on the subject of the series finale of The Sopranos from the pen of Kevin Smith...director of such magnificence as Clerks, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back...
they provided one really beautiful moment that I feel summed up the entire series quite nicely: Tony visiting Uncle Junior.
"You and my Dad," Tony said. "You two ran North Jersey."
"We did?"
"Yeah."
"Hm." Beat. "That's nice."
"You and my Dad," Tony said. "You two ran North Jersey."
"We did?"
"Yeah."
"Hm." Beat. "That's nice."
I thought that brief exchange really captured the futility of not just This Thing of Ours, but ambition and accomplisment in general: you struggle and toil and put shit together from scratch, and it all seems so epic and important in the moment, and you make sacrifices, and there are casualties along the way... and ultimately, if you're lucky, you wind up in a wheelchair, unable to remember most of what you've done.
shout out to Kev and his reflection on one of the special moments in the final sixty minutes of our look into the life of Tony, Carmela, Meadow and A.J. i enjoyed every second of the show and especially the build-up of something we thought would happen, turning into something utterly and completely nothing. LOVED it. loved the unexpected ending...
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