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Summary: Italian American Anti Defecation
Review: These bottom feeders are not the brothers I know. They give love a bad name.
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Summary: Sopranos
Review: An excellent series. I have thoroughly enjoyed the first two seasons of the sopranos and wasn't dispointed by the third.
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Summary: I know I'm asking for it, but...
Review: ...I can't help but think that, for all the acclaim, all the awards, and all the great reviews, THE SOPRANOS ran out of steam after the second season, and even the second season was a noticeable step down from the first. And the recent fourth was an even-further dropoff from the third. I sometimes wish that they had climaxed the entire series at the end of season one, with Tony doing the unthinkable and murdering his own mother. The show has become so well-known that it may continue indefinitely, and there are still occasional stand-out episodes, but, for me, it more or less fizzled out here. Bada-bing.
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Summary: Another Great Season
Review: I wouldn't rank this quite as highly as the first two seasons. Some elements that were highlighted became a bit shallow, a bit soap-operaish. But make no mistake this is another great season worthy of the show. If you're going in order you've already seen the first two seasons, and you don't really need any convincing from me that you should see this. I find the last three episodes especially strong, really astonishing, and of those the "Pine Barrens" episode is probably the best and most entertaining of the show's run.
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Summary: One of the best shows
Review: If you buy any entire season collection it has to be the sopranos which is on of the best televisions shows i have ever watched a must have if u can afford them
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Summary: YES!
Review: Ya Know I am so glad that Sopranos have come to DVD for a 3rd season that I could just poop my pants. Because I missed so many episodes from the third season, becase my son has practice on sunday nights. But I really enjoy the Sopranos and am very glad that its on DVD. GNGMMTS.
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Summary: BADDA BING!
Review: You can't have better entertainment. I don't get HBO or cable, so I was going through withdrawal - I had finished the entire 1st and 2nd seasons renting at BLOCKBUSTER (and with the $8 overcharge fees, I should have just BOUGHT) until the third season got released. And then I watched them all over three weeks. This DVD package is pure heroin without the terrible side effects. If you're on the fence - BUY IT!
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Summary: Season 3 = beginning of the end
Review: Season 3 of the Sopranos is where the show slipped into soap-opera mode and became dull. If you enjoy the tension between Tony and his wife, you'll love this DVD set. I find myself wishing they'd just stopped after the second season and went out on a high.
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Summary: Should have called it quit after the 3rd.
Review: Sorry, almost became a soap opera since the 2nd season. Great and interesting characters now almost became lamers and wimps. Sorry, folks, if the so-called New Jersey Mafia family could only found traitors or snitchs among them, doing some self-justified or justifiable killings to one another, and would not touch their tough opponents such the Russian Mafia, they are doomed to be phased out and just became some stories. Call it quit sooner better than later, gents, 'cause it has become so contrite and tasteless.
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Summary: Third Time's A Charm
Review: I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the third season of THE SOPRANOS. The first season was brilliant, but the second seemed transitional, at best. The talking fish, the side trip to Italy, the mini-rise and major fall of Richie Aprile--season II didn't seem to add up to all that much. It was still better than 90% of whatever else is on television, but the question remained, was the bloom of the rose, had the Sopranos gone flat?The third season laid all doubts to rest. In short, it was the best season yet. Emmy winner Edie Falco got the screen time she unaccountably failed to get in the second season. The sub-plot involving Melfi's rape and subsequent inner turmoil was much more solid dramatically than anything the writers came up with for Lorraine Bracco in the series' sophomore year. And while some have complained that the loose cannon storyline involving Ralphie Cifaretto (Joe Pantoliano) was a replay of the Richie Aprile storyline, it was actually a much more satisfying plotline (better developed with more twists--didn't Ralphie's doom seem inevitable after he "disrespected the Bing"? Well, surprise!). Aida Turturro's Janice is used to better effect this season. And the storyline involving Meadow and her two profoundly different romances was just about perfect. And how about Christopher and Paulie lost in the Pine Barrens? A classic episode. And of course, James Gandolfini was just great. Never a false note. When you consider all the two-bit thug roles Gandolfini was consigned to prior to taking on this master thug role (and role of a lifetime) as Tony Soprano, well, you're just grateful that this remarkable actor finally found a project that allowed him to demonstrate his full range. About the only thing Sopranos 3 lacked was Nancy Marchand (except in that awkward digitally generated scene in episode 2). That couldn't be helped, of course, but her absence was at least somewhat compensated by marvelous turns by all the other female leads (and I would include new comer/special guest star Annabella Sciorra among them). I stopped getting cable two years ago, so I had to wait until the third season became commercially available to see it. I had read plenty of good things about year 3 and was looking forward it. Turns out it was well worth the wait. Word on the fourth season is that it's a lot weaker. I've learned to reserve judgment myself, but it does seem possible that the even numbered years may prove to be, as noted above, "transitional" and less powerful dramatically. If so, the planned fifth and final season, scheduled for 2003 or 2004 may still take the series out with a bang... Or several.
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