Powerful Uncle Junior-Tony scene

[Rightfielder21]

I thought that was a wonderful scene with Uncle Junior and Tony.

T: Don't you love me?

Silence... Very powerful stuff...


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[Alas1119]

Me too...very powerful.

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[joannmel]

intense....

awesome....




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[Go Sox]

Very good stuff... almost made me a little uncomfortable. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes">

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[FlyOnMelfisWall]

LOVED that scene. I felt so sorry for Tony.

I don't know how he does it, but James Gandolfini just makes you feel for his character, in spite of everything. I remember David Chase said in an interview a few years ago that there would be no Sopranos without JG, that he has an extraordinary sensitivity about him, one that is really quite uncommon, even among actors. And that just comes through in Tony in the most subtle ways. The fact that this "bear" of a man (pardon the 5th season symbolism, there) is still in many ways this child looking for a parent to really love him gives the character a paradoxic and profoundly endearing vulnerability.

And Dominic Chianese was also outstanding, providing just the right mixture of stoicism and emotion at the end.

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[07066NJ]

Amazing.. How in that scene, Tony looks and speaks like a little boy seeking the approval of his dad-- "Dont you love me?" This the same man that oversees all the crime and murder in NJ and some of NY.

And Uncle June.. The hardest of the tough guys. Yells at everyone anytime they get emotional over ANYTHING.

Great scene!

-JC


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[duck44]

Classic!!!!!!!!!!

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[harmony2k66]

An incredible scene, probably one of the most moving on The Sopranos ever. Just the fact that these two, could only sit there in silence, almost brings back memories of the end of Employee Of The Month with Tony And Melfi. The biggest problem all these characters have is communication. And the lack therof it seems to be another reason this show always hits so close to home. For these two men, which for some reason reminds me of Tony and Christopher in The Legend Of Tenesse Moltisanti, when Tony tried to talk to Chris about his depression, was them actually allowing there emotions to reach the surface. It happens rarely, if ever for Junior, quite a bit for Tony (which makes him the most likeable in my opinion) besides in time of Anger, but for Tony to actually display that towards his uncle has been a long awaited payoff.


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[ObservingEgo]

Yes, an exquisitely powerful scene...similar to the classic "Rosebud" scene. In that we all strive to either repair or repeat our attachments, we see so beautifully yet simply, Tony's ongoing psychological struggle. We are also reminded of this character's ambiguity, or what Glen Gabbard called the "vertical split."

Again, painful yet artful.

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[ObservingEgo]

Correction to above post: "...repeat or repair OUR attachments..."

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