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Been rewatching the seasons over the last 4 weeks or so and am now just into season six. Its been long enough that the shit is fresh to me. As I watch, I remember the main plot points, but I totally forgot about most the rest.
Gotta say, I really recommend watching em again. Especially if you haven't seen them since they first aired. And its been cool to watch them sequentially without big time gaps.
Some shit I am taking away - Gandolfini was actually a pretty fucking amazing actor. I didn't really notice the first time around cause I think I just thought of him as Tony. But after seeing him in other stuff and then now going back, I realize what a great performance that was.
Also realizing how much subtlety there is on that show. Crazy depth. And the recurring themes and symbolism. The way the show invents its own tropes and then maintains them as it goes on. The way they introduce a theme and then it ripples through all the characters and is revisited from all different perspectives and situations. The use of language and phrasing and repetition in the dialog. Its fucking phenomenal.
And then you hit season 5 and they drop the color saturation and the slider is like 2 clicks from being black and white and the shit gets serious.
Anyway, first time I watched the show, it was like a mob adventure show that was exciting and suspenseful. But going back, its crazy the depth to that show. Its a fucking masterpiece. Full on. I think sometimes it gets a little overlooked because the mob shit and cause the bigness of the Tony Soprano character. But goddamn.
Gotta say, I really recommend watching em again. Especially if you haven't seen them since they first aired. And its been cool to watch them sequentially without big time gaps.
Some shit I am taking away - Gandolfini was actually a pretty fucking amazing actor. I didn't really notice the first time around cause I think I just thought of him as Tony. But after seeing him in other stuff and then now going back, I realize what a great performance that was.
Also realizing how much subtlety there is on that show. Crazy depth. And the recurring themes and symbolism. The way the show invents its own tropes and then maintains them as it goes on. The way they introduce a theme and then it ripples through all the characters and is revisited from all different perspectives and situations. The use of language and phrasing and repetition in the dialog. Its fucking phenomenal.
And then you hit season 5 and they drop the color saturation and the slider is like 2 clicks from being black and white and the shit gets serious.
Anyway, first time I watched the show, it was like a mob adventure show that was exciting and suspenseful. But going back, its crazy the depth to that show. Its a fucking masterpiece. Full on. I think sometimes it gets a little overlooked because the mob shit and cause the bigness of the Tony Soprano character. But goddamn.