I have had a look but can’t see a thread as I know EIM has seen this. Anyway, firstly, relax, yes, it’s very good. It’s certainly The Sopranos’ “El Camino” in the respect that it was never going match the series but ultimately satisfying. Very Tarantino-esque I thought in its use of soundtrack, set-pieces and references to other films (not least some of Tarantino’s). Ray Liotta was excellent but it did make you compare it to Goodfellas. I was surprised about who the main protagonist was but that made it interesting. Well worth seeing and I will definitely watch it again with subtitles
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Oh, that casting is excellent. There are a couple of areas where the attention to detail to depict the older characters doesn't quite work but, in the whole, it all works. I have just realised that I last saw Nivola playing a sub-Indiana Jones figure in the underwhelming Black Narcissus so this a great step up
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Great stuff
Can anyone who's seen it answer this spoiler please?
: Show
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Did Junior have Dickie killed just because he laughed at him at the funeral?
(And tell me why I can't hide spoilers inside square brackets?)
Hey yeah
(Spoiler added now)
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I saw it today and wasn't wholly impressed. I think Vera Famiga and Michael Gandolfini are the best things in it. They needn't have tried shoehorning characters in.
Unfortunately I think there will be at least one more prequel but i'd rather they leave it be.
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El Camino was ok, it wrapped up Jesse's story nicely for the fans. If they make another average Sopranos prequel, it'll be like Ridley Scott slowly ruining the Alien films.
I can already imagine Young Ralph Ciferetto and the take down of Feech's card game. Just let it be.
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TMSofN was odd. Loads in for Sopranos fans, but no real story to speak of. Any coherent plot or arc was sacrificed for self-indulgent injokes and nods to stuff mentioned in the series. The actors got mannerisms and movements spot on, but it all felt a bit Stars in their Eyes or Stella Street. So while I really enjoyed it while sat watching it, I felt weirdly empty and cheated afterwards. I might have to watch it again when it's on Netflix, see how I feel about it a second time.
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I'm just back from seeing it, andthe answer to Guy's question (in his spoiler tag) is: Showyes, it appears that was the last straw from some earlier annoyancesLast edited by Walt Flanagans Dog; 27-09-2021, 09:18.
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...but yes I share the general view - I was surprised how much of the running time went on the earlier part of the story for a start, and there wasn't a lot of depth to the bits that were actually relevant. I expect they will make another story, and it's arguable that they'd be better doing it as a ten part TV series and developing it at normal Sopranos pace rather than rushing through a greatest hits set in two hours.
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I liked it. It managed to tread the fine line between telling an interesting story set within the confines of the sopranos universe, without being derailed by fan service, and my antennae were quivering. David chase seems to have understood better than any other person operating in this genre that he's telling stories about toxic masculinity first and foremost, and everything has to be seen through this prism. I also like the pettiness at the heart of the twist. It seemed to be considerably more faithful to reality than say any part of the godfather.
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Like a lot of these box set shows, maybe it's better to watch them in bursts of episodes, than one at a time as they're released. I only started watching it live from series five on, and it was a very different experience.
It's certainly the first TV show I watched where there was so much in the details, that it almost required a second viewing so you could keep track of what was going on in the background
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