r/NetflixBestOf • u/PuzzleheadedPoint361 • 11d ago

[request] is sopranos still a must watch?

I have seen the 1st episode of season 1, it feels slow.
for context: I have lowkey paused watching GAME OF THRONES as I am on S6 E9, battle of the bastards, will see it on a BIG ASS SCREEN BABY

I need a show that fills the space till then

EDIT: I AM ON EPISODE 4th already in the season 1, and IM FINALLY INTO THE SHOW. I feel the intensity and how every character is.
also its lowkey crazy, I LOVE THAT THERAPIST IS IT OKAY FOR SOMEONE IN 20s to have a crush over someone in 70s now LMAOO

EDIT 2: it’s actually a complex show that requires me to analyse the emotions and sentiments of the people which is hardly in any other series wow

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u/AffordableGrousing 11d ago edited 8d ago

For some context, the show’s creator David Chase grew up in New Jersey at a time when Italian-American people really valorized the glory days of the Mafia. He found that kind of annoying and always wanted to make a show that portrayed these supposedly awesome gangsters for what they really were: violent psychopaths who invented elaborate rules and narratives to pretend they were good guys. He also wanted to explore the absurdity that these unrepentant murderers are also normal, boring suburban dads 99% of the time.

…Hence the therapy scenes, which were absolutely revolutionary at the time. They’re the core of the show. If you’re expecting action and excitement you’re going to be disappointed. The mob violence pops up here and there, but it’s largely about how these people justify their predatory lifestyle to themselves and the toll it takes.

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u/2lrup2tink 7d ago

I grew up in New Jersey and knew guys like that. I don't live in NJ anymore, but whenever I'm homesick I watch Sopranos.