I've always been able to relate to what Livia said here, but even more now that my supposedly best friend and brother forever has abandoned me. People will let you down. We live in a jungle, and most people are not to be trusted because they are just out for themselves.
She is a brilliant actor. Underrated in this show. But i think many think of her when they go to therapy, and talk about their own narcissistic mother 😂
You'll note that right after Livia gives her nihilistic little homily, she digs into a big bowl of ice cream. I don't think she so much cares about about the nothingness of it all as she enjoys making others feel worthless, even her nine-year-old grandson.
Livia Soprano: *says nihlistic shit to sadistically watch a child lose hope* The comments: To Be Fair, You Have To Have a Very High IQ to Understand Livia Soprano
It’s one of those things where Livia almost seems to make sense here, but it’s born of deep cynicism from a life dedicated to selfish misery. The tragedy of cynicism is the dismissal of love, possibly the only thing that really matters. Livia had given up entirely on love by this point if she ever had it to begin with
She’s not wrong, honestly. At least, the first few sentences haha if she was a little bit more in touch with positivity she could have found the secret out.
AJ clearly went to the wrong person to ask about the meaning of life. I believe it was here that AJ started his descent into a downward spiral of uncertainty and depression, all thanks to his cranky, buzzkill of a grandmother.
O mais interessante é que ele estava em uma crise existencial muito comum e muito simples que acontece com a maioria das pessoas da idade dele, e Tony e Carmela são totalmente neuróticos em relação a isso e pressionam ele demais para que mude seu comportamento comentando sobre seus problemas com todos os amigos e conhecidos da família em busca de conselhos, até que Pussy diz para AJ buscar conselhos de sua avó, o resultado foi devastador.
That is good, she is not wrong. I do not know why people are confused by the character I guess it was written for different times in the 90s. She is not wrong about anything she said.
@@szzk7937 I definitely agree with never expecting happiness and people always letting you down. Life has no inherent meaning but it is better to engage in it to distract yourself than be a miserable hermit like Livia. It's like taking painkillers when you're in pain, the wound doesn't go away but you can bear it.
I haven’t watched the show in a couple years but toward the end when he tried to commit suicide didn’t he refer to her and Carmela said that fucking woman?
Why do people dislike Livia ? She’s not wrong nor was she ever really mean. I would like to hang around people who speaks the universal truth about this bullshit life - it’ll be therapeutic and a break from all the toxic, fake positivity chicanery people spout on a day to day basis.
If she says "it`s a change of a lifetime", she also means it to George. "Now, you listen to me! I don't want any plastics, and I don't want any ground floors, and I don't want to get married - ever - to anyone! You understand that? I want to do what I want to do. And you're... and you're "... 😢😢😢
So wonderfully erotic... until he "shakes some sense" into her. How in the blue Hell can he just do that to her? This isn't a Zucker brothers _Airplane_ movie where they parody the trope... this _is_ the trope! SMH
This scene is not sweet or sexy. It's disturbing. George is taking out his rage and frustration out on someone who has nothing to do with the reasons. It's gross. I wish Mary had told him "to hell with you" and found someone else.
Disturbing and awkward, is my personal feeling on this. I get the emotions. George is angry with pretty much everything. And Mary vowed to always love him. Still disturbing and awkward IMO. Maybe I am in minority.
This scene was shot in one take. The complete scene was edited down by the censors, being deemed too passionate for the times. Jimmy was nervous about doing the scene because it was so soon after returning home from WW2 and going back to Hollywood. I would love to see the unedited version but I can’t imagine this classic being any better.
The emotions in this scene don't make any sense, which I suppose can be explained away by saying that love is often not rational, but still..... George is scaring the crap out of her, Mary is sobbing and then her mother just straight up runs away from looking over the bannister like a house invasion is underway instead of a marriage proposal.... Did George have to be angry when he throws in the towel? He could have just said, "Yeah, I don't want to get married, never saw myself doing it, but if I had to marry anyone, it would be you."
One of the best film’s ever made. This scene with Mary on the phone with George standing by her, looking at her and smelling her hair is electrifying. George doesn’t want to fall in love with Mary but he’s too far gone. He’s hopelessly in love with her.
