Tell you what, I have fell in love with The Sopranos. I have watched this religiously since September last year, after "acquiring" the DVD's. The writing and acting are first class. James Gandolfini was born to play the part of Tony Soprano. Along with the barbarity, there is humilty and some very dark comedy, as in the scene below.

I hope HBO can produce something like this in the future, because it will be hard to beat.






Bobby: Mom really went downhill after the World Trade Center... You know, Quasimodo predicted all this.
Tony: Who did what?
Bobby: All these problems. The Middle East, the end of the world.
Tony: Nostradamus! Quasimodo is the hunchback of Notre Dame.
Bobby: Oh, right. Notre Damus.
Tony: Nostradamus. And Notre Dame. It's two different things completely.
Bobby: It's interesting, though, they'd be so similar, isn't it? And I always thought...okay, hunchback in Notre Dame... And you also got your quarterback and your headback of Notre Dame.
Tony: One's a fucking cathedral!
Bobby: Obviously, I know. I'm just saying. It's interesting, the coincidences... What? You're gonna tell me you never pondered that, the back-thing with Notre Dame?
Tony: NO!

Posted by BCV on 9/4/08; 1:09:34 PM from the Off topic dept.