The Sopranos-the greatest TV show ever?

Chase is badass.

Gonna watch this weekend, though will complete my re-watch of the series too. 

None of this all-night business like Juggler, though 

The Juggler said:

Yeeeuuuup....was up till about midnight finishing the series and then watching the movie.

I enjoyed it and loved all the references to the show (they were rapid fire throughout) but....if this wasn't Sopranos related and just a regular mafia movie, I don't think I would have liked it much.

So glad I did the re-watch though. But sad it's over. lol

Yeah this sums it up pretty well.  The actor who played Dickie was great.  Young Paulie and Pussy were good too but young Silvio was a little over the top.  Was so excited for it that I think it was always going to feel like a letdown.  Especially after just re-watching the whole series. Will have to give it another watch.

Um, it had moments and I felt like there was a good 45 minute stretch but other than that it was a sopranos Saturday night live sketch. Silvio was hysterically bad. Junior dropping 2 “your sisters…” in 120 minutes after saying it once in 6 seasons or whatever…come on.

Also - I love the SNL mention, as I can totally see that....and Uncle Jun being that way was awesome.  Such a dildo, in any time period.

Also... WHY IN THE ABSOLUTE F DID THEY HAVE LIOTTA PLAY 2 CHARACTERS?!?!!?!  Seems like the laziest decision ever made.

F Me In The Brain said:

Ha.  I didn't think of that.  Thought that part was kinda trash anyway.  (The prison visits.)

Definitely didn't add anything.  But like why the same guy? You couldn't find another Italian guy that kinda looks like Liotta?

Yeah I was so confused by that at first. Like, when Dickie was smashing his head into wheel I was totally not expecting him to die. So that scene was just strange to me. And then Ray Liotta is there in the very next scene. lol. What the fuck is happening here!?

And then the "good deed" stuff....it all seemed so forced. They really missed the mark on a lot of things in this movie.

What the hell was up with the beep baseball thing too? Was that a dream he was having or did he actually coach baseball to deaf kids? That was random as fuck.

F Me In The Brain said:

Wait, people watching Narcos didn't know Escobar died?

You guys are making me laugh....forgot about the stupid beeping baseball and laughed out loud at that part while my wife complained "This is a dream, right?  What the heck is this?!?"

Also, Junior was in the same camp as Sylvio.  I laughed at almost every scene with him in it.

As I think more about this, I think it was a brilliant watch.

As a comedy....that connected back to one of the best shows ever.

That's what I said, but yeah, I was like isn't this just general history, but I guess not.

An unintentional comedy?

I saw it today and generally liked it. From what I saw in the movie, it seems that it's setting up for more prequel content that will flesh out more of the characters. Young Tony at age 11 looks like AJ in season one and two. There were various other callbacks to the series:

--the reference about the rain and pro teams, Tony says it to Christopher when he complains about having to call him from an outside pay phone in "College", that line is "You don't want to work in the rain, go play for the Yankees."

-Junior falling down on the stairs is somewhat similar to when he fell down the courthouse steps after his mistrial.

-Even in the brochure for the medicine Livia didn't want to take, the woman in it looked similar to Dr. Melfi.

Was this the greatest Sopranos content? No, but it's a basic explainer of how the characters were, especially the ones from Tony's childhood, who were only seen in flashbacks.