Sopranos - Italian Brilliance (The Sopranos)

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Product:	The Sopranos
Date:	14/02/02 (211 review reads)
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Advantages: Excitement - Guns, Fresh And Innovative, Stylish

Disadvantages: Late Showing

Hope you got yourself a gun. Give me a crown for this review because I got myself a gun. The Sopranos has totally dominated the mainstream of TV since the day that it was released over a year ago, but in all this time, the Sopranos as a show has kept the ingredients that made it a hit so long ago. No only have they retained the classic introductory song now remixed by Nas, but the whole style and Italian flavour has been retained and simply stimulated to reach the climax in popularity that the Sopranos is now enjoying in the year 2002.


For those that haven't watched the Sopranos yet, I know very few will be interested to know that it is about Italian Americans and is solely based around the life and times of Tony Soprano in particular and his relationships and links with the mafia. The interesting thing about the Sopranos is the fresh manner in which they have decided to take to emulating a life of a mafia co-ordinator. And believe me this fresh new style is critical and makes for beautiful and exciting watching.


The Sopranos takes that approach of looking at Tony Sopranos mind and the psychological changes that he goes through as a result of his harsh dangerous gangster lifestyle. This is extremely interesting and although I don't want to turn this into a psychology lesson the interviews and short interludes between Tony Soprano and his shrink are vital for the nutrition and the success of the show. It's interesting to see that although Tony a member of a highly sophisticated crime organisation has weaknesses and fears. This is also very relieving and a breath of fresh air from the hard man images that most TV documentary's or films such as Goodfellas (Amazing Film) attempt to portray.


The cast is nothing that came out of Hollywood and this is great because it almost and I know this may sound ridiculous, but it makes the acting more believable and one finds themselves being caught up in the emotion and the
tension that each of certain scenes.


There is an element of comedy instituted into the film but this y no stretch of the imagination is the reason why the Sopranos is a success. The jokes understand are not in the format of sitcom but are more intellectual and inspiring and thought provoking.


The talk about factor of the Sopranos is unbelievable. It is great to watch a program and then be able to talk about it with friends the next day and no other program does it better that the Sopranos. Surprisingly, despite the huge amount of details that the watcher is bombarded with the next day because the program is so gripping and inspiring one can say easily 'see the part where' and recall the most minute of details. Even the reliving of the program is a blessed and most appreciated thing indeed.


In addition to this the Sopranos also makes the family of Tony Soprano the main character play a major part which makes the program a universal program because, one can relate to any of the characters in the show. This is very clever the way that they have co-ordinated this, the dad of the household may find themselves relating to Tony and some of the personal situations he encounters whereas the child of the family me see themselves relating to the young girl or her counterpart. This is interesting to see how people in different circumstances deal with the problems that you have. And this works only because the Sopranos does actually deal with everyday issues such as Mid Life Crisis and the typical unruly child.

The Sopranos has decided to take a whole new outlook on gangster life. This is fresh and innovative making the Sopranos the best thing on television at the moment.

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