity. The average man's life is ground down by the rules of church, family, and government till he is hamburger. Oh how to release ourselves from these earthly chains.
Tony Soprano may be a clinical case, but Machiavelli, stand aside. He is wise in a crooked business and evaluates his workers like Sigmund Freud on steroids. He has great sex with beautiful women; indeed his women are interesting beyond housewifely pipedreams. (Don't the ladies want to be Tony's babes? Hey!) Oh to take all the money we ever wanted. To beat the crap out of any offending waiter; oh the joy of it. Take that you sleazy attorney, pow! Cut his body up in the bathtub, Christopher, and put that hypodermic needle down.
The forth season does not disappoint.
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Summary: Why do so many people dislike this season?
Review: To be honest, I was never a big Sopranos fan until I came to college. Then I ordered the first season and was hooked from then. I bought each season one at a time, but I was always a little nervous about ordering season 4 because so many people say that it's boring and there's not enough murder. What could they be thinking? After viewing the entire season, I definately rank it as the 2nd best Sopranos season, right below season 3. What I like about it is that it takes its time to develop the plot and numerous subplots for what turns out to be a finale worthy of applause. Definately get this if you're interested in a nice blend of comedy, drama, and suspense.
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Summary: Get out the holy water
Review: Season 4 is dead. Get out the holy water. THey spend too much time on Tony's kids and wife problems. If you think season 4 sucks, wait til you see season 5. THey should re-name the show to "Tony's family"...
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