Figured I’d bring this thread back to the first page since we are now within a few days until the movie is released. A little bummed it’s only 120 minutes.
Currently up to season 4 episode 2 shits getting weird, Ralphie just banged Tony’s sister in a bizarre scene that showed him doing tons of coke beforehand. Poor writers no one could get hard after that many lines
I don’t believe Chase would wait this long to finally revisit the Sopranos universe only to have it turn out a disappointment. But I could be wrong.
Here’s the reviews https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/th...views?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews
me and a good buddy are both huge Sopranos guys. Decided we needed to see this one in the theatre and are going Saturday night. Very excited.
I thought it was good. But to me, the whole movie seemed like a pilot episode of a new TV Show for where there should be 10 more episodes to go off of it.
Oh for sure. It was great to see a lot of the back. Very fun and very interesting. But its like it was a set up for something and then boom it was over.
I read they talked about and wanted to bring Terrence Winter back and he said he would. Im going to put this next part in spoiler Spoiler Now that Tony was basically like, Im in this shit. I want to see how he becomes the King. Show him and Jackie taking things over
thought it was entertaining for the super fans but it’s hard to take much away from it. definitely need to develop a new series
Wasn’t as good as the show but still enjoyable. Feel like they tried to jam too many characters and storylines in and the result is that nothing got developed the way it could have been, which is disappointing.
Spoiler I don't believe so. I think they tried to say it was a dirty cop in the series but it was always kinda unknown if that was true or not.
Spoiler Yeah. I think he knew the cop story was bullshit but he was just trying to give Christopher closure on his father. They never really hinted at Tony knowing who actually was responsible.
Just finished it. I really liked it. But it's definitely not really a stand alone film. If you're a big Sopranos fan, you'll probably love it. If you're not, you should probably watch/rewatch the series before seeing this to really appreciate it. Thoughts in spoilers Spoiler - I really like how they showed dicky grappling with brining Tony in. You can contrast that with Tony jumping in head first with Chrissy. This is emphasized when you learn that the crooked cop from the series had nothing to do with Dicky's death. It basically shows that Tony had no issues brining Chrissy into that world, even to the point where he'd flippantly lie to him about his father's death, just to have Chrissy work and kill for him. Liotta served as Dicky's conscience, to the point that liotta's character may not have even been real (he disappears in the scene where dicky imagines another life as a blind children's baseball coach). Liotta also mentions Buddhist philosophy with dicky, just as Tony had his own encounter with Buddhism as Kevin Finnerty while struggling with his morality in the television series. Tony showed a semblance of a conscience throughout the series (mainly through melfi), but still not on the level that dicky does. But ultimately, they both are who they are. They both do horrible things, yet constantly attempt to justify their actions and view themselves as good people. They both utterly corrupt those around them. Dicky shows his conscience is ultimately corrupted when he agrees to finally meet Tony at holston's, and we all know Tony goes on to have even less of a moral compass with his relationship with Chrissy. The cycle of moral breakdown just gets more vicious with each generation. - there were solid winks and nods to Tony's true fate in the series. Young Tony in the movie mentions not wanting to end up shot in the back. Then you have the shot of young Tony looking out the window, waiting for dicky at holston's - the scene of his birth into the underground, being disappointed by a family member, and the location of his ultimate demise at the hands of the same underground, in front of his own family members. The death/memorial scene for dicky in the film is probably the closest thing we'll ever get to a death/memorial scene for Tony. His death is abrupt and without much promp and circumstance. It comes quick and unexpectedly. Folks (likely including the guy who ordered the hit) attend the memorial, pay their respects, and move on to the next thing, as they all did so many times in the series. A new boss is anointed. The characters change, and the show goes on. Tony's death was a big deal to us as viewers, but in that world, it's just a part of doing business. It's not glamorous, it's not "cinematic" (as Patsy Parisi would say). It's mundane and routine. - Speaking of the show going on, as someone already mentioned ITT, it was an awesome set up for another chapter (either in film or television) with young Tony and Jackie Sr taking over a crew. If Chase is interested, there's a lot of story left to tell.
I liked it. Would have liked it better with a professional actor playing tony. Didn’t think gandolfini’s son had the personality to pull off that role.
It took me way too long to ultimately finish the series, just did earlier this year, but that was enjoyable.
Spoiler tony was obviously bullshitting from the start but it's not clear that it was junior in the show. chrissy is stupid and bought it.