I watched it long after the fact, so I already knew about the controversy. I knew that it meant his death.
His death was also a great way to end the series, and the story arc they were in.
I even recognize the artistic merit of showing his death from his own POV.
And yet, somehow it all came together in a way that was very unfulfilling. Maybe it’s just that it’s not the way we’ve ever seen, but it felt very off.
Yeah, call it cheesy or too on-the-nose, but I think I would have preferred just having an explicit glimpse of someone about to shoot Tony. Can still do the cut to black, but there’s a split second of someone drawing a gun before it happens.
The viewers are not Tony Soprano, so it just seems weird to limit it to his perspective and obscure events to only what he would be aware of in that moment. It’s just that you have an entire series where viewers can see all of the moving parts that most characters are oblivious to, except for the very last one apparently.
Yeah. I would put this one as actually controversial because it fit the series and even gave you some of the paranoia that Tony dealt with from day to day.
The Sopranos final episode immediately springs to mind
I loved it. It made me think about how life just stops. I love all the foreshadowing.
I like it since I learned that it ends so abruptly because the last POV is Tony’s as he dies.
That said, it whooshed nearly everyone who watched it and therefore pissed people off.
I watched it long after the fact, so I already knew about the controversy. I knew that it meant his death.
His death was also a great way to end the series, and the story arc they were in.
I even recognize the artistic merit of showing his death from his own POV.
And yet, somehow it all came together in a way that was very unfulfilling. Maybe it’s just that it’s not the way we’ve ever seen, but it felt very off.
Yeah, call it cheesy or too on-the-nose, but I think I would have preferred just having an explicit glimpse of someone about to shoot Tony. Can still do the cut to black, but there’s a split second of someone drawing a gun before it happens.
The viewers are not Tony Soprano, so it just seems weird to limit it to his perspective and obscure events to only what he would be aware of in that moment. It’s just that you have an entire series where viewers can see all of the moving parts that most characters are oblivious to, except for the very last one apparently.
Someone posted an explanation to the last episode, and it all made sense. As the writer said, “It’s all on the screen.”
Bottom line: Tony got whacked in a diner booth with his entire family present.
This one stands out to me as it was a “love it or hate it” ending, not just terrible or a giant let down.
Yeah. I would put this one as actually controversial because it fit the series and even gave you some of the paranoia that Tony dealt with from day to day.
Sopranos and Game of Thrones are the ones I recall having the most uproar. To this day, new videos on YouTube about how awful they were.
It’s hard to know if GoT counts as “controversial” because it seems like everyone unanimously hated it.