....from a Droid while out doing things...right now I'm waiting for my sgt to come pick up our team so we can move more trucks and construction equipment since Annual Training ends tomorrow. ...yeah I'm really in cave.
Okay. I just think Gandolfini is a talented enough actor that he should make it through a RIP thread without criticism of his abilities. Maybe that's just me.
Yeah, it's probably just you. The point is, it's trying to portray him as something great and some of us want to know if he was anymore than an actor who appealed to kids with delusions of grandeur over being a gangster. Americans ya know! And the fallen bit! Didn't that used to get saved for the twoops?
You seem to have anger issues over this. I don't get it, but being butt hurt over an actor you don't personally watch being called "great" is a little over the top.
I'm working on my anger issues. It's been a long time since I've had to use my knife and they may let me out soon. But they told me that I'm not allowed to go around any actors and not to touch any knives. I think I can be good.
I never did watch him in the gangster
sitcoms but I have to wonder what made this one 'great'? Was he anything more than a guy who could look tough and appealed to little boys pretending that they were mobsters? A move star?
Enlighten us on the 'great' part. A Mozart? A Beethoven? A dead US president likeness in some way? And the 'fallen' bit? Something more than just dead like ordinary people are prone to get from overeating that causes obesity?
The Sopranos ? A " Sit Com " ?
Are you wrong about EVERYTHING ?
There are 3 standards depending on where you're postong:Is it o.k. to use abbreviations for profanity on this forum? Such as your use of stfu? Or how about if a profanity is used and it's not spelled correctly. The possibilities are unlimited?
You're not missing much.
All mafia shows and movies is completely interchangeable.
The only work anyone really knows him for is exactly the same as every other mafia boss that you've seen in movies.
Not quite. Gandolfini portrayed a Mafia boss that was quite different than all the others portrayed. He did a great job.
You're not missing much.
All mafia shows and movies is completely interchangeable.
The only work anyone really knows him for is exactly the same as every other mafia boss that you've seen in movies.
Agreed. He was the first (that I'm aware of) to take the mob portrayal away from the overly classified depiction of the Godfather. He made mobsters out to be believable, regular people (insofar as they can be termed "regular").
Watch The Godfather and then watch Goodfellas back-to-back. You will see the ignorance of your comment.
How? He played a man who ruled his family with an iron fist, yet they got away with murder behind his back.
And he ruled the "family" with an iron fist and killed those who got in his way or were looking like a liabilty.
Being of Italian decent, I found his character to be disgusting.
Easy to do over what 5 TV seasons vs a 3 hour movie.I think both of those movies glorified the mafia, more or less. What set The Sopranos apart is they successfully depicted the class structure of the mafia in real detail while also showing them to be, in their own way, true working class schlubs.
There is no mafia.I think both of those movies glorified the mafia, more or less. What set The Sopranos apart is they successfully depicted the class structure of the mafia in real detail while also showing them to be, in their own way, true working class schlubs.
There is no mafia.
How? He played a man who ruled his family with an iron fist, yet they got away with murder behind his back.
And he ruled the "family" with an iron fist and killed those who got in his way or were looking like a liabilty.
Being of Italian decent, I found his character to be disgusting.
More like all the stress on his body from being fat. If anyone can take anything from this it's that fat people just don't live very long.
It's sad. He was an incredibly talented actor with amazing stage presence.
Depends on a variety of things. Proportionally, my grandmother was about as fat as Gandolfini. She lived to be 90.
Of course, she didn't smoke or drink and ate lots of vegetables, too.
I never saw an episode of The Sopranos. Heard a lot about it but when I would see Gandolphini I would immediately think of his mafia character in True Romance... especially when he confronted Brad Pitt's stoned character.
On a side note... Brad Pitt's portrayal of a stoner in this movie, IMO, is second only to Sean Penn's Spiccoli character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
we throw the word "great" around too much ... I agree, and in the end, your sympathies have to be for the ones who loved him and he loved ... just as it should be with anyone who passes ... this fascination with actors, sports stars, etc. is not healthy ... I have much more admiration for teachers, doctors, garbage collectors, mechanics, etc. who go to work everyday and do their jobs well for people like us ...
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