Sopranos Movie Prequel Will Be Set During 60's Newark Riots

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For a thoughtful discussion about the movie I would recommend a recent episode of The Watch podcast on The Ringer Podcast Network discussing "What Did The Many Saints of Newark Achieve?"

I think it's Chase being Chase although Alan Taylor surprised me. These two had excellent writers help them achieve past successes. Taylor wanted to try and wack the audience alla Chase again with mixed results.

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Putting a young Barry Haydu in the movie but not crediting him in the ending credits and putting Jilly Ruffalo played by Ed Marinaro in the ending credits but he's no where in site.

Putting a poor Harold / Dickie story-line that played out terribly as main enemies.

Adding the Newark riots as if trying to link its origins of arrested black cab driver, John William Smith in 1967 with the Soprano crew.

Adding an uncle Sal who questions Dickie's motives and keeping the open theory that he can still some how be involved.

I guess I'm startled that these 2 Emmy icons liked the end result and went to print. For some reason I believe the pandemic delays were costly and WB just said give us what you have. Seems they could have been trying to show us many possible assassins' but came out with poor final editing choices..

[RockinDaMike]

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I dunno, is this supposed to show how messed up Tony was brought up to show the reason he needed therapy?

Dialogue was terrible, script, plot. Didn’t see the point of making this about a race war either. That wasn’t Sopranos to me.

Honestly, they just made Italians looked like **** the whole movie.

Can’t wait for a mob guy make an authentic movie or show like Michael Franzese.


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I dunno, is this supposed to show how messed up Tony was brought up to show the reason he needed therapy?

Dialogue was terrible, script, plot. Didn’t see the point of making this about a race war either. That wasn’t Sopranos to me.

Honestly, they just made Italians looked like **** the whole movie.

Can’t wait for a mob guy make an authentic movie or show like Michael Franzese.

Could not agree more. Was very disappointed. 4/10.

[JayBee74]

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Can’t wait for a mob guy make an authentic movie or show like Michael Franzese.

Yeah, but ex-mob guys strengths tend to be breaking kneecaps rather than making movies. Franzese couldn't even come close to finishing The Sopranos, although he hailed it as possibly the greatest TV show of all time, so I doubt he has the discipline or creative sense to make a decent mob movie.

Face it, he's just a thug (possibly reformed) who does good interviews. The slightly joking threat against David Chase was a bit weird and a little...threatening.

[pietasterp]

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Yeah, this was a big "meh" for me. Really didn't see the point, and didn't seem at all related to anything having to do with the Sopranos. Pretty forgettable, really. Particularly when compared with a masterpiece of a 'movie many years after the series ended' sub-genre HBO seems to be specializing in, the "Deadwood" movie. That's how it's done.