Brian Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Imagine portraying the younger version of one of the most iconic characters in TV history, played by your late father. No pressure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, TheLeon said: Imagine portraying the younger version of one of the most iconic characters in TV history, played by your late father. No pressure! I had zero idea that his son would be portraying Tony until this post! Yeah, definitely no pressure at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 neinneinnein.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I have high hopes for this. Interesting how it looks like Dickie Moltasante seems to be playing a HUGE part in this film. Going to be interesting to see how that whole relationship really colors & fills in things only ever hinted at in the show, not to mention if Tony was setting Chris up killing that cop or what happened truly!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I wouldn’t have been interested if you’d told me about it, and I’m still not after seeing the trailer. What a weird concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Sure, whatever I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I can't help but think that this is essentially the "Solo" of the Sopranos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I can't help but think that this is essentially the "Solo" of the Sopranos. The what now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Just now, Jason said: The what now? Yeah, I have no idea what I'm talking about either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I'm interested. Good to see Ray Liotta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I'm interested if only to see Newark in my stepfather and father's era. Heard a lot of stories growing up about the black and Italian clashes in the city especially when we lived in the Italian part of town for like ten years when i was a kid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I'll watch it because it's David Chase but I wasn't too into the trailer. Not sure how to put it but it looked a bit too polished and stylized based on that trailer, doesn't gel with Sopranos' look and atmosphere at all at first glance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Ill watch it because I liked Sopranos. Same reason I watched the Deadwood movie, which was also pretty boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 22 hours ago, Bloodporne said: I'll watch it because it's David Chase but I wasn't too into the trailer. Not sure how to put it but it looked a bit too polished and stylized based on that trailer, doesn't gel with Sopranos' look and atmosphere at all at first glance. The visual disconnect is probably because the Sopranos was shot on film, pre-HD era and this is more than likely shot on digital. Makes it even more glaring when you factor in the era it takes place in The 70's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SoberChef Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I hope that not only is this film good but will warrant at least A sequel, if not a couple more going forward to fill in a bit of the back story. Friday Oct. 1st cannot arrive soon enough that's for damn sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeluge Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 The Sopranos is one of the few legitimate contenders for the title of Greatest Television Show of All Time (and most days, it holds that title in my eyes), and Chase and Taylor are back in the saddle. All my chips are in for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I wasn't too blown away by the first trailer, but this new one pulled me back in. I'm fully on board the hype train now. 12 hours ago, SoberChef said: I hope that not only is this film good but will warrant at least A sequel, if not a couple more going forward to fill in a bit of the back story. Friday Oct. 1st cannot arrive soon enough that's for damn sure. You're in luck, because David Chase said he's open to doing another film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I finally watched The Sopranos last year and…I thought it was mostly just OK. It is just a constant stream of unlikeable people. Hard to ever find anybody to root for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 22 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I finally watched The Sopranos last year and…I thought it was mostly just OK. It is just a constant stream of unlikeable people. Had to ever find anybody to root for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 34 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I finally watched The Sopranos last year and…I thought it was mostly just OK. It is just a constant stream of unlikeable people. Hard to ever find anybody to root for. I would submit that the point of the show is not to ‘root’ for anyone, it’s to expose their conflicts and motivations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I’ve never actually finished the series. I’ve tried twice, got really into it, but somewhere around the fifth season I start to fizzle out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 21 minutes ago, Chris- said: I would submit that the point of the show is not to ‘root’ for anyone, it’s to expose their conflicts and motivations. No doubt, which is why I find it just OK. It is hard to hold my interest when there are no characters with any character. They are all awful people deserving of worse fates than most get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I don’t think the Sopraonos has aged particularly well. Like Breaking Bad I think it got a lot out of shock value but I don’t think the acting was as consistent as it was in BB. It being a bit dated isn’t a huge surprise, as it helped usher in the modern era of prestige cable TV and a lot of newer shows iterated on what it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Jason said: No such thing exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said: I don’t think the Sopraonos has aged particularly well. Like Breaking Bad I think it got a lot out of shock value but I don’t think the acting was as consistent as it was in BB. It being a bit dated isn’t a huge surprise, as it helped usher in the modern era of prestige cable TV and a lot of newer shows iterated on what it did. I’ve been watching it for the first time (a few episodes away from the end of 6A) and I think it’s aged pretty well. Some of the plot lines are clearly products of their time (Vito’s arc being a prime example), but given when the show was created and how it was marketed, it handles those moments with more deftness than one might expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 As far as I'm concerned, Sopranos was, and is, a fantastic deconstruction of the American gangster mythos. It shows exactly how mundane, often stupid, petty and ugly the reality of 'likeable gangsters' that we were, and are, used to seeing depicted in pop culture would be. Maybe it hit the nail on the head for me because I'm from the area and you inevitably know some guys like this in one way or another but even rewatching it a few years back, I still thought it was thoroughly great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I watched it for the first time a few years ago and I went worried it would be one of those "you just had to be there" moments in television history but was surprised by how well it still holds up. I'm sure there were moments that were shocking 20 years ago that aren't shocking now, but the show never relies on shocks or twists the way so many other modern prestige dramas do. It's all about the characters, and even decades later there are few characters as nuanced and complicated as Tony Soprano. The show is dripping with subtext, symbolism, and themes - you could easily teach a college course on this show alone. A lot of millennial and gen Z-ers are discovering the show for the first time too thanks to HBO Max - David Chase talks about it in the interview I posted above. The show is about how the mafia in in decline and not in the same shape it was back in this heyday, and a lot of people my age or younger really respond to that because it's a metaphor for capitalism. As for it having no redeemable characters, well, it depends on how you define that. All of the characters are very complicated. Nobody is purely good and few are purely bad. Even Tony, for all of his faults, truly loves his kids and does what he can to ensure that they don't follow in his footsteps because he's truly unhappy with the lifestyle that he was born into. Even if you don't "root" for him, he is still compelling to watch because I think most people recognize that they may have turned out similar if they grew up in the same situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Actual interview begins at the 19:00 minute mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Greatoneshere Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 20 hours ago, Jason said: Which is exactly why harsh reviewer that I like Matt Goldberg loved the film. I don't care about The Sopranos but the review surprised me with its praise: ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Is About Far More Than Who Made Tony Soprano | Review COLLIDER.COM Those looking for a simple origin story will likely be overwhelmed by the film’s scathing indictment of nostalgia and myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 wtf was that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: wtf was that That's certainly one way to review it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I wanna see it but do feel weird about seeing younger actors doing impressions on some of these older characters. It would be hard to pull that off without seeming silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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