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Stop breaking my balls

Advantages: Pure brilliance all round
Disadvantages: None

...be alone in saying that The Sopranos TV series is one of the best dramas i have ever seen and no doubt in the top 5 US TV exports in recent years. It has everything you could want from a mob drama with just superb acting, writing and direction in possibly every episode. As a treat to myself, i recently re-started watching my Sopranos dvds again with my girlfriend who used to moan about me watching this now recommends we put it on, progress! Not sure ...
...asked for regular updates on the storyline, definately progress!! Anyway, i will endeavour to provide an in depth review of season 1 and provide purchase advice. PLOT - Tony Soprano is a top end mobster in the New Jersey based Di-Meo crime family. He is a husband to wife Carmela and father to his two children Meadow and Anthony Jnr. Juggling his time with his cosa nostra family and his real family cause him to have panic attacks which he aims to ...

Capodon 05.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Sopranos - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

Fourth Time Around

Advantages: Continuation of a groundbreaking drama
Disadvantages: Adult drama, with adult language, and extreme violence

...was a low point for the Sopranos in many fans estimation, and I initially agreed with some of their sentiments unlike earlier seasons I found myself glancing at the clock occasionally during some episodes waiting for the story to kick in. The first time I watched this season I did think that maybe the show had peaked and was on the wind down, bereft of ideas the writers were content to give us endless minutes of Tony and Carmela arguing as their ...
...anywhere. I waited patiently for the Season to get going whilst my finger hovered over FF button on the remote. The Season eventually did get going and produced some worthy and memorable episodes, but the Show as a whole didn't grip me the way Seasons 1 through 3 did. Maybe it was my expectations that were at fault, the Sopranos had raised the crossbar so high that it was nay on impossible to sustain the momentum. At least that was my initial impression ...

sigmatech 12.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Sopranos - Series 4 - Complete (DVD)

Tony takes the Fifth

Advantages: As good as ever
Disadvantages: None

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cert: 18 The fifth series of the Sopranos finally won the Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Series, an accolade that it should have received for each of its previous 4 seasons. So why did season 5 pick up the Emmy were other years the show failed to beat of the likes of the West wing? Probably because the West Wing represents the ideal America with an ideal President whereas the Sopranos represent an America the establishment would ...
...knock the West Wing, it's a fine dramatic series but it plays it safe in away the Sopranos never would. The fact that the Sopranos won the Emmy for season 5 shows that by this stage even the Academy could no longer ignore this ground breaking show. The fifth series is indeed worthy of its Emmy, plotlines were tighter and better developed than in the previous season. The injection of new blood in the likes of Tony Blundetto (Steve Buscemi), "Feech" ...

sigmatech 18.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Sopranos - Series 5 - Complete (DVD)

Sopranos Season 6 - Wha' cha gonna do?

Advantages: Brilliant directing and acting
Disadvantages: Very fast paced, can be hard to keep up

...a fantastic kick start to the season and really performed in true Soprano style. Unlike many TV shows which tend to deteriorate the longer they go on, Sopranos Season Six lives up to it's true form and is consistent throughout. At the end of episode one Tony is shot by his uncle Junior who's continuing to lose his marbles and has been for some time now. The following two episodes continue with Tony in a coma in critical condition with little chance ...
...to make it back in the movie industry and produce a Saw/Godfather II slasher movie called Cleaver. In episode 2 and 3 whilst Tony is in his coma we see him playing a series of events in his mind where it seems he's being shown the way to Heaven maybe? I didn't quite get the gist of it to be honest but basically he has to choose life or death. A Few old characters pop every now and then too, the dead ones of course, Adriana (Chris' fiance) and Tony ...

steve0898 18.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Sopranos - Series 6 Vol.1 (DVD)

Not Bad at all

Advantages: great storys and loads of action
Disadvantages: not many extras and menu is abit dull

This is one of the best tv shows ive watched and when it came out on DVD i just couldnt resist.If you enjoyed this on the tele and want to watch again or keep em for a rainy day its worth a buy.Dont expect much on the extras side cause there aint much.But i garranty once you watch the first episode you will not be able to turn them off. If you like films like casino.Scarface.Goodfellas or any other gansta movie this is a must for you.There are a ...
...and casino.So the episodes last for around 1 hour each and theres 13 episodes all together on the 4 dvds.You can buy these as two parts or you can but the Large box with them all in. My advice for buying these is on a few sites on the internet have special deals on there sopranos box sets.ive seen them for about 29.99 instead of 59.99 so look around you can get a bargain. ...

DAN--G 08.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Sopranos - Series 1 Vol.1 (DVD)