Comments | purpletele: Ghost World / old sopranos

purpletele

Ghost World / old sopranos

Apr 21, 2003 22:54

what a great movie. not one i'd probably want to watch again, but it was interesting.

i'm also enjoying the first season Sopranos reruns. Meadow and Anthony jr. are so young.

The relationship with Dr. Melfi and Tony is much better the first season than in later seasons.

I liked how Tony felt alive after his brush with death.

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thetrader April 21 2003, 23:30:14 UTC

Ahh, I'm watching the first season Sopranos episodes too! I bought the DVD set off of E-Bay couple of weeks ago for $40 (including $10 s+h) and it's frustrating that I'm making myself watch only one episode a day. I didn't know Tony had a brush with death. I'm still at the "Boca" episode and I'm just waiting for the part of the season where Tony gets promoted to caporegime. But yea, Anthony Jr. does look really young. Short and squat and all that.

The first episode's definitely a classic.

Re: purpletele April 22 2003, 08:13:36 UTC

It's good stuff!! I've never been to NJ and I feel I'm getting quite a geo and soc studies education from this show ;)

Re: thetrader April 22 2003, 13:33:38 UTC

Haha, yea. What I really love is how Tony Soprano tries to challenge people's misconception of Italian gangsters. "I'm in the waste management business. Everybody immediately assumes you're mobbed up. It's a stereotype. And it's offensive." One of my favorite parts was when Tony gave a mysterious brown box to Dr. Cusamano, and Cusamano freaked out because it probably had something to do with the mob, like heroin or something, when it was really just a box filled with sand.

And I like Michael Imperioli, he's a great actor. Remember how his character was depressed for a while but became happy when he saw his name being mentioned for mob-related indictment in the newspaper?? Hilarious.

Re: purpletele April 22 2003, 16:11:39 UTC

Yes, the occasional references to the Godfather movies, and other mob cliche add realism to the series.

I almost felt sorry for the guy when he didn't fit in with Cusamano's golf buddies, but yeah, the box of sand was hilarious!!

Michael Imperioli is great in the series.

anothersunnyday April 21 2003, 23:36:29 UTC

aww you wouldn't want to see it again? it's so good, though.

i watched it this morning on sho time. i'm guessing you caught it there too. it's playing nonstop this week or something.

i want enid's batwoman mask. seriously. too cool.

Re: purpletele April 22 2003, 08:10:56 UTC

haha, yeah, that batwoman mask is cool!! and sexy!!

mizcrank April 22 2003, 13:00:48 UTC

i purchased Ghost World a while back, after seeing it for the first time as a rental. It's definately one of those flicks that are interesting to watch...but have to put some significant time in between viewings.

I did find how Tony felt alive again after his brush with death interesting. I am the same way, just not to that extreme. I need challenges and such to keep me going. If things become routine and mundane, life seems to suck.

Re: purpletele April 22 2003, 16:14:41 UTC

I guess I was expecting the film to be weirder than it actually was. The relationship with Edna and Seymour was almost believable.

I agree it's nice to get out of routines and try different things, though getting shot at would be extreme!!

Re: mizcrank April 22 2003, 16:26:35 UTC

i grew up in Detroit....it seems to make sense to me:)

siderophobia April 22 2003, 22:02:49 UTC

i love ghost world.. Thora birch (enid) is so amazing..i absolutly adore her.

Re: purpletele April 23 2003, 07:46:32 UTC

I just read a lot about Thora Birch online. I didn't realize she was in Paradise, Parenthood, Alaska, American Beauty, and Anywhere But Here. I'll have to look out for her more often.

Throughout watching ghost world, there were times when I thought she was hot, and other times when she wasn't so hot (looking)...