Mob Movie FAIL!? The Many Saints of Newark (An Attack Against The Italian-American Mafia)

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[@mcbiggy1322]

“You know what it is? I’ll tell you what it is. It’s Anti-Italian discrimination” - Silvio Dante

[@bobbyclemente21]

Stealing our culture, Pussy! Pussy: So you don't want a venti crappaccino? LOOOOL!

[@southamerican4870]

@@bobbyclemente21 Columbus and his crew of Spaniards were the biggest gangsters of all time.

[@scottwolfe9660]

It’s our holiday and they wanna take it away

[@southamerican4870]

@@scottwolfe9660 Your own USA American people want to take it away. In Latin America we are fine with it. I have no problem at all.

[@tonysoprano3219]

I don't care about anti-Italian discrimination, but i fed up by "black oppression" BS in every single movie nowadays.

[@CrossfitNath]

Michael: “Who made this rubbish”? Chase: “Think I saw a couple of black guys running that way”

[@mohamedelkayal8871]

The infamous "two black guys" we kept hearing about.

[@griffinsalluci3787]

Oh yeah those two guys

[@saber26ful]

Oh! this made my day 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DonOneDetroit]

Yeah, Chase is a major violator when it comes to his portrayal of African-Americans. I can't think of one redeeming quality of any of his characters as they are always somehow incompetent or morally corrupt. Even the half-black boyfriend of the daughter unceremoniously and selfishly kicks the daughter to the curb, which I found was out of character and perhaps to send a message to Italian girls about dating black men. Really, HBO is the same with "The Corner", "The Wire", etc. -- if you notice all the 'real' (meaning the problem-solvers and honorable people) heroes were white. What's up with that?!?

[@forgetaboutitwillya5702]

@@DonOneDetroit Oh and by the way. Who the f@#$ is a hero on the Sopranos? They were all scumbags.

[@angelodecarlo7093]

You know it’s bad when Michael says he wishes he was still in the mob

[@Garfuck]

Well that tells you something about Michael.

[@DH-xh3pg]

I love the original series. I think it’s still the best television show ever made. The movie was the most disappointing I have ever watched. Nothing but a cash grab and an insult to the fans….

[@plissken94th57]

Bro he went in on David chase!! Hahah it reminds me when Danny Trejo went in on Edward James Olmos

[@woopoganntnt7379]

the movie is bad but so is michael

[@disposablealienbrains7010]

​@DH-xh3pg are you kidding me? That ending is the only it could truly end. They weren't gonna show Tony get hit in front of his family and that really wouldn't be that great of an ending. Chase says all the answers are there. It's fucking brilliant and many agree. Fuck off if you don't like it. Just kidding guys.

[@48forks]

The movie's problems to me: 1. Introduced a ton of characters and went nowhere with them, even the main conflict 2. The movie was over the top obsessed with race and made Italians out to be as universally racist misogynistic assholes. Bronx Tale did it 100x better and didn't make it artificially take over the whole movie. I couldn't tell if the movie was about the italian or the black guy. 3. The main character kills his dad in plain sight and no one finds out right at the start...how is this believable?

[@48forks]

Fair enough but the sopranos also showed them struggling with morality and family vs. their criminal ways. The sopranos didn't hit me the way this movie did.

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

@Bzake maybe but not nearly as much as this movie they obsessed with the blacks

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Spot on!

[@michaelross1452]

I think people are missing the point. Dickie was compulsive. And arrogant. He killed his own father. Forsaking his own existence. Then kills his goomah(comare) and realizes his no father figure for Tony. Its the same coin two sides to it. Tony was absent of something from the get go(probably from seeing death and murder by his own father) he mentored chrissy but unlike dickie he didn't abandon him(tony) which ultimately leads chrissy down self destructive paths just like Tony. The movie is about moulding sociopathic personalities into machines of murder and personal gain Tony was no Saint He moulded chrissy into himself. But kills himself/chrissy Shit Tony Soprano is a loose reflection of John Gotti, instead of taking the family further into the future he ends it through all his needless clipping of people and being arrogant towards much bigger families than his own.

[@adolfogarzachaires394]

@Bzake i was about to say the same thing, like, Tony crew in the show was pretty racist too, don't know why he got mad about Johnny Soprano crew being racist in the 60-70s

[@LoveAllTrustNone]

movie was a disappointment. the guy who played Sil was like watching a parody of the real Sil.

[@paulrambert2855]

Yes I couldn't believe they thought that was a good casting and acting job it was like a spoof character out of "Not Another Mob Movie"

[@timmykish8985]

Totally agree. When his character was introduced it was like a scene from a comedy sketch. Baffling

[@blitzy3244]

Sil's character looks older in the movie than he does on the show.

[@skxlter5747]

He even walked all fruity lmao

[@mikimiyazaki]

Perfect for Saturday night live.

[@golightning291]

When Michael said he didn't like this movie, Paulie went OHHHHHHHH in my head

[@lisamalwitz8517]

LOL!

[@odeleon24]

Nah, Paulie is the one who called Mike to spill the beans on how bad the movie was!

[@treal704]

🤣🤣🤣

[@wesleymills560]

Lol

[@Srinidhi00726]

In my head, Paulie went Hehehehehe

[@guatechapin22]

“Made Italians look bad” - a literal mobster 😂😂😂

[@ethansadhoursatpepes2882]

@@youshouldbecancelled almost like a mobser?

[@user-qz9hc7rg7b]

that's how bad it is

[@nev12345678910]

@@youshouldbecancelledalmost like Tony in the show 😂

[@m_almeida_9955]

​@@youshouldbecancelledso basically, your typical mobster. Got it.

[@Floridaburg-]

lol he said some of his dads best friends and his best friends “were” black… like once he made it he doesn’t associate with them anymore

[@infinitypoker6383]

I was offended too.David chase wanted to redeem all the racist language from the sopranos. For whatever it’s worth the kid version of tony did a good job acting like his dad

[@DracoPadilla]

That's exactly what I think. He was pandering because people started calling him racist. Pandering to people is one of the worst things you can ever do.

[@Stormertheboy]

If anything the movie made him look actually racist..

[@PhenomResurrections08]

The truth hurts I guess.

[@Tokido-ux4tk]

​@@PhenomResurrections08so thats way black Always get offended when someone points out the truth to them.

[@AN-jz3kf]

Such a waste of talent, because he's never going to be that age again

[@trevokwright2802]

I don’t think dickies dad beating his wife is a shot at Italians but to show that the whole family is abusive since Christopher would hit his girlfriend

[@MammothTenderloin]

Yup, illustrating generational addiction/violence/etc.

[@willmosse3684]

Yeah. How the hell is that a shot at Italian Americans overall? Ridiculous. The Sopranos had several episodes that openly examined, and actually mocked, the phenomenon of mob related people crying that mob movies were “anti-Italian”. If anything, it’s Michael trying to inappropriately appeal to “woke” sentiment, claiming some sort of discrimination where none exists. David Chase is Neapolitan himself, why would he want to slander Italians?

[@heisenberg4406]

@@willmosse3684 I like Michael but he keeps denying that the mafia didn’t like black people

[@dreamawake2670]

@@MammothTenderloin or a parody of it.

[@dreamawake2670]

@@heisenberg4406 who does? Do you? Why?

[@FlossyCarter]

I agree, this movie was hot garbage 🗑

[@borris3768]

It wasn't

[@leonaitasi7421]

Was a big Disappointment

[@rover5058]

My boy flossy carter in da house !

[@leonidas-spearhead]

It was hot, cold, over the counter, plain garbage

[@MrAnxious]

Wasn’t too bad

[@All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers]

For me, the most unforgivable thing about it is that absolutely nothing left any impression on me. I can't even remember what happened in the movie. Usually even if it's bad, you'll at least take something away from a film, but not this time. The complete antithesis of the Soprano's series.

[@timberwolfmountaineer873]

Agree. It felt like watching caricatures of Sopranos characters failing to act 60's gangster and going absolutely nowhere with it.

[@theexpert5085]

As an african american i thank Michael for his comments about blacks and Italians. My dad had many friends in the mob in the 70s back in NJ. Its just good to hear that. Of course racism exists but be real about it

[@JeffPesos1987]

Should blacks have a right to comment on yotube ?

[@theexpert5085]

@@JeffPesos1987 nice one. Its people like YOU that hide behind that keyboard. Because I GUARANTEE, u wouldn’t even think about saying that to me. Good luck with life.

[@xZippy]

@@JeffPesos1987 Are you a real person?

[@JeffPesos1987]

yeah , @@xZippy you can see me from your kitchen window.

[@lltipsy]

@@JeffPesos1987take ur meds

[@KwanHopkins]

Gonna say this: the woman who played Tony's mom was phenomenal.

[@insightfulhistorian1861]

Vera Farmiga. She said she rewatched Nancy Marchand over and over again to get her portrayal of Livia on point.

[@UzziHD]

When I first heard her talk I thought it was the original voice of Lidia that’s how good she was

[@rockydee2967]

And Silvio. That dude was spot on.

[@dreamawake2670]

@@rockydee2967 Öol

[@furiousangel6508]

Vera Farmiga.... ABSOLUTELY stunning. She was the cop therapist & duel love interest in The Departed. She plays Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring movie franchise. She played a Corporate Executive opposite George Clooney in 2009's Up in the Air.... she's phenomenal.

[@armangeddongaming9237]

We're living in a day and age that even mobsters are offended

[@benjibenj7406]

same guys that call liberals snowflakes

[@JustinTimeForParties]

@@benjibenj7406 💀

[@TheScouseassassin]

What a great point, well said. A stunning indictment of the horrible world we're living in today!

[@armangeddongaming9237]

@@benjibenj7406 well, I can't really argue with that with all due respect.

[@LARRYLONGSTRETH]

It's so weird. Almost every mob thing I've ever seen showed or hinted at them not liking black people, including Sopranos. And many showed them hitting women too.

[@CrazyDuckie94]

As a writer I think it's such a shame when a film or book is filled with shock factor in order to sell it to an audience. There's a difference between something shocking that makes sense to a narrative, and something thrown in for the heck of it

[@futurestoryteller]

If you actually think about how Sopranos is presented as a show it makes perfect sense. They did that in the show all the time, but it got more spread out, so it wasn't as obvious, and Chase sometimes seemed frustrated when there were certain fans who weren't shocked by the violence. Now you've got to distill that initial intention down into one movie instead of like 13 episodes or several seasons. He overcompensated.

[@lobodaboss3879]

As a writer what have you written of any significance that we should even read past the comment, "as a writer"? We all write

[@joee1213]

Best part of the movie…the opening scene in the grave yard. Chris’s grave. Post Tony soprano boss era, modern times, that is about to take us back to pre Tony soprano boss era. Totally gave me goose bumps and made the hair on the back of my neck Stand up. Was not expecting it. Was so dark, twisted, and epic. Profound. Never seen that in a movie. Haunting. Loved the first 30 seconds. Also was impressed with the guy who played Dicky. He’s a great actor. Too bad they blew it on the writing and story. This coulda really shot him to the top. The rest was trash.

[@annademo]

Alessandro Nivola. He's quite a good actor.

[@3headedsnake388]

Moltisanti literally narrating from _Hell_ could have had so much promise dude seriously. I wish they had focused on Tony’s heyday in the mob instead of Dicky.

[@danielc7131]

It’s almost as if chase had a whole bunch of starting off points he could have gone with but got himself muddled and confused along the way. The Christopher narration had tonnes of potential but it’s barely present in the film and what there is, is underdeveloped. Then we end up with this shit.

[@therealtephy8024]

Yeah, first and last 30 seconds the movie. That pinky promise with the Sopranos intro music made me wanna rewatch the whole series again. Wasted potential this movie.

[@cyoung6127]

As a black man I too get offended when Hollywood gets the essence of my people wrong. When I heard your passion in how they misrepresented Italians, I understood. I believe story tellers forget that even in fiction, there should be an element of truth.

[@treefiddy5424]

Isn’t David chase Italian??

[@5eurocups2005]

Bullshit.

[@ComeAlongKay]

Actually a show like Roots was very historically inaccurate and a black guy wrote it, and he even said he was trying to create a mythology or legend for his people which ends up teaching people about history about as well as the movie 300 taught people about the Spartans. 300 was so over the top though verses Roots which pretended to be grounded in history as a historical drama. But unfortunately even with 300 it still effects how people view history and it definitely did that with Roots.

[@m.a.4500]

Hollywood is pretty evil. They always create the worst stereotypes out of different ethnicities. Media is like poison to our minds, souls and to society..

[@matthewrichardson6263]

@@treefiddy5424 yes, he is. But, the reality is he’s trying to do a Sopranos movie in 2020 which is unfortunate for the fans. Bottom line-The Sopranos would never exist today due to its ‘non PC subject matter’. That’s why the Many Saints movie was a COMPLETE TRAINWRECK

[@dtklamf7457]

The movie never had the makings of a Varsity athlete.

[@MegaSolidninja]

😂

[@printezstroman]

I died when Junior said it in the movie. He was breathing down Tony's neck ever since Tony was 15.

[@sturs100]

Needed more cowbell

[@MrHomolka]

🤣🤣

[@fleaflicker1451]

💥😂🤣✌

[@lyssaharboure6241]

Kinda wished we got more tony and Carmela in the movie. I would of loved to see their story more.

[@lindat9522]

I agree with you a thousand percent. They really jumped on the BLM for the many saints. Every thing you hit upon was on the nail. Michael Gandalfini was the star of that movie. He was wonderful.

[@muccmaster]

The reality is that he was writing a movie about the Newark race riots and then figured he'd throw the Sopranos into it so it would get funded. That's why it's such a mess and the Sopranos stuff is nothing but pointless fan service.

[@thisgame2]

Everything is low key trying to create racial problems

[@samiam9538]

Regarding the Newark race riots: it was an ACTUAL moment in US history and not MADE UP as MF wants to believe. Really Mike, if you want us to think you're smarter then the average Goombah shaking down hot dog cart street vendors, try doing a little due diligence on your part and research a bit before you start mouthing off on one of your videos. It's pathetic enough you talk smack about the writers on MSON, all the while not realizing it was David Chase and Lawrence Konner who wrote the film's screenplay.

[@kevinfrimpong969]

@@thisgame2 Art really can't create racial problems, if anything it shines a light on what's happened in the past or what's going on right now. What does create racial problems is Urban Gentrification, the prison system giving blacks and Latinos twice the time they do white criminals, racial discrimination in the work place. Those are problems people face everyday

[@muccmaster]

@@samiam9538 Where did he say it wasn't an actual moment in history? He said it had nothing to do with Italian Americans or the mafia which is 100% true.

[@alexibarona5807]

David Chase probably got bought by the progressive left. Got paid good money to screw this movie up.

[@MySalsaSalsa]

I feel like this is how Tony felt about the fictional movie " Cleaver "

[@PT-tv9my]

LOL

[@rinoldix]

"Cleaver" would have been a better movie than this crap.

[@gilesjones3626]

Maybe Little Carmine produced it under his sub-species

[@vincentfrusci7745]

Lol yea probably

[@agentdmtisme2310]

Wonder how'd he'd feel about the sequel, Cleaver 2: Electric Gabaghoul

[@gregthegroove]

Biggest problems were: 1. Wayyyyy way too much involvement of the Newark Riots. It could’ve introduced the black crews obviously but spent too much time with it. 2. Needed Way way way more character involvement of the main core guys. Paulie, Silvio, Pussy, Junior and Tony (with Carmela, Artie, Charmaine) Just to make a few points for the sake of conversation. Dickie killing his dad correlates to the Moltisanti rage issues 30 years later in The Sopranos. Dickie according to Tony is a “Saint”, just like Livia, Tony’s mother describes her dead husband Johnny as a “Saint.” This prequel shows us they are scumbags indeed and we’re not saints. They were assholes actually. Then drowning the goomar, is a direct correlation to Christopher getting choked out himself by Tony. Johnny cussing out Livia in front of everyone about the blacks had to be vicious, to get the point across that the “Saints” in the title of the film is almost sarcastic or tongue in cheek. Same thing with Junior who turned out to be the biggest non-factor almost kinda pussy-ish. I agree with you about the black stuff. A lot of the points I made didn’t have to include the racial element, made zero sense.

[@rubyfaith2433]

yess

[@summertimej]

I really appreciate you for making things clear about the true Values of Italian Americans. As a African American, in America we feel like everybody hates us just because of a situation that we were born into. Thank you for your view point.

[@user-dg4dz5xu4q]

Maybe you should check the hate crimes against blacks, committed by Italian Americans, in NYC before giving thanks...🤦‍♀️

[@youtubeisdying929]

@@user-dg4dz5xu4q or maybe we should check how much crime blacks commit in America before wondering why people are racist

[@kenanKTV]

When Mr Michael wears a t-shirt then you know he's serious

[@Allinone_MMA]

Wtf kenan you watch this guy you’re a MMA legend

[@kenanKTV]

@@Allinone_MMA I've been a regular for almost a year now!

[@davemartani1529]

That's his "California style" most of the time he wearing his "East Coast style" The guy lives walking distance to the beach or at least you can se the ocean from his home.

[@PrinceOfTheCity1]

@@davemartani1529 strange that a guy with his values and political leanings would even live in California.

[@ninoredskin4511]

Kenan bu kekler anlamadi bosver yau. Ben anladim.

[@TheDudecof]

This guy just took the term “woke mob” to another level 😂

[@breezywriter6572]

👌😄

[@a-dashof-pepper4710]

Cumtown did a bit about that.

[@mistersonnen848]

Seriously

[@pace91]

@@a-dashof-pepper4710 also some sopronos bits

[@sir_iosis6760]

From Boston and know who chase is and who his consultants were for the sopranos… they ALL hate him over this.. the ones alive do anyway .. he’s a huge liberal and since Trump ,libs went to a whole new level of cuckery..

[@johncaamano9165]

I grew up in Newark in the neighborhood where this is supposed to take place and was born the day the riots started. I agree with most of your opinions about the film and respect your feelings as an Italian American that you were offended. However, from what my older siblings and family members have told me; there was a large conflict between the all the ethnic communities and the rioters. There were no riots in our neighborhood because Penn Station separates our Neighborhood from downtown. The men of our neighborhood stood on top of Penn Station with guns and Molotov cocktails in defense of their homes. They didn’t hide in a social club in shock like the movie portrays. However, in terms of your thoughts of interracial conflict between African Americans and Italians in Newark, you may want to look up Anthony Imperiale. You may change your opinion in this specific instance.

[@sethal861]

Yup its authentic to newark and the politics of that time the mayor was Italian and all the power was in the hands of the Italians at that time in government. The blacks were a large part of newark and were treated and neglected. So yea there was a huge racial tension at that time in newark

[@martiemc8398]

My family and I lived in Anthony imperials neighborhood. My parents knew him personally. He would put out an amazing Christmas display like no one else. You made sure to go visit and complement it. He was a true gentleman very personable and of course very respected. When I was a kid black church tried to build in an area of North Newark. Anthony imperial got it to stop. To say that there was no conflict between Italians and blacks is in accurate. There was and it was pretty obvious even took a little kid like me.

[@martiemc8398]

@@sethal861 I lived in Newark after Gibson was elected to was Sharp James. They had a lot of Black people down at the mayor’s office. But of course the real power was behind that the Italians.

[@johnedwards2759]

Man with Italian name says Italians were not racist. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

[@joebenson528]

@@sethal861 Italians didn't control politics, mook. It's called the DemoKKKratic party not the Italian party.

[@choirboyzcutleryoutdoors]

This may be my favorite episode of all time! I love the passion I love the enthusiasm that Michael brought to this review. It's also apparent that the Italian American movement that he was a part of as a Young Man is still alive and well in him! ...... I also thought the movie was terrible

[@hullbreach33]

Ive not heard any Sopranos related channel say anything more than "meh" about this movie. I love the Sopranos and have little desire to go see this. I think they played up the racial thing in this script because thats what Hollywood does. The woke agenda is all that matters.

[@desihayward2510]

Talking about racial tension isn’t woke but the race stuff and Harold’s character were utterly pointless

[@jbfrom503]

Don't waste your time. Tells zero story about the show. Only the people that were around. Didn't even have Tony & Richie robbing the poker game! SMMFH str8 🗑

[@dominicgermano6034]

All well said friend...

[@hullbreach33]

@@desihayward2510 It is when you exaggerate it to make it look like all Italian Americans are racists and that racism is just ingrained in everything white people do. It seems like Chase and most of Hollywood want to constantly paint America as this irredeemable, ultra racist place.

[@brettbaratheon9776]

You should still see it and make your own opinion. Hopefully we will get another one that can step it up. I did enjoy this film. Didn’t love it of course, but was just happy to have anything new Sopranos.

[@mr.patriotjol]

But in all seriousness, this movie had potential to be good on to what message they were always saying, " WHO MADE TONY SOPRANO". Not this peakaboo bs we got. One other huge issue i had was that Sil looked really old; compared tp what we were told from the show. Weren't those two born around the same year or so? Why does Sil look like he was in his 40s?

[@blitzy3244]

He made a black propaganda film instead of a mob movie.

[@carterisgod22]

Exactly sil grew up with Tony but yet in the movie he was already rolling with Dickie, and yes this was mostly a black propaganda movie it's ridiculous we all expected to see the life of a young Tony Saprano and all we got was two hours of shit that was referenced from the show

[@mr.patriotjol]

@@carterisgod22 It should've just been either the Sopranos movie we wanted to see; just a bit better or have a movie of the 1960-70s riots. I wouldn't mind a movie about that. Edit: yes ok. The crusades would’ve been a better movie; I guess lmao

[@carterisgod22]

@@mr.patriotjol yeah either would've been good but they decided to mix it up so not great. But hopefully they're making a part 2

[@briandunlap3243]

Yep, Sil was supposed to have come up at the same time as Tony, Ralph, and Jackie. It only made sense to have Paulie in the crew

[@jamesroper4952]

I was disappointed that James Gandolfini's son didn't get more screen time. He was the main reason I wanted to see the movie. I was hoping to see what Tony Soprano was like in his younger days. I seen Tony when he's older, and the boss of the family. I wanted to him as a kid, then as recruit, and him becoming a made guy. There were also some things that were kinda confusing. For example, Silvio, and Pussy. In the Sopranos Silvio is Tony's advisor, and Pussy is a captain. I always thought the two were the around the same age as Tony. In the show Tony, Pussy and Silvio talk about things did together as kids, and younger gangsters. So I thought they were part of Tony's crew. But in the movie Silvio, and Pussy are already a made guys, and both seem to be quite a bit older than Tony. There's seems to some continuity issues between the TV series and the movie.

[@slayy51621]

🤣🤣🤣🤣Micheal went off “this is the worst movie I’ve ever seen” damn I was just getting ready to watch it too

[@Ishbikes]

Watch it…This is the reality, “Crazy Joe Gallo” was chilling & doing business with black ppl! The Italian mobsters DID NOT LIKE IT. They also didn’t like when Joe got a haircut from a black guy in prison either. Stop acting like it was all peace & “Kumbaya” between blacks & Italians back then.

[@Rawkstar2210]

Lmao I said the same thing. But as a black woman I wanna ask you have you seen Sopranos? Is it worth watching cause I'm having probs getting sucked in. But maybe I just need to keep watching?

[@aegorrivers6700]

'Why was this necessary?' should be the title of every review about this movie

[@satch4684]

I haven't watched it yet but truth be told chase never wanted a tv show but a movie and the 60s "prequel idea" since the beginning

[@dmo6545]

Well Said !!!!

[@troyevitt2437]

Or, "Whatyagonnado?"

[@timdillon4876]

Whens he gonna do once upon a time in america its a crime if he hasnt seen that

[@brian96597]

You win the internet for a month!

[@terranman4702]

Still Gandolfini's boy was great as young Tony.

[@freddybeer]

He really was! He did so well!

[@prod.B0B]

was really the only good thing about the movie

[@theWn123]

To think we could’ve had a movie about young Tony and young Livia with Michael and Vera Farmiga and instead got one about Christopher’s never seen father and his girlfriend who’s name I forget.

[@prod.B0B]

@@theWn123 luckily David chase said he’ll likely do it if terry is on board with directing it 😎

[@freddybeer]

@@prod.B0B - Terry needs to WRITE it! Terrence Winter understands MOVIE writing.

[@StreetLethalRacing]

Mike you forgot another ridiculous scene. Chase implies that Tony was getting aroused by his own mother when she was lying down with him. The teacher was “concerned” and spoke to her about it. Thus why his therapist in the later years kept saying he wanted to sleep with his mother.

[@xXAmightzXx]

🤢🤮

[@bladezakabi]

“If I had you in front of me, I’d wish I was still in the mob”. That’s chilling lol

[@augustusreagle]

I was waiting for Michael to say "I'll tell you one thing and I'm not ashamed to say it, my estimation of David Chase as a man just fucking plummeted."

[@camelnat]

His coach turned into a pumpkin🎃

[@namenotfound8747]

Give' em a break, will ya? Its an emotional day.

[@geessaess1707]

Always with the scenarios. Take it easy, we are not making a western here.

[@daviddolce3396]

When it comes to daughters, All bets are off

[@deedeemerry1295]

David Chase is a race-baiting leftist...he always has been.

[@permearljones2723]

Weren’t they hitting their wives in goodfellas? wasn’t there a scene when henry hill smacked his wife. Wasn’t micheal corleone’s sister getting smacked around by her husband. I think that’s normal in mafia movies.

[@uhohangelica4695]

yep, completely right

[@Beastgonerage]

It just shows the fact that this man truly did not understand the movie/characters you have to watch this movie more than once to truly understand this movie

[@erikk4555]

Janice Soprano smacked by Richie Aprile and killing him after. Tony almost strangling Gloria Trillo to deatch after she threw steak at him. Ralph Cifferetto killing that girl from the Bing who he was dating. The list probably goes on for a while😂. Also the struggle between black and italian-amercans was also in Sopranos and in A Bronx Tale.

[@jriverawy2287]

@@Beastgonerage movie was trash

[@jriverawy2287]

@@erikk4555 I think he was saying some guys probably hit their wives but not as a whole I mean they're in the mob violence comes with the territory

[@NoTimeAllTime]

This is what happens when someone crams the movie they wanted to make into the movie they were hired to make.

[@peterlpool1387]

The Newark riots was mentioned in the sopranos in series 4. Chase obviously wanted that as a story as the basis to a film. However it doesn’t work for me.

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

This movie didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete

[@montauk6]

As big a Sopranos fan I am, it pains me to say it did-unt have the makings of a Junior Varsity water boy 😔

[@forgetaboutitwillya5702]

@@montauk6 Ohhhhh. Hold it there Bluto.

[@robrobert9541]

It's the small hands.

[@haroldbrown893]

He shot his wife in the hair was crazy

[@TeacherEddieHistory]

@@haroldbrown893 yea but when Janice tells the story in the Sopranos, it was Junior in the Car with them, not Dicky. Janice mentions that’s how they heard was from Juniors goomar

[@Ryan-kb6xp]

The kid who played Tony did a great job and it’s nice that it’s James gandolfinis son. What a legacy for your father to leave behind and to follow in his steps as his son.

[@georgetagg3634]

Looks so much like James G also!!!

[@abrahamlorenzo421]

no he didnt

[@koberamone1989]

he is awfull geez, weirdest thing i have seen

[@JacquesMesrine94]

He would have been more credible in some random hot dog or taco commercial.... The kid can't act for shit...

[@ufcfan8038]

No he did a bad job

[@3b9x]

I wouldn't have minded a Sopranos prequel movie, but I'd prefer to have one that focused on Tony. There's so much material there, such as Tony's relationship with that animal Blundetto, his relationship with Jackie Aprile, robbing Feech La Manna's card game, his relationship with Johnny Boy, Junior, and Paulie Walnuts, but no, we got this.

[@BKNYC89]

I know this video is a year old but I just watched the film and I couldn't agree more with your assessment. There was so much promise in a film like this, a young Tony Soprano, played by Gandolfini's son, great actors like Ray Liotta, Jon Bernthal, Leslie Odom Jr., and Corey Stoll, a historically rich time period to work with, and a wonderful cast of characters that the viewers would have loved to see in their younger days. David Chase missed the opportunity to give the fans what they wanted; a prequel about Tony's parents and his uncle Junior. Instead we got a messy retelling of a story that most Soprano's fans already knew, peppered in with some racism and unnecessary violence. I'm extremely disappointed and I hope that one day this movie gets the redemption it deserves.

[@NotBen101]

I can sum it up to this: David Chase wanted to make a movie about the Newark riots and the racial tension of the 1960s, but could only get the budget if he made it about the Sopranos.

[@familyread7889]

Agreed and instead just ruined what could of been two great movies.

[@NotBen101]

​@@familyread7889 It wasn't good but I do not think it destroyed Sopranos for me thank god.

[@familyread7889]

@@NotBen101 yeah I’m on about he could of made two films. One about the sopranos prequel. And one about the race riots in Newark. Nothing about it ruining the series sopranos. Which still remains the best tv show ever

[@GratefulDawg760]

Just what we needed, another movie exalting the blacks. Dont they have enough of those already? Seriously. As a white MAN, I'm offended by this movie, I'll probably just stop watching movies altogether. They're all woke turds.

[@rasheemthebestfirstone3274]

Nah you just copied this statement from somewhere else

[@flashyttcarclub6299]

As a black man who loved the soprano I wish i could of have this 100 thumbs up cause you were dead on with this review

[@katemaloney4296]

What's so sad is that many people are going to believe this movie to be historical fact.

[@JamesSmith-si7ts]

It is a historical movie.

[@TPaine1776]

@@JamesSmith-si7ts No it isn't. Don't you listen?

[@user-pq6mr6op3p]

Two thumbs up for this Mulignan 👍

[@rmac5584]

​@@katemaloney4296 Yes its "based" on historical accounts that did take place. Just look up the Black Racketeers and the race riots of Newark, New Jersey 68, 69 which this movie seems to be based on.

[@polarproductionsofficial]

you actually said a lot of the same things I said after I got done watching it. I was like, that was a mob movie... if a psychopath wrote it.The characters just didn't have any redeeming qualities like they did in the sopranos. It felt like having Richie Aprile or Ralphie as the main character. It puts the viewer in a weird place because you're generally supposed to relate to the main character and agree with them and their decisions to some level throughout the movie. If they wanted to show the reasons why Tony was so messed up later in life, this was a good idea and the characters he was surrounded by would definitely cause that. But it should be seen through the eyes of Tony, instead of having Tony as a side character. I think that would've made more sense to the viewer.

[@undergroundalleyraprecords]

I turned this movie off the second I heard them with the "that's how the italians got all that gold and blah blah blah! I turned it off right away I was so sick as a long time Sopranos Fanatic, and offended as an Italian. I'm glad you share the same sentiment. Thank you for keeping it real

[@SirDudeGuyManBro]

As a black man I was severely disappointed with the forced racial tension, I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Franzese, it was forced and unnecessary.

[@alexh4319]

@Jax Teller There were, but the point is the film has greatly exaggerated that tension(especially the tension between Italians and blacks) for dramatic purposes.

[@fransesco9703]

it wasnt forced at all lol, it was just poorly written like the rest of the movie. The movie had great potential to explore the Newark riots and what led up to it and the italian mob point of view but it was just bad writing

[@mrt445]

Almost all mafia related shows/movies have forced racial tension. That's probably how it was back then. That's also why I have very little interest in watching these shows.

[@gregplitt6629]

It’s the woke era…. That’s it. I am surprised they didn’t cover gender and abortion rights and a cameo by a young evil Trump and his father.

[@broaddusmarines]

@@gregplitt6629 oh so it’s “woke” to have blacks in Newark in the late 60s? Where there were actual riots? FoH

[@worldofdoom995]

The movie was originally just about the Newark race riots but they later decided to make it a Sopranos prequel.

[@billsimms2511]

who wants to see an entire movie about the Newark race riots?! Especially in the current climate

[@malinko35]

@@billsimms2511 people who identify as left. They love seeing things that will anger them and makes them want to be some kind of activist for something that happened half a century ago. *hello angry leftists, D-X suck it

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

Lol. That's a interesting theory. Wouldn't surprise me if they used that excuse if Michael got in front of them. On that note, we know why they put that garbage in the story. It is to further divide our country and cause strife. They'll do anything that helps destroy our country at this point.

[@satch4684]

@@malinko35 wrong they don't wanna actually be an activist they just wanna pretend to be one without actually doing anything

[@malinko35]

@@satch4684 how you gonna say im wrong then type same thing lol

[@Rawkstar2210]

I'm a black woman who just started watching Sopranos mostly cause I was a kid when it came out I was gonna watch this movie after. But after hearing it deserves a NEGATIVE zero idk I'm cracking up😢😂

[@brandonmoreland4392]

As a black dude I had the same reaction as you in the new candy man movie.

[@MissCane9]

I'm Black and was raised in Montclair NJ during the "60s and familiar with Newark at that time. Never was there any open gun violence between the Blacks and the Italians. Chase is misguided. Racial tension was in the air throughout the country then, and mayors like Chicago's Richard Daley and or Newark's Anthony Imperiale were considered openly racist. But it's pure fiction to say that mutual hatred between Blacks and Italians caused the Newark riots or that blacks gangs ever rivaled the mob. I just don't understand why David Chase would fabricate such trash.

[@billsimms2511]

There is a lot of forced racial and gender plot lines in movies and tv now. It’s like they want to stir it up a bit

[@Heretic84]

I’ll give you a clue. Hollywood. They have to falsify history to fit their woke agenda.

[@jaelge]

Dude, it´s race-baiting, Liberal wokism, pure and simple. Remember, that Chase is part and parcel of the Liberal Hollywood propaganda machine that has had a symbiotic relationship with the Democrat party since its inception. And what does the Democrat party love more than anything but the division between the races and classes?

[@truthbetold2020]

I'm starting to think people like David chase are being bullied into doing this honestly it's like someone's got a gun to their head while they write this stuff. Whoever is holding the gun should stop trying to influence culture...they suck at it...

[@jaelge]

@@billsimms2511: Duh! Anything pertaining to the entertainment or news media industries can be guaranteed to be infused with Liberal ideology, or ¨wokeism¨.

[@gilesjones3626]

Feel like Little Carmine produced Many Saints of Newark under his sub-species

[@Ultrajamz]

Hahahahahahaha

[@59hoovaZEKEY]

Good one ! Lmao never forget A pint of blood is more than a gallon of gold! Neverrrr!

[@llg3pe]

Ha ha ha comment of the year!

[@unholybastard8688]

Like a child , a movie has many parents

[@Garyinhou]

He came to the crossroads of a great abyss

[@chrisanthemum7]

I couldn't get through the movie. And I was really excited about it because I love The Sopranos. Hearing some of the stuff in it breaks my heart. All of the content today is suffering because there's an element of truth that has been lost.

[@FrugalFamilyFliesAgain]

I love how well-spoken and articulate you are.

[@tymelthompson4182]

Wait but the only animosity between the Italians and the blacks was specifically between Dickie and Harold's gangs. The riots had nothing to do with it. Early in the movie one of the cops says it happening because everyone believes a black taxi driver got shot by a cop.

[@sometimesidontunderstand0029]

Big Facts💯💯💯

[@AntonioLarosa]

Totally

[@matthewwilliams3643]

True but no way a guy like Harold would dare take on the mafia

[@matthewwilliams3643]

They tried to make him like Danny green

[@gary4632]

But why tho. The point is that none of that had anything to do with the series sopranos itself. They made the movie about something completely different (racism and black people) than the show or what they were building the movie up to be.

[@stevec3892]

Have a black friend who lived in Patterson NJ in the 60’s . He lived in an Italian / black neighborhood and they all hung out . He played Bocci with the old Italians and drank home made wine

[@adrianmerchant653]

@River Ton exactly he tried it

[@tedwojtasik8781]

Calling BS on that. Not saying a black and an Italian could not get along or hang out back then, however it NEVER would have happened in the neighborhood. If they hung out it would have been in NY city (Manhattan) where such things were more acceptable.

[@joshuadavidbeatz]

My Dad brought the Mob a lot of money in the 50s singing in night clubs in West Virginia and took care of him while he was on death row up until his release. Then when he got out they paid for him to move to California and plugged him in with The Billy Vaughn Orchestra on Dot Records. Italian Americans in The Mob from my point of view were stand up guys who were about Making Money and were Loyal and Protective of those involved in and out. Respectfully, Joshua David

[@Ishbikes]

Stand up guys until your friend is walking you into a basement

[@joshuadavidbeatz]

@@Ishbikes they knew what they signed up for

[@IsshmanGarcia]

Growing up in Boston and having a father who was a big "earner" , it was cemented in us to STAY AWAY from North Station without him (Italian Mob) and definitely stay away from Southie( Irish Mob ) period. To be honest, he told us- "the Italians don't like blacks, but they do like green" meaning they will do business with us(him)and tolerate." But he also said something to the effect " I know you have friends who live in Old Colony(Southie), no matter what- don't ever go down there!" My oldest brother learned the hard way. He didn't die, but did get batted and knuckled a few times.

[@leppyslego8587]

I was so agitated by the fact Leslie Odom Jr’s character called Paulie a racial slur for Italians infront of a bunch of made guys and all he did was stand up then nothing boiled over. I don’t think that type of stuff gets said without repercussions

[@salvatoresgobbo3307]

Would have been beaten or killed Fact

[@raudeloruna2600]

Are you kidding? Its 2021 bro...you think theyre gonna have a bunch of white guys beat the shit out of a black dude on film? Its the opposite now..all about having black people be empowered on film, accuracy be damned. Youre right..in real life they would have demolished him.

[@Luxarium]

@@raudeloruna2600 lol in the movie they fuckin drill some black guys mouth then he’s shot. Also a black teen is f*cking blammed with a shot gun. Did you even see the movie lmaoo stunad

[@JoshThatMcKoyBoy]

@@Luxarium Yeah I think he missed the rest of the movie after that part 😂

[@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo]

@@Luxarium He's a reactionary with low IQ, dont mind him.

[@hardrocker_9676]

The most important thing to me is at least it doesn’t ruin the actual Sopranos show itself the show will always be legendary but this new film is just average

[@iceblue7118]

less then average..It was stupid

[@anthonyshepherd265]

@@iceblue7118 it wasn’t that bad

[@watts1841]

Agreed! I initially thought that no matter how bad this movie was/is it couldn't put a stain on the Sopranos! The more I think about it tho the movie could've done just that. Not saying it did but it could've! Christopher's narration painted Tony in a worse picture than he already was. Then to find out that Junior had Dickie killed. That's just a Heartbreaker. Makes me look at Junior a little differently now. He was one of my favorite characters. That pettiness of having a guy killed cause u were jealous of his relationship with your nephew, the way Johnny Boy praised him for stepping up while he was in jail, and then he laughed at you for falling. We knew Junior had his petty ways but this was to petty being who he is!

[@watts1841]

@Sarren The irony in your post! U jump off with some crazy shit then proceed to tell people to chill. That's funny!

[@Messiah717]

If you liked it then good for you. It's just not a feeling shared by most people.

[@michellekincaid5499]

In the Sopranos series..supposedly Chris's father was killed by a cop who Chris ended up killing when he returned home from his retirement party. Unless I'm missing something here -this doesn't make sense.

[@Postaldude2002]

Rip James Gandolfini and tony cirico

[@thetequilaprofessor]

Was a total fail. Was a caricature of the greatest television series ever - THE SOPRANOS. A dead guy (Christopher Moltisante) gives the opening narration foreshadowing what was to come. It didn't have the makings of a varsity production.

[@Fausto_4841]

Oh GOD DAMN IT! That’s the type of undermining shit I’m trying to teach my kids NOT TO DO! “What’d I say?”

[@breadtubereview373]

as soon as chris begin narrating from hell I know something was terribly wrong

[@deegee9966]

The only thing I think the movie got right was with Tony’s mother in that she’s a woman with narcissistic personality disorder which ultimately led to Tony being who he was and seeking therapy.

[@NeoNyder]

Yeah Livia was well done, they botched everything else.

[@dedo7326]

Right I was so mad about Pauly walnuts the most the entire show Tony would talk about how his dad would tell him when he got in trouble he was “going to get uncle pauly” Tony even said Pauly used to scare him as a kid but the movie made him look like a “finook” nothing about him in the movie made me think that is the Pauly Tony knew.

[@mikimiyazaki]

Borderline personality disorder! Cmon bru lol. Gotta get that type of shit right. She was way more dangerous than than an NPD

[@deegee9966]

Dude I’m gonna give you an education this ones for free the next time you gonna have to pay me. The term BPD was developed to describe women with NPD so as not to stigmatise them with a condition generally associated with men. It’s often thought that BPDs are vulnerable or covert which again is a misconception because NPDs are also covert. The defining pathology of NPD and for the hard of understanding “BPD” is the acquisition of control, fuel, residual benefits and character traits. Within NPD you have different types of Narcicist ranging from lower, middle lower, upper lower, lower midrange, middle midrange, upper midrange and then you have your upper narcissist and finally your ultra narcissist. Livia is a middle mid range unaware narcissist which is actually where BPD manifests itself in the middle midrange of the spectrum. So rather than explain all of this initially I’m gonna call her for what she is a woman with narcissistic personality disorder-so don’t come on here telling me to get it right. I got it rights bru YOU get it right bru

[@mikimiyazaki]

@@deegee9966 narcissist personality disorder, pathological liar=bpd?

[@aaronm2283]

When the actor who player Christopher narrated at the beginning I got pretty excited, thinking it was going dive deep into Tony’s up bringing and life as a child around Christopher and his father, more on junior and Jonny soprano. Just wanted to see more development on Tony becoming the the figure he was in the sopranos. Good old fashioned Mob movie style.

[@jedediahpelland]

Ironically the type of people this movie was catered towards were probably the least likely to even watch it.

[@gregwilliamsono9360]

I was so disappointed in the movie. Honestly it needed to be like a 10 part series. So much should have been played out. It was just poorly put together

[@michaelhatfield3430]

I agree a Limited series on HBO Max would have been a smarter idea. They could have told a better story instead of cramming too much into a 2hr movie.

[@disturbed157]

@@michaelhatfield3430 they didn't tell a story. Please tell me what the plot was. It was a 2 hour introduction and attempt at fan service (juniors comments to the female cousins about varsity was one of his few lines, just pathetic)

[@AdamWatt00]

The story literllay made no sense

[@michaelhatfield3430]

@@disturbed157 I agree 100% We got a bit of fan service, A very small bit of a bunch of different stories that are never completed. Some Black power pandering and shitting on much beloved Sopranos characters. If Chase wanted to make a Black power movie He should have just done that instead of shoehorning a never mentioned black character into a story that was supposed to be about The Sopranos.

[@Yoyomu205]

Should of been a prequel of tonys father and tony as a kid as a 12 part series at netflix

[@masoncarter7333]

James Gandolfini: I AM THE SOPRANOS, without me this whole ship sinks.

[@capacola262743]

did he actually say that?

[@RPmotorcars]

Spot on review, as an Italian American my first response after about 20 mins into the movie I felt the exact same way, it was insulting to Italians I grew up in NY, I've been here and there in my lifetime I knew how the depiction in this movie was so off the mark it was not only laughable but insulting as well, almost walked out about 40 mins in but watched it all hoping there was a turnaround in the plot, unfortunately it just got worse as it went on....

[@Ishbikes]

So tell Michael to Stop acting like it was all peace & “Kumbaya” between blacks & Italians back then. I have no beef with Italians, an Italian with mob ties gave me my first real job. Let’s just stop acting like it was all peace & prosperity

[@Sungoku47]

I think they tried to show a parallel between dickie and Tony and how dickie tries to “do good deeds” and thinks it will give him good karma and wonders why bad things still happen to him. Similar to Tony going to therapy and having the assumption that “she does right by his family”

[@kesuya]

Come on, worse than the John Travolta/Gotti movie? Impossible. That movie is the worst movie ever made. It had absolutely no redeeming quality at all. The acting was cringe worthy and John Travolta is not believable as a tough guy whatsoever lol. That Gotti movie is right up there with Battlefield Earth when it comes to the worst movies ever made.

[@thisgame2]

There's a huge agenda to piss on whites and get blacks in permanent victim mentality

[@robotshaman1779]

The big twist in the movie was that Junior was such a snake that he is willing to kill his own family/crew...Yeah we already knew that, it was a pretty big plot point in Season 1.

[@SuitedPim]

The real twist was that jackie aprile sr never even existed

[@maurovaz6081]

@@SuitedPim he was the kid that Tony beat up he was in the film.

[@mariumeplume9562]

Yeah and he says sister's cunt too... that was a big plot in the Sopranos

[@AstralAbstraction]

The point of the movie is to show the seeds of the bad behavior in Tony and Chris that caused everything in the show.

[@gregblau8082]

I used to visit a friend of mine in NY and at least back then the neighborhoods were split into Irish, Italian, Black, etc. People didn't mess around in the other areas, but it wasn't anything to do with race. More being part of your culture and respect than racism against anyone else

[@aluminumsalmongames6277]

I think one of the major issues with Many Saints was that it wasn't a series, but a movie. Which meant that everything had to be compressed into that hour forty five timeframe. Rather than allowing the story to spread and play out over time. Which is what The Sopranos did well. There was shocking stuff, deaths, violence, but it was spaced. Many Saints has all of that crammed together one after another and it fails as a prequel for that reason.

[@voteZDLR]

I honestly don't know how you can definitively comment on The Sopranos if you haven't seen the entire thing. Parts of it do waver, he tends to rely more and more on the dreams and visions and nightmare sequences as the show goes on. Some people hated that, I personally didn't mind it especially in the context of where this is happening in the show. But no, you need to start with Episode 1 and watch them all in order to truly get the full experience.

[@chucknutz9598]

You need to stop being a simp

[@voteZDLR]

@@chucknutz9598 ok

[@chucknutz9598]

@@voteZDLR great

[@willmosse3684]

Yeah. And based on a lot of the things he said, it seemed like he hasn’t watch The Sopranos in detail at all. It’s outrageous to portray mob guys as racist? To show Italian mobsters pinning their own crimes on black people? Have you watched ANY of this show dude? That is a running theme through the whole thing.

[@andykolb6502]

True! The whole Tony Soprano Character Development Just reveals itself If you watch every Season.

[@siddhant...]

This is the type of movie one would have expected if David Chase wasn’t involved.

[@thesupervisor3270]

To me that’s what made it even more disappointing. Because he wrote it. Even the director, directed a lot of the original shows. Idk WTH happened

[@siddhant...]

@Tom Ffrench Nobody is saying that they’re bad. We’re all just shocked as to wtf happened to their decision making.

[@Wombatzu]

David Chase hates Sopranos fans. He wanted to make a movie about the Newark Race Riots so he could let us all know his Boomer political opinions, and the only way he could get it made was if he folded it into a Sopranos prequel. What we ended up was a movie that wasn't a good story about race riots or the mob.

[@MrMalicious5]

Every piece of good media is lightning in a bottle. This movie shows Sopranos was a group effort. Chase hasn't made anything good since the Sopranos.

[@qqq386]

Chase is a hack. The sopranos was successful thanks to Winter and Van Pattern

[@timpatrick2109]

This movie didn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@infinitypoker6383]

This movie was disgusting I waited years for it it because I loved the sopranos but when I watched this i was disgusted and it kinda ruined the sopranos for me. Love you Mr.F

[@NeonRuffian1111]

Michael, I mean no disrespect and I'm not so much as defending this film but I think you misunderstood how the war between the Italians and Blacks happened in this film. The riot was caused by the cops beating a taxi driver and was rumored to be murdered. Harold, the rival gangster chose to pick a fight with the mob on his own because they were the only thing in his way to take over Newark. The movie didn't show the Mafia starting a fight with the Blacks, which I'm surprised since Dickie told the mob the Blacks killed his father in the middle of the riots. I honestly though that was what was going to start the fight but some reason it didn't happen like that. I'm also confused about your issue with the Italians having issues with the Blacks in the film since that was a big theme in Bronx Tale which you've expressed many times to be one of your favorite films (It's one my favorites as well). If you read this and decide to reply or anyone else does, just wanted to remind you that I'm not defending the film. I just don't think those issues you explained is what made this film fail. I think Chase wanted to do a story on a character that was related to the Sopranos and HBO went berserk and tried to create something else with it and cram it with fan service. There was too many things that didn't make sense.

[@RedsBigRig]

*Highly interested on Michaels take with this info here*

[@rotherthies]

You should go read my reply... same sentiment a little stronger tone. Lol

[@rotherthies]

Oh also there are plans for a second movie about Tony in his 20s and Im thinking the things that dont quite make sense are setups for the future.. Regardless if people didnt like it they all saw it. You know, its not about the reviews, it about the revenue..

[@dylandiehl3975]

Thanks for posting this, I thought I was the only one thinking these things. I agree it's not the best movie in general but yeah I think Mike missed some crucial points about the motivations of the characters.

[@ACelloFella]

You really don't need this movie to make someone think some Italians and most Mobsters are bad people, you can get that from the entire Sopranos series. Come on Michael?

[@NJHeart2Heart]

"We look bad on our own, we don't need fabricated stuff to make us look like degenerates". This really struck me. One of the problems of politics and culture these days is arguing on emotional grounds vs. facts. If you're going to debate, debate about ideas and facts - not about people/personalities. Well Said Michael.

[@killthahippie]

I remember when they killed Adriana on the show it was pretty bad .. but the murdered because " she was with a black guy " is just stupid and not needed it's not that it's impossible for an Italian to be racist it's that now WE ALL GOT PAINTED WITH A RACIST BRUSH to the point we'd kill someone we worship for being with a black .. naww not cool not needed

[@jeremyfreeman866]

@@killthahippie she was killed because her FBI friend?

[@killthahippie]

@@jeremyfreeman866 yeah but that was still a brutal scene

[@meshackmugariri9421]

Movie got Nothing to do with politics …?

[@thedragon356]

@@killthahippie I honestly don’t think dickie killed his girlfriend because Harold was black, he did kill like 3 people from his crew and hunted dickie down with a shotgun lol, I think dickie called him the N word just out of anger before he killed her.

[@filmstudy6285]

That movie portrayed the lifestyle and troubles Christopher's father went through and unfortunately Christopher inherited that. The movie was more about Christopher's father's backstory than Tony

[@Ishbikes]

Yea, & he got his woman banged by my brethren and took a shot to the back of the head. Salute to Junior 🍷

[@lumorales2321]

Mr. Franzese- I watched the movie about six times. You are right-it was not good. I kept watching it because I kept hearing that Dickie had been such an integral part of who Tony Soprano was, I wanted to see what exactly what it was that he did. I see the Soprano characters slowly introduced; I get the mother-still a piece of work, but I never see what it was that Dickie was supposed to have done! In the Sopranos, great admiration for Uncle Dickie. Always telling Christopher- your dad was a great man! Where? How? I missed it somewhere. Were there metaphors I missed? How is it possible that Uncle Dickie was such an important force in Tony's life, when he was not around in his formidable years? The movie lost me. I kept watching it because I thought- I'll get the gist eventually. Never happened. The racial disparages was uncalled for. It did nothing for the movie. The movie lacked substance and direction. Everybody disrespecting everybody! I think they just threw something together so they could get to the next part- if there is going to be one. One thing did make me wonder- In the Sopranos when Tony visits Uncle Junior in that horrible hospital, Tony mentions something about him knowing he killed Uncle Dickie and he was glad he was going to die and rot in that place- something like that. So- how does he find out it was Uncle Junior who had Dickie killed? Again- why is he talking about Uncle Dickie when he really didn't live long enough to be a part of Tony's life? The whole thing was contrived and discombobulated. I thought it was just me. You really do need to have a sit down with David Chase. He's got some explaining to do! Blessings.

[@Deathadder1994]

I love when Michael said the guy killed his girlfriend and his dad “he’s killing everybody” it made me laugh so much. What an absolute crap movie that I will not be watching.

[@denisrivarola2387]

Well its a character, I guess they wanted to show how screwed Chris father was.

[@colico14]

I actually watched it. I thought it was pretty good. Was it disturbing? Yes. Gratuitous? I'm not sure. These were deranged, impulsive, violent people. I can certainly understand why a former mob guy and Italian-American would dislike it, but I'm not so sure it was all that far off from the way things were. It's a mob movie, not a skip through the roses. Remember, Mr. Franzese is one man with one opinion.

[@Deathadder1994]

@@colico14 Hes one man with a very educated opinion.

[@BadVideoWatcher1]

It's like they were making the sequel to Cleaver

[@jaygq1543]

The major issue with this film is that they crammed so much in to 2 hours, which made the movie very confusing. It would have been better as a mini-series.

[@jimgrathwohl3104]

Good call on the miniseries. The movie plays like a supersized flashback episode. The riots are a failed attempt to add some historic sweep like in the best mob movies.

[@joegibel9944]

That is hardly the issue.

[@mars3676]

Wrong

[@troyevitt2437]

Ray Liota playing two twins just wasn't properly set up. You see the one brother's corpse burned to make it look like the race riots were to blame and then-BOOM!-he's alive in prison and really into black music all of a sudden.

[@hltron5781]

its funny because now Chase signed a 5 year deal with Warner Bro's and i mean cmon that must be for a Soprano prequel tv series ,, it's like what was the point of the movie if he's just going to do the series anyway ... but can only guess they wanted to judge the popularity and see how many people would watch it ,, and even with the bad reviews i have a feeling the show did really good with getting people all over the world to watch .... hopefully with a legit series David can hash out these characters and give us a good story of the family from the ending of movie to i don't know Tony getting made or even further Tony being made captain or even all the way up to the pilot episode ... i only pray they can hire Terance Winter to write and produce with David Chase

[@teadoroguapo9994]

I appreciate how he's genuinely offended 🤣

[@tnt01]

Lol

[@richardlllbuzas]

I just saw the movie and I agree with you. What I would add is that the whole plot of the movie felt disorienting, like not having an actual ark, and being uncertain if Dickie or Tony is the story about, it tries to build a story of the two but neither of them gets enough focus and you always expect that the meaningful things will happen with the other one. All we saw is scenes about a problematic kid and a criminal with a horrible personality, and the ending of the movie was supposed to be dramatic while they missed to show anything to like about these characters. I was waiting to see a character development of Tony with some actual heavy traumas or just milestones, but everything that had to do something with him in the story, was so chaotic. Junior's motivation to kill Dickie is just ridiculous, the conflict between Dickie and the blacks leads nowhere, not to mention that the "big moment" of Tony in this movie was swearing that he's done with crime and theft, then the movie ends and Chris's voice says this guy will send him to hell. The whole movie feels like it's just a cut piece of a larger painting and the composition feels uncomfortable because the eye misses the cut parts of the image. If you didn't watch the Sopranos, you couldn't even figure out anything about who Tony will become when growing up or why was he in this movie at all, and even if you saw it, this piece didn't add to, but takes away from Tony's world. And the visually oversaturated imagery of the whole movie just ruins even the mob movie atmosphere and no matter how they try, they can't sell Alessandro Nivola as a tough guy, especially as the legendary father of Chris Moltisanti. I would watch the Sopranos again instead.

[@davidlancaster6941]

I'm Sicilian/Italian. Prejudice against any race was never instilled or demonstrated in my upbringing. In fact I was informed just the opposite. Michael is absolutely right. Bless him. Lvya all much. Shalom. D

[@Peter7966]

"Many Saints..." pandering to the woke mob. That's it.

[@johnnyjacuzzi7498]

@@Peter7966 The title comes from the name Moltisanti, or “Many saints.”

[@davidlancaster6941]

@@Peter7966 Hello. Could you please explain to me the meaning of the "woke mob" and "wokeness" ? I'm a dinosaur. Appreciate. Thanks much. Lvya. D

[@KD400_]

Man it all starts at home if we have a stable home then everyone would be ok teaching and knowledge is so important

[@Peter7966]

@@davidlancaster6941 "Woke" started out in the black community as a term used to describe racial injustice and a built in unfairness in US society and culture. Somewhere along the line it became a banner for all societal injustices, real or not... often not. BLM and other radical leftist groups coopted the term used it to attack any and all things they hated about what they perceived as a racist America...pretty much everything in mainstream America. Many Americans of all races and ethnicities took offense to this... and woke to many of us became a label to describe a radical fringe element that wants to tear the whole system down and replace it with some form of socialist order base on a hierarchy of injustices that constantly need to be "fixed". The "mob" part of my description explains itself.

[@pkingduckify]

Love your channel Michael, but let’s get real. Working class, white ethnics were NOT happy when their neighborhoods started to become part black. Italian, Irish, whatever. The consensus was OVERWHELMINGLY, this is not a good thing. Not a good thing this was the case, but a fact. I’m Irish and from a good, solid Catholic family. They all lost their minds when blacks started coming into the old neighborhood. The Italians were different generally? Not in my experience.

[@nm233306]

Not to mention he praises the sopranos series as if the show didn’t deal with these same issues constantly!!! That’s what made that show great! It wasn’t just about a portrayal of the mob. It was a metaphor for the whole entire country and how we’ve been in decline

[@saucyvinnie3812]

You should read “The Slaughter of Cities” by E. Michael Jones.

[@davidmeichner8346]

I'm so glad the Irish aren't in Miami, lol those IRL stickers in the Northeast as though it's the cradle of civilization.

[@keenen3479]

Yeah rap culture is doing wonders for society

[@prajwaljayaraj5887]

@@keenen3479 Did Rap Culture exist in a vaccum ?

[@yourmomshouse6984]

Dickie was a good character and fit right in. The ending was kinda cool lol so much wasted potential throughout the rest

[@wizeminds799]

There could have been a story we don't know about, family secrecy that is.. this movie could have been written from that stance. I grew up in Newark,NJ and for me the movie felt real to me and being Italian in the 80s growing up with a dad involved in the life

[@peterlombardo8153]

Everyone knew this was going to be some WOKE bullshit to make up for how realistic he made Sopranos.

[@bobgeorge6371]

Exactly

[@meymay11]

It’s just hilarious how the comments here will not come out and admit they’re just concerned about this portrayal of Italians bc of the social climate right now. Italian mobsters have always been portrayed as harboring hostility toward blacks and real life Italians were never concerned about it before.

[@MrBronx61]

Exactly!

[@clarkbruce_exmuslim]

Good point. We all saw plenty of this in e.g. Bronx Tale.

[@Ultizer]

This movie takes it to another level though, i really don't think Italians got into shootouts with black folks on the streets.

[@clarkbruce_exmuslim]

@@Ultizer except for Mafia 2 and 3 ☺

[@williamwallace7651]

this stretched the reality of things back then like so much stuff does now

[@MuzammilParkar16]

This whole movie was Dickie killing his father, his goomar and doesn't even offer Tony the fatherly advice and mentorship and dies in the end

[@Blindeyedog]

The actual "Groundbreaking" series that brought us the "Sapranos" was HBO's "Oz" Great series about prison. Tony Saprano's wife started in "Oz" first, then left that series to do the "Sapranos"

[@BigDome1]

Michael you've gotta watch The Sopranos again, there's nothing better on TV. Forget Mafia stuff, even just a family drama/comedy/show about human beings it's better than anything else on. Also gets better every time you watch it.

[@Shlogger]

so many layers to it.

[@billsimms2511]

I’m going to binge The Sopranos again very soon just to get this movie out of my head

[@mike04574]

he's been doing that bro, you haven't seen his reviews of the show?

[@stevewarf7958]

The best series of all time bro.. It's like i said , I dont understand how Michael can dog this movie, if hes never seen the whole series. Was it great ? No , was it horrible? , NO..

[@morgandavis6788]

@@mike04574 Michael has watched maybe 4 episodes of Sopranos. His reviews of them are cringe to watch because he doesn’t know any of the characters names or anything that’s happening in the show. I’d be willing to bet he didn’t watch this movie either.

[@zerofucks3392]

The best part for me was Michael Gandolfini. He's just looks so much like his dad and his acting isn't bad at all. I really hope they do a series about him and how he gets into everything. It would be a cash cow if it's done right.

[@davidbirks6074]

I couldn't agree more. Michael Gandolfini is one of the few redeeming features in this massive disappointment of a film

[@keke4000]

I agree with you, Michael, my friend and I paid to see this movie on openimg day as well. 🤯

[@alexthrailkill]

I’ve seen him getting a lot of hate for no reason. I thought he was fantastic and hope to see a followup movie or two.

[@Buckeye7Gaming]

I agree wish they would’ve focused more on young Tony soprano instead of the other stuff to be honest

[@Johnny2Feathers]

I watched it again just for Michaels performance. He absolutely nailed the mannerisms of Tony Soprano as played by his father. For me it’s only his scenes that I’d re-watch again and again.

[@ryannarcisse]

“You making mob guys look bad? We look bad on our own” Lmfao

[@notofthisgod32]

I agree 100% Not only was it boring, they advertised it as a Tony Soprano origin story & they didn't even feature Tony at all. Hot steaming pile of crap