Anyone catch the new movie yet? Any thoughts to share on is? Without too many spoilers, of course, as we don't want to ruin it for anyone.
Anyone catch the new movie yet? Any thoughts to share on is? Without too many spoilers, of course, as we don't want to ruin it for anyone.
Just saw it last night I really liked it although would have like to see Tony grow up more into his 20's, I really hope there is another prequel (sequel to Many Saints) - we've waited far too long for a Sopranos movie!!!
Yeah, but like you said, there's the option for more character development during those years, so who knows, maybe it's a purposely left open gap for more movies? Would be iconic if it is :-D
Eh, didn't like it that much. There are some good things here and there but honestly this is not the movie I wanted to see. Like people already said, I would have liked if it focused more on the DiMeo crime family.
Fair. Out of curiosity though, without wanting to turn this into a fanfiction discussion, what movie would you want to see then? Like what specific things about the DiMeo family?
@Lady Lostris Well, for one I would have liked to see more old members of the crew, like maybe a young Richie Aprile, or Feech La Manna. Maybe see more of how Johnny Boy and Junior ran things in North Jersey. Also would have enjoyed to take a look at how business changed between the old way of doing things and in the show. Characters in The Sopranos are always talking about how "the good days are over", and I thought it would be neat if they showed that generational divide. And, to be fair, there was some of it, but, not enough, I feel. The plot is mostly based on new elements introduced in the film that we never heard of and had nothing to do with the family. I'm not saying they should put callbacks before character, but this is "A Sopranos Story", and, honestly, it may as well have just been another Mafia movie.
Lol, okay, you're right though, that would've been an interesting, more connected route to take. I mean, I'm still glad we got new content, but it wasn't as connected as could've been, as you pointed out. Especially with this having been a prequel.
I enjoyed watching Many Saints but I felt the storytelling decision to depict two versions of the same character Tony Soprano in the one film created many structural problems that weighed down this film. The great respect for James Gandolfini obviously resulted in casting his son, Michael Gandolfini, to play one of two versions of the Tony Soprano character. The choices made to have the screenplay cover a wide range of years in Tony Soprano's life (thus requiring two different actors to play the one character) reduced Michael Gandolfini's time on screen. He deserved better than that.
I felt like there was some annoying retconning that took place. Otherwise I really enjoyed the movie. It didn't bother me seeing different actors playing characters I had already seen in flashbacks, as for me that could be explained away as the events of the film being seen through the eyes of it's narrator, (spoiler), which is why it would look different than the film. It did bother me seeing (spoiler) as a made man at that point and older than Tony, but most of the retconning could be explained by Tony being a somewhat unreliable narrator in his flashbacks on the show.
(thus requiring two different actors to play the one character) reduced Michael Gandolfini's time on screen. He deserved better than that.
True, but at the same time, I kinda feel that, as a father, he would be okay with that, because he basically got to share "his" character with his own son. That's amazing too though.
What do you think?