Customer Reviews Overall Rating:4.0
Love the show... but not so much the price...!
2007-05-07
This show is great, but come on, does it really need to be so pricey when it comes out for sale? After all, you only get 4
CD's for this price. HBO has a tendency to boost the price up. If they need to put the price up because of the box set quality
(because it is quite nice), well maybe they should look at something a little less costly.
Other than that, this series is quite entertaining and the cast are honestly first-class and credible. If you like any
type of mafia movies or shows, this is the one you want to see!
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Another Brilliant Season
2004-07-07
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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Click the order button!
2004-07-03
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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WARNING ! If you buy this you won't be able to switch off
2004-06-16
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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A Masterpiece of Television History
2004-06-01
I am quite picky to what I watch on TV expecially with all the garbage thats on these days. Lately I have began watching the
Soprano Series, currently on Season 3 but have been watching it quite quickly. The writing is brilliant, the acting is one
of the best ever to be seen on TV. So convincing that it seems like you're right there watching the real people in action.
All the actors in this show are extremely talented protraying the characters. I don't think anything can replace a series
like this. Too bad HBO is not in Canada and Soprano's is no longer on Canadian Television, that I have to rely on DVDs. Pure
Art!!
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