The Sopranos Final Scene

i dont know if tony soprano is dead.
ideally i would like to think that he survived and that silvio dante came out of his coma healthy, but we cant tell that and never will.
but why do so many hate the ending?
in the 7-8 years the show ran, there was a massive build up and foreshadowing sense that tony soprano was going to die.
but if the series had ended as such, then what would have been the point of the series?
"tony soprano will die at the end", and at the end, he dies.
this leaves it open.

I believe tony is dead...either way his life wouldnt be the same again with carlo testifying against him, Also the quote junior tells tony in season 3.."these things come in threes", this is the third and final attempt on tony's life

Phil Leotardo was killed right in front of his wife and grandkids.

When it comes to taking out a boss, no rules apply. And the possibilities for a movie are all but dead.

I don't think that guy was a hitman. A mafia hit wouldn't go down in front of a bunch of witnesses who might ID or apprehend the hitman unless they really wanted to make an example of the person being whacked, in which case they would have done it somewhere with a bunch of mobbed-up people, not just civilians. Still, WTF?! Cop-out ending.

tony did not get killed. It is a rule within the mafia, no killings with wife and children present, Im pretty sure to be honest with you, nothing happened. There is talk of a movie, and a movie wouldnt make much sense with Tony in jail or dead

lol Avon Barksdale and Wee Bey from The Wire entering at 1:40

bye bye Tony

this doesn't constitute as an ending. endings should leave you with some sort of closure, not leave you with more questions.

since when do endings necessarily need closure?

As for the blackout midway through Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," Chase had wanted the show's ending to be even more abrupt.

"Originally, I didn't want any credits at all," says Chase. "I just wanted the black screen to go the length of the credits - all the way to the HBO 'whoosh' sound. But the Directors Guild wouldn't give us a waiver."
"Why would we want to do that?" Chase asks. "Why would we entertain people for eight years only to give them the finger?"

"There are no esoteric clues in there. No 'Da Vinci Code,"' Chase states matter-of-factly.

And he feels the show concluded on a hopeful note.

A.J. will "probably be a low-level movie producer. But he's not going to be a killer like his father, is he? Meadow may not become a pediatrician or even a lawyer ... but she'll learn to operate in the world in ways that Carmela never did.

"It's not ideal. It's not what the parents dreamed of. But it's better than it was," Chase says.