The Sopranos

Over the years many people whose opinions I respect had told me The Sopranos was a TV show worth watching. I could never understand what was the great attraction of watching a show about a bunch of violent criminals. Finally, after all these years I watched the pilot episode. I have to say I still have no idea why anybody would want to watch it. I guess that the sort of people who are fascinated by watching a train wreck in progress might get something out of watching a lot of utterly repellent characters go about their days, but I found it nothing more than a waste of time. Sure, the production values are superb, the acting is excellent, the direction and camerawork are very good... but for what? If you make a fantastically detailed painting of a heap of steaming shit it doesn't matter how well it's painted; it is still shit. What a waste.