I didn't like it. Just can't get behind this "do-it-yourself" ending that intentionally had everyone in the room wondering if the TiVO had cut out two minutes too soon. It wasn't cool, it was cruel.
"I can't decide whether to go out with the bang or the whimper."
I know others will be trying to see it as a bold creative choice. For me, it's a cop-out. I have great respect for what David Chase has accomplished, of course, but don't tell me that we can all figure out our own ending. You're the creator. We want to know what you think.
I was particularly disappointed by the A.J. resolution being another inside entertainment joke that, somehow, he was going to end up working in the film biz like Christopher. He's the son of Tony Soprano at a time when the chickens were coming home to roost and this is the way they deal with him?
The no-ending ending did get Jackie and me into a lively discussion with our viewing friends Scott and Andie, mind you, but not the good kind, the frustrating kind.
Maybe it's just a ploy for a big-budget "The Sopranos" movie but, if that's the case, then I feel even more ripped off.
In any case, see ya, Tony, loved you almost to the end...
