hey guys just wanted to get your opinoins on phil leotardo. I feel that at first phil was one of the best characters on the show. He seemedto play a great old school mob guy who takes no shit and was a little bitter bout doing some serious time. He also looked down at the soprano crew which i believe is prob true with alot of the major players in the NY mob and the NJ family. My problem is in the later episodes he was like a totally diffrent guy. He totally flipped his lid. Wanting revenge for his brother i can understand but wanting to take out a entre family heirarchy ??? And Y?? cause he didnt care for tony ?? That wud never happen. In my opinoin he went from one of the best characters to one of the worst characters
In my eyes, this is what made him such a compelling character. The whole arc of the character was fantastic. You start to realize he's a mirror image of Tony. A mob boss who is driven by a love for his family. Just as Tony spirals out of control the minute New York makes threats against his daughter, going so far as to
curbstomp a made guy, even though it will start a huge conflict with mobsters he needs on his side, Phil spirals out of control the minute he has the power to get revenge on those he blames for his brother's death. The two make incredibly irrational attacks on each other's families, ignoring the fact that it could lead to disasters. On Tony's side, a war he can't win. On Phil's side, the loss of loyalty of his men.
