'The Many Saints Of Newark' Review

[@zakkwyldesliver]

“I’ll tell you one thing-and I’m not ashamed to admit it. My estimation of David Chase as a producer and writer just fucking plummeted.”

[@jaysav8415]

If they can make him make a shit movie, what else can they make him do?

[@Renagade2332]

@@Nnnnn636 I gotta agree with ​Jay Sav, Colonial.

[@cicolasnage5684]

His coach turned into a pumpkin

[@pogothepurple3826]

These comments, Madone!! 🤣

[@notchunglingsu7014]

@@Nnnnn636 no. then again you're in denial about nick. So i won't be too harsh on your critical analysis.

[@soulbyliam]

The many saints of Newark was like ordering spaghetti and meatballs and getting noodles with ketchup

[@cwatson42785]

David Chase is just a shnook now.

[@XxCrimsonKing83xX]

Lmao!! Best comment

[@LeoSkyro]

or like ordering actual Italian food and getting spaghetti and meatballs

[@SAOrules]

We gotta wait around now like everybody else

[@jeffysoule2076]

What a fantastic comment!!! Haha, great reference!!! 👊

[@rippindrummer666]

Half expected dickie to break the fourth wall and tell the audience to get vaccinated

[@mikec4487]

Lol 😂😂😂😂

[@buzz_archive]

🤣🤣🤣

[@richardwrite]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ArchstantonsMTgrave]

🤣🤣

[@TheChadTI]

Top fuckin kek😂

[@zubileegluckgluck]

I'm just waiting for the new black mafia show, "The Moolinyanos".

[@w0undedmakers251]

The Charcoal Brigettes

[@SAOrules]

@@w0undedmakers251 the Ditsoonos

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

Lmao 🤣

[@gunkmasterflex942]

Trump is a BOZO and the biggest loser in American history

[@bzenga5981]

The Hasidic Homeboys, starring Jamaal Ginsburg (from the projects with a 5.5 GPA)

[@alpuccino6136]

my favourite part was the black poetry slam session. exactly what i missed from sopranos.

[@billsimms2511]

Lol when it came on I was like “wtf am I watching?!” . It did not belong in a Sopranos show

[@SavageAudits]

As a black man, I also found that scene to be useless and way too long. The whole movie was craptastic.

[@joshb8976]

Oh yeah. That was so fucking stupid

[@weetahd2309]

@@SavageAudits art imitating life

[@cwatson42785]

Was it from the 2 black guys that ran that way?

[@thelaw6267]

All I know is David Chase never had the makings of a varsity filmmaker.

[@lisaroberts8556]

Oh Damn! I asked ya not to say that shit again! 😂 😂

[@w0undedmakers251]

Literally every Sopranos vid on YT has 50000 comments of stupid FANOOKS like you posting the same “varsity athlete” quote, over and over.

[@scottdean3719]

@@w0undedmakers251 thank you I am so tired of this joke

[@SAOrules]

@@w0undedmakers251 go home and get your shinebox

[@mariumeplume9562]

hahahhahah

[@perfecto25]

they spent waaay too much screen time on the Italian gooma character. Oh she wants a hair salon. Who cares.

[@jasonsantiago6308]

And as soon as she gets it, she essentially commits suicide Genius writing!

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

In the show, uncle June says "ya sistas c***" ONE TIME in 84 episodes, almost 90 hours. In the movie he says it twice within 30 minutes.

[@petegriffin4376]

So he use to say it a lot more when he was younger and rarely when he got older

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

@@petegriffin4376 or the writers got lazy. "hey hoppalong che se dicc" was said like 6 times. "youre talking thru your hat" another line that was said maybe once in the show, said 4 times in the movie. Thats lazy fan service imo.

[@fantom5894]

Fan service

[@LumpyAdams]

​​@petegriffin4376 Yeah, had nothing to do with "fan pandering" at all. Just genius writing.

[@klompsauce]

86

[@gayrodeo]

Hahaha I really wanted to hear Anthony’s take on this awful movie and I thought he was serious in the first 15 seconds of this video and almost drove off the road. As always thanks for keeping it real.

[@Extravaganzoyeur]

I haven't seen it yet.. During the first couple of seconds i'm thinking: "Yes!! Ant likes it! Thank god! A real Sopranos fan and he says it great!" Then 2 seconds later: "Wait.. Why is Ant looking at the camera like that with that miserable half grin.. Please, no.. Don't let it be.. AAARGH! YOU SON OF A BITCH!! 🤬" Is nothing sacred anymore, goddamnit..!

[@tonycoats5714]

@@Extravaganzoyeur Haha. Well stated. That was exactly my thought process as well. I was instantly making plans to see it, then...

[@Extravaganzoyeur]

​@@tonycoats5714 Right?! He got our hopes up high, then smashes it all to pieces 5 seconds later..! 😢 😜

[@lyzzlyzzy1023]

I almost pressed pause and started watching the stupid thing !

[@tukos7370]

I was bamboozled. I was like... Well he's a big sopranos fan. Maybe he saw something different. You caught me off guard Antonio.

[@5eurocups2005]

Ray Liotta's donkey joke was one of the most embarrassing scenes of all time, his acting was ridiculously over the top and he looked like a 90 year old Japanese guy with too much Botox.

[@bigbrytunney8753]

all of his scenes should have been cut from the movie.

[@fastone130]

Yes, my thoughts exactly.

[@timothy4011]

Over the top may be what they were going for. Kinda like Silvio and his shitty godfather shtick

[@tylerbaxter4199]

The 90 year old Japanese guy with too much Botox is spot on

[@domoshea4104]

@@tylerbaxter4199 yeah you beat me to the Botox criticism. It was like parts of his face couldn’t keep up with the rest. They’re all at the same speed now though

[@Joseph_Tacos]

Ant shouting out Rich Evans is worlds colliding for me. AIIIIIIIIIIIIIDSSSSSS

[@DIDDLOTIC]

OHH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHD

[@jorgevercetti5557]

You know Ant's the real deal when he knows RLM, my husband worked at WNEW in NY when O and A were taking over. He would love his impression of Rich.

[@jamesuva1138]

I hate those guys, but it is really refreshing that Ant still keeps an eye on pop culture, specifically the KZbin part of it.

[@cammoses4464]

AAAAIIIIIDDDSSSS

[@xxczerxx]

@@jorgevercetti5557 There's a segment on O&A where Ant professes his love for the Mr Plinkett Star Wars reviews, he has been a fan of them for a long time!

[@alexandermccabe556]

this truly shows that the past few years of politics have made some people insane so much so that the original writers can no longer write the same stories they did years ago

[@jmc5910]

these days the studios wont even pay for a film unless it checks the woke boxes

[@timothy4011]

@@jmc5910 And how exactly do you know that?

[@drphil3003]

@@timothy4011 be anti white

[@patrickroy3380]

@@timothy4011 reeeee

[@magog6852]

@@timothy4011 Has eyeballs ya goof

[@jbvap]

Picturing Paulie cleaning the George Floyd statue cracks me up.

[@Karlsfrostedtips]

Tone, see what I did. I cleaned his lips!

[@RoseUnseen]

I lost it !!! xD hahahaha cus it makes sense in Newark universe

[@jumantewashington8715]

Go get your shine box

[@NBC.SATURDAY.NIGHT.LIVE.]

I’m twelve minutes in and I’m laughing my ass off ! Biggest sopranos fan of all time. Hated the movie. This review was like therapy.

[@ddcoddjob11]

Rich Evans never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@MariaC497]

Anthony mentioning that he liked RLM was the most interesting thing about the Sopranos movie

[@robertlowrie8446]

If only he hadn't been stricken with diabetes.

[@paulelroy6650]

Jesus that line never gets old or funny

[@ddcoddjob11]

@@paulelroy6650 so does yo mamma's lasagna! OHHHHH!

[@iank3924]

I saw this and I clapped

[@NotRealPhil]

I kept waiting for something to happen, then Joey Diaz get his head blown off, Tony threw the speakers out his window, he made a pinky promise with a dead guy, and it ended. I want my time back.

[@Tronathon242]

The black militant poetry slam and the scene where they literally have a black mom scream and cry while holding her son who had just seconds before been shot in the riots almost made me turn the thing off. And that actor who played Sil was acting as though he has a series of interconnected ticks rather than an actual character. Seriously, he looked like the Frankenstein Monster got hit in the head when he walked.

[@dco2006]

Good points. I was concerned that Many Saints would be bad but "slam poetry" bad is a whole different level of suckage.

[@JasonX2]

Wow, don't think I'll even watch it

[@shrim1481]

Are you guys emotionally fragile white guys who want to whitewash negative parts of American history?

[@Tronathon242]

@@shrim1481 Is that a question or a statement? It doesn't make much sense structure wise.

[@Tronathon242]

@@JasonX2 Maybe watch it once for the novelty I suppose, but it's not necessary or worth your time without the benefit of being able to pause and psyche yourself up to try and finish it.

[@ngallardo1994]

Should’ve flowed like this: A) Tony is a sweet boy who likes rock n roll and sports but once Johnny goes to prison Tony falls under the wing of his cool uncle Dicky B) Flash forward to Teenage Tony getting into small crimes like robbery and hijacking with the young crew but there’s still hope he can pull himself away from the dark path C) Dicky dies and that hardens Tony into the man he becomes How hard is that???

[@mikehimes7944]

Because that doesn't subvert expectations...

[@Hopium500]

Because Hollywood despises the fans of beloved franchises.

[@onlydaprecum]

To be fair, what the fans really wanted was a scene of young Tony delivering the line "Oh neat, a hamburger"

[@chazgirl6186]

Nailed it dude

[@cicolasnage5684]

@@onlydaprecum correction HAYUMBURGAH

[@anonynony4410]

It wouldn't be HBO without an interracial sex scene

[@jerry12314]

Yeah the problem here is that it was really all for nothing and just forced so Moltisanti can kill that girl and say the N-word which in looney 2021 is much worse than drowning your girl.

[@gunkmasterflex942]

Trump is a BOZO

[@jmc5910]

they had to cover all bases and check all boxes. white folks-bad gay sex racism interracial romance

[@timothy4011]

So many insecure white kids in here smh

[@pogothepurple3826]

Brazilian Box Office

[@mattnj211]

I hated this movie from start to finish but what really killed it for me and enraged me was the dinner scene where they presented the baby and yelled his entire name for the audience, “hey everyone it’s Christopher Moltisanti!!!” Ugh.

[@jerry12314]

How about that forced pseudo prophesy why the baby cried when Tony tried to carry it. Its as if babies dont cry when people they are not familiar try to carry them.

[@natejamesr1081]

This movie was the equivalent of Geraldo opening Al Capone's vault!

[@HankBukowski]

Accurate.

[@frankwallace5174]

yeah but without all the excitement 👍👍

[@Justen1980]

That really happened?? I thought it was just a movie..

[@RETROMV]

Exactly! That brings back memories, I remember all the hype about that Al Capone's vault episode.. And that Prick Geraldo had nothing to show for it in the end, other than a bunch of old glass bottles.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@zl5464]

@@Justen1980 Yes it really happened. It was a national event and millions tuned in for Geraldo to open an empty vault.

[@carlm2590]

Chase could have shown us how Dickie almost single handedly took out the New England crew but instead wasted the screen time on the blacks

[@firstnamelastname1715]

I heard that this movie was racist. Which is funny to me in a way. Because of tony soprano calling meadows moolignan

[@w0undedmakers251]

@@AownAli-xi8jq lol “black mafia”? No such thing. Also NO Sopranos fans want to see a “black mafia” plot in this universe. Gtfoh

[@carlm2590]

@@w0undedmakers251 exactly

[@user-xm9ms5dl8d]

@@w0undedmakers251 i would have liked to see hesh and Johnny's dealings in the music industry. They could have incorporated a blek storyline and have it work

[@mattfrank1923]

@@AownAli-xi8jq he is right,there is no black mafia,your talking Frank Lucas,he was a drug lord in New York and mainly employed relatives,not what you see like the italian mafia and the 5 families controlled everything,they got a cut for businesses operating in they're territories,people building buildings in they're territories,Donald Trump had to kick up to the mob,they controlled unions,they controlled everything,Frank Lucas was just a drug dealer that's all he had his hands in so no there has never been a black mafia,gangs yes,bloods and crips among others but no mafia family there were never any made black men

[@From-North-Jersey]

This movie was shit. It was not about the Sopranos it was about spinning off the black mafia into a new show. HBO already made that series it's called "The Wire" stop desecrating the corpse of James Gandolfini.

[@jasonsantiago6308]

And if thats not enough, there's Snowfall on FX Like goddamn man

[@stephenrhall4116]

It was one of the first times that I couldn't wait until a movie was over.

[@MariaC497]

Star Wars prequels. It reminded me of that. I liked when the guy died and I liked when it was over.

[@theoriginaltommysteward]

At least Jurassic World II was so fucking bad that it was entertaining. This was pure garbage.

[@asleepcorn3391]

I started skipping ahead during the scene with that hewa dickie loved but then I saw her floating away motionless fully clothed in the ocean so I was like I should probably go back.

[@lucydog3376]

I contemplated standing up and leaving the cinema from about minute 30... The only reason I stayed till the end was because there was an old lady in the row I didn't want to shuffle past.

[@niche9015]

It was like 3 completely different movies mashed together in a single running time. The part that confused me the most was the end (not much of a spoiler ahead) when Silvio expresses that Tony will be a good addition to "our thing".......WHY?!?! What did Tony do to make Silvio feel that way? Tony was completely inactive through the entire movie, he showed no leadership qualities, he was almost completely against being a part of the Mafia, ah forget it. It was a string of pandering Sopranos references.

[@cjsima]

Maybe because he beat up the ice cream man?

[@jerrycruz1709]

@@cjsima yea but I could punch a bouncer in the face doesn’t mean I’m fit to be a mob boss

[@davidlambaugh6856]

i fell asleep in the theater and woke up when they were threatening the ice cream guy.. i was like omg i missed tony's descent into the mob world... then i realized it was just another non-plot in a non-movie of non-characters

[@Michael-rv5ib]

Completely agree. Said the same thing to my friend. It felt like 3 different movies shoehorned into one.

[@timstradley5819]

Silvio’s role in the story felt so off honestly. His age threw me off, and I was expecting him to be Tony’s best friend not his superior

[@haraldisdead]

They didn't seem to realize that the whole point of the Sopranos was that the mob was completely washed up by the 90s. It was meant to be oddly ridiculous. But 40 years earlier should have been completely different.

[@eugeniaskelley5194]

I agree. During the sixties and seventies the mob was still going strong. Look at Michael Franzese. He was really in the mafia and was going strong in the 80's. Tony Soprano's mafia was stronger than this mafia in the 60's in this movie.

[@xxczerxx]

Not to be melodramatic but is everything just a crushing disappointment now? I swear this isn't some internalised cynicism but most forms of art have gone to shite.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

They are trying to demoralise a certain demographic

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Go woke, go broke... hopefully.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+Mac Legit, and it's all by design. You can choose to believe that or not, but it clearly is. If you pay attention, you'll see it happening in many different industries, all at once. Tell me there isn't an agenda taking place, and I'll say you're a fool. 👍

[@dongargon763]

Also anything successful or good gets pointless reboots , remakes ,prequels and sequels that are made purely to squeeze every last cent out of a franchise or I.p and everything has identity politics shoehorned into it

[@xxczerxx]

@@dongargon763 Absolutely. This one hurts a lot though because Sopranos is literally my favourite piece of media. I'll have to see on a rewatch but I'm pretty sure I can block out the stuff that happened in this film as 'canon'. I won't spoil the more glaring ones, but even Dickie as a person. My image of him was so different based on what characterisation we get in the show ("nothing more than a junkie" as Chris says in the one episode).

[@w0undedmakers251]

[Sopranos Creator] David Chase wanted to make a Pro-Black Newark Riots movie, but could only get the studio to greenlight if he shoehorned The Sopranos into it. You can FEEL Chase’s disinterest in the Sopranos when watching it.

[@williamrogers7974]

You are just totally focused on it. There was no way a pro black message. In fact , it didn't make blacks look good at all. You are the conservative version of a 'snowflake' any mention of race is pro black

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

@@williamrogers7974 There is no pro black message, it's anti-white they want to push. Nobody is falling for your fucking 'it's not happening' gaslighting, it's explicit in every institution, every corporation, they don't hide it, they don't want to hide it. Clowns like you are here to say it's not happening, but that's the old tactic. Now you are supposed to say, yes it's happening but it's GOOD, white people deserve it.

[@Frank-dv4zu]

citation needed, this sounds like bullshit to me

[@jmc5910]

your right, he was mixing up different stories and it all seemed forced

[@pogothepurple3826]

I would imagine the guilt lies more with HBO than Chase himself, but what do I know?

[@rswindol]

Red Letter Media's Rogue One intro was one of the greatest things ever. -"I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!"

[@seanwegner9925]

AT-ST AT-ST! IM GONNA COME!!!!

[@eddiebernays514]

RLM is the best. their nerdcrew videos are perfect.

[@rswindol]

@@seanwegner9925 IT BROKE NEW GROUNDD!!

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

ATST's ATST's!

[@theoriginaltommysteward]

It broke new ground!!!!

[@aidankeohane3370]

Not only did Boardwalk Empire do flashbacks well, they also had a black gangster element that was interesting, period accurate, and relevant to the events happening in the grand scheme of things. Wish Terrence Winter had been the one to be in charge of this project

[@Thurmanatr16]

That show was amazing, definitely gives the Sopranos a real run for the money.

[@Domingo95x]

right, because if there's one thing Atlantic City is known for... its the KKK

[@friggsnowden5210]

Anthony had me going there for a second. As a huge Sopranos fan or anything Mafia related, I thought this was the worst I've ever seen.

[@Elguapoe]

exact same...i was like no fuckin way, am i crazy or something? This was a steaming pile of... then he literally said what i was thinking hahaha

[@frankwallace5174]

i agree 100%. this thing makes godfather 3 at least watchable

[@justinstokes8025]

Same Ugh. I was about to throw it on in excitement after days of hearing it get shit on. Damn

[@QuantumRizzX]

All the mob movies this past 5 years have been abysmal.

[@duke9555]

Did you see Travolta's Gotti?

[@maevtr3922]

Every show, movie, or video game that comes out in current year, i imagine how great it would have been if it had come out 15-20 years earlier.

[@geedee1264]

You mean post millenium?it's funny how people were saying the same thing twenty years ago, and twenty years before that, back when John Wayne slaughtered those savage injuns and was the most manpower of men who ever menned, even though he never had a right and the only person he was known to confront physically was a small native American woman

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

How far are we from "Ass" being shown in the theaters like in Idiocracy?

[@teerboyd]

_I'm not ashamed to say it, my estimation of David Chase as a man just fucking plummeted_

[@0mnicide]

“How does it feel to have lived long enough to see all your favorite franchises go down in flames?” - Ricardo Evians, RedLetterMedia

[@GLPitt1]

All franchises jump the shark. It's the nature of going back to the well too often. If you think there will ever be a franchise that doesn't get milked to the point it becomes lame, you are being naive.

[@fantom5894]

@@GLPitt1 Yup. Arguably the last good Bond flick was released in 1974 and yet 007 keeps on keeping on. Go figure.

[@GLPitt1]

@@fantom5894 I like all the Moore ones. I like License to Kill but Living Daylights not so much. The Brosnon ones suck. The Daniel Craig ones are pretty good. But they did shift the focus more toward action as opposed to the schmoozing & womanizing & weird technology. But your nostalgia nerds are gonna hate on anythinh new just because.

[@gabes3dvideos]

Twin Peaks the Return is the only exception

[@donhill1825]

@@GLPitt1 Back to the Future

[@renardfox328]

Ant is completely spot on with this being a teaser for an upcoming HBO "Black version of the Soprano's" show.

[@philregular1465]

The Rev. Al-tos

[@renardfox328]

@@philregular1465 😂

[@countof3everybodyOD]

@@seth5143 what kind Moo Lynn Yons are deez

[@timothy4011]

That’s been done already. It was actually better than The Sopranos: The Wire.

[@thatroonstboi6231]

I thought the same thing. This movie was like hot diarrhea.

[@hoyit]

Mark Normand once said, somewhere, that he and other comics he knew would try to pitch tv shows to networks and they were always met with the question, “where’s the diversity?” They’d be trying to tell a story about an Irish family from the Bronx in the 50s and it’d get turned down because it was just about white people. To me, that’s what this felt like; like they were trying to tell the sopranos story but it wouldn’t be funded by HBO unless it had some sort of portrayal of minorities.

[@billsimms2511]

The forced diversity and PC aspect I can’t stand. I’d hate to be a writer these days as everything has to be ‘clean and diverse’..meh

[@KayFabe87]

The artistic process of telling a compelling and entertaining story has been completely destroyed now that everything has to have a forced element of "diversity" and wokeness shoehorned into the mix in order to make it "acceptable" to the woke gatekeepers in hollywood .

[@EastboundAndDowns]

Hilariously, that "portrayal of minorities" was spearheaded by a guy that shot and killed a teenager, participated in a riot, and cheated on his faithful wife with someone else's wife.

[@Tony_Cardoza]

@@EastboundAndDowns Yup. A disgusting individual who deserved exactly what he got in life. A dope fiend and a loser.

[@jmc5910]

in order s to get funding from studios they have to have a certain number of minorities in roles ,strong female characters and a gay character

[@thomasrobertson1197]

Right after finishing it, I made the comment that The Many Saints of Newark is to The Sopranos what The Force Awakens is to Star Wars.

[@jamescricketson9464]

Anyone witness that?

[@glanemann]

The part where they find out the dude was at the hotel and they say we'll get him tomorrow? WTF? They would've gone after him as soon as they heard he was at the motel.

[@martinmaz95]

Exactly! He knows this guy is out to kill him! The moment they heard where he was the plot should have changed to dick trying to kill him.

[@GreekInThe6ix]

The portrayal of Livia was the only true-to-the-show moments of the film. That natural narcissism, pessimism, impossible to be around. Johnny Boy rolling his eyes after he’s sentenced and Livia is crying was perfect. Otherwise? ⭐️⭐️ out of 5

[@liquidmang]

Johnny Boy shooting beehive hairdo, that was the only amazing part

[@jerry12314]

Yeah she was good. She did not overdo it and I didn't even feel like the phrases Livia used to say in the show that she said in the movie were forced.

[@countof3everybodyOD]

@@jerry12314 oh you mean like shoehorning ‘sister’s cvnt’ into the dialogue 49 times

[@LumpyAdams]

It was a SNL level bad impression. Everybody sucked in this movie.

[@Hopium500]

Everything wrong this film: 1: Dickie was terribly uninteresting 2: The black character had no reason having such a large role as he did. 3: Ray liota was completely forced in here (oh hey its the guy from Goodfellas) 4: beloved characters have barely any screen time 5: Micheal Gandolfini was very weak as a young Tony. 6: Silly Easter Eggs pandering to fan service ( haha look guys sil has a wig) 7: Pussy has a dad? Oh he's dead. 8: A young Artie bucco was in here? Okay not even a mention or name drop? 9: carmella was in the film for a literal minute.

[@handsomestik]

I am deeply sorry Mr. Soprano

[@Hopium500]

@@handsomestik fwankly im depwessed and ashamed.

[@sir_iosis6760]

Yeah ray was speaking french italian lol was sooooooo bad

[@Hopium500]

@@billybatts9491 no they didn't. I was so pissed off. Also no Richie either what in the f----

[@Hopium500]

@@sir_iosis6760 horrible

[@thelaw6267]

The entire movie should have been focused on Dickie and Tony, and cut out the unnecessary subplots, maybe keep him visiting his father or uncle in prison and none of that twin idiocy. Dickie should have been portrayed as a villain protagonist who was actually actively teaching Tony to be a young criminal and having him do work for him. Seeing and taking advantage of Tony's need for a father figure, and being charming and kind to him, a Ralph type, like what Ralph did with Jackie Jr (which could play into why he despises Ralph so much in the series, unconsciously recognizing the real Dickie in him), while really not giving much of a shit about Tony, just using him for his own ends and business. Show him degenerate from the seemingly suave, charming, good looking guy he was in the 60's, taking on the New England Crew single handed, to a degenerate junkie in the 70's who gets himself killed by the family for becoming a liability. In keeping with all of Tony's role models actually being scumbags, once he takes off the rose colored lenses. Christopher flat out tells Tony as much about his father in the show, and he seems taken aback by it, because he's been deluding himself for years over the kind of man Dickie was. Tony realizing his father/mentor figures he looked up to were all bastards who led him into a life of crime and misery was part of why he went off the deep end in the last season. It was like the movie couldn't commit to making Dickie the awful person he almost certainly was meant to be in the show, had to try to make him sympathetic like Tony.

[@RavensAgenda1]

David Chase should read this over and over while Paulie punchez hiz nutzzzzzz Ovah And Ovah And Ovah Ad nauseam.... Foreverzzzzzzzz Yeah.....

[@dco2006]

This makes way too much sense but lol slam poetry

[@BlyGuy]

They want us to believe a high earning and respected gangster was clipped b/c he laughed at Junior slipping and falling down. Maybe if Junior was the don of the family I could wrap my mind around it, but he was just another gangster and wasn't above Dickie in the Mafia hierarchy. Just so freakin' dumb

[@RavensAgenda1]

@@BlyGuy I agree, but they were just a " glorified crew" and that's what they do... whack each other over stupid reasons. David Chase has dementia....js.

[@Madanth0ny]

Great Job man sad that we as fans now understand more of the vision then the damn creator himself

[@heywoodjablomi1109]

They even included Tony’s dog that went to the “farm.” Total garbage fan-service.

[@littlea5111]

Aww that's my fucking dog ! His name was tippy

[@RyanDepauloDegenerateGambler]

Seriously Anthony loving red letter media is like a love triangle that neither of them know I’m a part of

[@Joseph_Tacos]

Imagine Ant trying parkour next…

[@dreddscott3873]

That's because none of them love you back. You're an unlovable zilch.

[@dillonwalshpvd]

Oh my god tell me about it

[@buzz_archive]

I thought the movie would show the young Tony Soprano and Tony Blundetto played by Steve Buscemi in the show because they had a flashback scene in the tv show when they were both teenagers like Tony's age in the movie. But they just could not make a coherent story anymore especially when they have to fill up that diversity quota in everything they make.

[@Hopium500]

Also where is richie?

[@mattyboyanderson]

Watch all the way to the end of the credits. There is literally a "DIVERSITY & INCLUSION" stamp of approval from a New Jersey film commission. It's just above the list of tax breaks they got for filming parts of it in Canada.

[@mattyboyanderson]

@ET eZ 100%. I guarantee they probably had to devote a certain amount of running time to non-white characters to get the movie made at all.

[@clampo845]

@@mattyboyanderson damn that’s pathetic didn’t know that

[@Tony_Cardoza]

@@mattyboyanderson YUCK! New Jersey is a cuckold state, it's official.

[@sergiol.3755]

I enjoyed the mad tv skit with will sasso as tony and joey diaz more

[@Born2b_WILDe]

Anthony's review summed up in one word: "Fuhgetaboutit".

[@eddiebernays514]

but not fuuuhgetaboutit!

[@mistermasterful3556]

I enjoyed it to be honest i think it was well done

[@dcb420]

Hearing Ant talk about Red Letter Media was the generational gap bridging I didn't know I needed

[@thecount4903]

Amen

[@fuzzedoutwjon8608]

I about shit my drawers when I heard him bring up RLM.

[@mathias8627]

This movie is proof that nowadays it's more important for art to be woke than good

[@BlookbugIV]

It’s not just a matter of priority, a mindset preoccupied with woke can’t make art. It’s like how fanatics lose their sense of humour. They filter everything through their ideology, the spark dies in the process.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

Hollywood has always been propaganda, now they tell you to your face, they get off on it.

[@thederricklamonexperience]

The Newark riots are a factual event y’all just find any reason to make bullshit racist statements without using the N word so people can’t call you out on your racism y’all expect us to not be portrayed at any point of history to act like there aren’t blacks in Newark is absolutely absurd but again the hatred is all in your comments I can read between the lines sorry others can’t

[@asleepcorn3391]

@@thederricklamonexperience Albright that’s true for some people, there problems with the Harold story are basically solely because hes black, but I think it’s also because of how badly it’s done and a bunch of people think a bad black story is “woke”, like if it was done a lot better most people would’ve been fine with it but instead they’re stupid and confused it being bad with it being woke. Again there is some just straight racist ppl but if movie was better people would’ve at least given it some type of chance. It is very embarrassing for the people who actually think it’s woke though because if you ask them to point to the “woke scenes” besides the slam poetry (which Harold takes as a sign to go kill Dickie… so that’s interesting) and the riots, both of which make complete sense to a black character. If you don’t want those things youre basically saying anything about a black character you won’t give a chance, so yeah that type of criticism is annoying af and takes away from the actual conversations we could have about this movie and it’s storyline.

[@BlookbugIV]

it’s not about black or whatever, it’s woke when we are being preached to, it’s woke when you get the sense they can’t just make a mafia movie without some message - civil rights, whatever it is, we can tell when it’s propaganda. Maybe the subtly is lost on people, but take video games for example, we have GTA San Andreas - a black protagonist, the main storyline centered around black characters - but it has zero preaching, zero pandering - everyone fukin loved it. But you just know the next GTA VI will be woke - because the entire entertainment industry is overrun with it. I dunno what it will be, a trans protagonists whatever it is it won’t be done well, it will be insulting and lame, because it’s there in the service of some message, and not just telling a story.

[@mickyboymccoy7632]

Tony can assault and kidnap the ice cream man and steal his ice cream truck, but can't rob a case of beer?

[@swizzybk1665]

Soon as they mentioned race riots I said fuck here we go with the woke shit- David chase never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@BlookbugIV]

Probably would never have got green lit without a woke component

[@swizzybk1665]

@@billybatts9491 lol someone probably reported me

[@billsimms2511]

Haha so did I. How about when Dickie was driving with his dead father through the race riots- the military sees him and waves him through and say “oh he’s white let him through!” It was terribly written and so heavy handed and not Sopranos at all

[@SavageAudits]

The suck over-rode the woke. I didn’t even notice a heavy woke component in the film.

[@cwatson42785]

@@swizzybk1665 Say it again, im in need of a good laugh lol

[@cryvsspy]

I like how the first couple minutes of this when Ant was painting a false picture was an unintentional homage to how Ralph behaved towards Tracee before killing her

[@db271295]

if its a boy we'll name it Ralph after me

[@cowkane4945]

@@db271295 If it’s a girl we’ll name her Tracee after you. That way she can become...

[@boosausage]

You're the first person I've seen address this movie in any way. It's been largely ignored.

[@JasonSmith-nw3rz]

Cause it was such a forgettable movie.

[@bradyisthegoatofgoats712]

I take Anthony's opinions on gangster movies as tantamount to facts so I'll never waste my time with this movie. Thanks for saving me the time Anthony. 👍🏻

[@skinnie2838]

Ethan Van Sciver loved it, Ant hates it. Both people have watched every episode of the Sopranos multiple times. Im not sure what to believe anymore.

[@chrisbuehler6868]

@@skinnie2838 it was awful!! I don't know how anyone could think this was a good movie.

[@chrisbuehler6868]

@Gary Louis hey no hate I can't be mad you liked it. As long as you did that's all that matters

[@sweptinblack]

@@skinnie2838 EVS has garbage taste sometimes, him and Zack both. Love him to death but, it is what it is.

[@jasonsantiago6308]

@@sweptinblack Their lane is comics They have absolute garbage tier opinions on movies across the board

[@alancats]

Anthony actually had me going, with that rave review intro. I should've known better, LOL.

[@revolverocelotbobbys]

It's like the trailer for the actual review...

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

It was a fake intro, a total fucking fugazi

[@Alex-ej4wm]

I heard a deleted scene went like this... Sil..(A black just killed a made guy Dick!) Dickie ....( I wana give him a pass. After all his people have been very oppress Sil, least we forget)

[@sos9919]

Many Saints of Newark is full of member berries. “‘Member Sopranos? ‘ ‘ooohh i ‘member!’”

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

Dickie calls Tony "googootz" 5 times...because, the thing. LOOOK THE MILLENIIUM FALCONN!!!

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

@@AownAli-xi8jq That was straight out of Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I couldnt believe that one.

[@Jride247]

As big of a fan of The Sopranos that Cumia is, you know the movie is awful if he's able to rip it apart for 40 minutes.

[@erik6162]

Anthony is a sheep when it comes to movies. He’s trying to channel his inner Patrice to hate on something that didn’t give him enough nostalgic memory. When nostalgic memory is vague and forgetful. The movie perfectly explains the disfunction of the mob and civil life. That leads to the Pilot. Who fuck cares we didn’t see more of Tony he wasn’t involved to the bone with the business to start with. It’s like how everyone kept asking Chase for meaningfulness of the series end. He finally admitted to Tony eventually driving out somewhere and then being murdered. Technically every show we saw Tony driving to his death. Instead of inner Patrice Cumeia is channeling his inner Opie dopie.

[@thatroonstboi6231]

Anthony always keeps it a buck.

[@Bunny_Gee]

1. Johnny didn't go to prison in Down Neck. He had gone to prison when Tony was little. 2. No panic attacks? Johnny and Tony were supposed to have them. 3. Christopher's mom couldn't have a child and an alcoholic. 4. Dickie was supposed to be a junkie. Really confusing.

[@johnvalencia9927]

hahahahahah

[@BG-gr6vc]

His kid didn't come off as a leader or imposing, that was the problem. Also they didn't build anything, it was a hodgepodge of parts of stories and characters.

[@SargentandGreenLeaf]

Suicide squad 2 was a quite the romp surprisingly, a fun heartfelt gory movie. Suicide squad 1 was just made no sense really the magic stuff. But when you watch suicide squad 2 expecting crap, it definitely is a good movie

[@billsimms2511]

I know, the kid had one good scene where he showed dominance or any sort of shadow of his father .he is filling huge shoes though

[@soundboyeric2276]

the kid was a good actor but what did u expdect. a 17 year old murdering people in cold blood? now that i say that, would've been great to see his first hit oh well

[@PTS156]

Hey, don’t get me wrong I like young Gandolfini…. But I didn’t like the movie…. I could have done with more scenes of him getting in brawls and dipping his innocent toes in the life but naw… ice cream Robin Hood and the Newark riots.

[@BG-gr6vc]

@@soundboyeric2276 no I expected a young Tony soprano showing the qualities that led him to becoming the boss of New Jersey. They didn't show anything and he didn't act like someone like that

[@unclejune2839]

It was a black lives matter film

[@michaelairley2015]

HAHA! Fuck. You fooled me at the start. Well done Ant

[@kyletaylor5218]

I can't believe I fell for his sarcasm at the beginning LOL. Thanks for all the laughs over the years Ant. Makes me wonder about all the comedic geniuses who are stuck in dead end jobs and never got a big break. Opie may not be the best radio guy, but he sure is a good talent scout.

[@omayrasdemesne]

Right? I was like oh I should watch. Then SIKE

[@Bw899804]

Baby Christoper, it’s your Uncle Tony. You know, Tony Soprano.

[@FRM101]

Junior orders an execution of Dickey, a made man, for lughing at him. But Dickey's son, NOT a made man, actually steals from Junior and all Junior orders is a mock execution? WTF?

[@ScottoSoHotto82]

Is Dickey a made guy? They mention that his father, Ray Liotta's character, was an associate.

[@VideoEgo1]

@@ScottoSoHotto82 it's implied "Dickey" was made when his dad was murdered and he "stepped up"

[@asleepcorn3391]

Is Joey Diaz a made guy? He got killed by Harold but didn’t Harold kill Joey Diaz? Why was there no retaliation???? Junior has more of a reaction to laughing then one of his guys getting killed?

[@fantom5894]

Brendan Filone (not a made guy, just a punk) is the actual hijacker, and Junior has Mikey P. kill him. Junior tells T he didn’t have Chrissy killed because he was a good earner. I doubt Junior wanted to infuriate T by killing Chrissy as well.

[@leemcqueen500]

Prequels are mostly always crap.

[@jamescricketson9464]

The comment you wrote before this one has 499 likes

[@holybear]

I re-watched A Bronx Tale last night. It's everything this fucking thing tried to be.

[@cicolasnage5684]

Nail on the fukin head man, if you wanna see a better many saints of Newark watch bronx take.

[@GunGlutton]

The movie was so bad! It was like a Mad TV skit! The character who played Silvio was like a Jim Henson Muppet! I suspect David Chase made this movie so the cancel mob wouldnt come after him for the racist language in the series.

[@audiomaniac3670]

I waited so many years for this and I found myself skipping forward because I was bored.

[@jellybryce7742]

Thanks Ant. I won't be wasting my time with this.

[@Shawnyp74]

As soon as I saw the twin brother I knew we were in trouble

[@barahng]

Thank you whoever at Compound decided to upload clips. It's the best way to market the show IMO and its good for us the listeners. O&A reached a whole new audience after it it was already dead because of youtube.

[@CashanovaXTREME]

The issue with Many Saints of Newark is they sold it as a Tony Soprano coming-of-age story in the tough streets of Newark, but instead we got a woke version of Dickie Moltisanti’s mid-life crisis. It’s a total bait and switch.

[@TheWeebinar]

Wokeness destroys yet another great intellectual property... Speaking of Star Wars, I now understand why some fans refuse to acknowledge the side stories because as far as I'm concerned "The Many Saints of Newark" doesn't exist.

[@vincentrosethorn4886]

It’s cancer, plain and simple.

[@Upsideround]

Terrible but woke? yeah racism and woman murder. real woke. Ha!HA!

[@thederricklamonexperience]

We as people of color can’t have anything without y’all calling it woke and saying we don’t belong not even in a fictional work that took maybe 10 minutes to highlight a factual even aka the riots but let someone call you out on your racism you’ll swear you’re not racist so go ahead and try to plead your case that you’re not a racist please indulge me

[@TheWeebinar]

@@thederricklamonexperience Everyone is racist, and since you wanna play the identity politics game, that includes you. Hating wokeness is not racist and it doesn’t stop people from having their own thing that I can enjoy, if you want real racism then go play Call of Duty. Personally I think anyone who is worthy(regardless of their skin color) should be able to make what they want without changing their intellectual property and bending the knee to a bunch of whiny ass people who complain about being unrepresented instead of working to be worthy of being represented.

[@thederricklamonexperience]

@@TheWeebinar wokeness is a bullshit term y’all are trashing the film for having the riots and black characters don’t try to turn the page now if you take the stance that a film sucks because it has black characters then you are 100% A RACIST idiot

[@Zikk0_o]

I just can't get over how they portrayed Silvio. WTF were they thinking??? He's only supposed to be 2 years older than Tony. He looked closer to Junior's age from the show in this movie lol.

[@lucydog3376]

I could almost let it go and say "whatever".... If the character wasn't played so fucking ridiculously.

[@Domingo95x]

you gotta admit it was pretty funny seeing our little brother do his high school talent show silvio impression

[@flaggstad]

Cumia is such a gift in 2021

[@Alex-ds3cg]

We will never have a another good mob movie because of wokeness.

[@jmc5910]

yea this was over kill

[@guydutoit61]

I mean the Irishman was great

[@shpoopyshpoop]

@ANYTHNG G03S it was

[@KM-ye3ij]

Or just don’t watch shitty American movies?

[@hashchief664]

Yeah I wanted to see a real plot line of Dickey's criminal career and death. Instead it was like a side story, on a side story, on a sides story. I wasn't bothered if Tony was barely mentioned or seen, but instead they turned the story based around him into a novelty. And the whole riot thing gave nothing to the story. It's like they thought "Let's make this about a war between the Italians and the Blacks, but wait, we have to make it so fucking vanilla, but then have a black dude nailing an Italian chick for 5 mins." This movie could have been something so special, instead they put it in chains and forced people to laugh at it.

[@Tony_Cardoza]

No way, they didnt? That's f**ng gross and everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.

[@Tony_Cardoza]

@ET eZ I'm glad I didn't watch this horses**t. It would have just made me mad.

[@TheSands83]

What happened to him taking the guys eye out n the war with the New England crew?

[@TheSands83]

@Blank Comment the movie was awful tbh.. it was just black propaganda bullshit.. typical woke bullshit

[@tonysoprano7372]

The many blacks of Newark

[@SeanMaccaUK]

From the outset, I was already concerned about them stretching the timeline to force a teenage Tony to interact with Dickie, who had been established to have been killed when Tony was about 11. They delay Chrissy's birth and Dickie's death by years, taking them further away from the riots. Parts of the movie were good, but the negatives ruined it. They also wasted Ray Liotta. While the original premise was about the Newark Riots (which they had already done in S1 of the series, though tied it in with the fairground arrest), they should have focused on just that and not force a teenage Tony into the plot, unless they time-jumped a decade to actually show Tony's rise, which the movie also copped out of. Michael wasn't bad, but they didn't use him much and it was not worth the stunt casting and timeline stretching. Plus, a bunch of the callbacks were altered to how they were established on the series. The whole black angle turned out to be a complete waste of time, pandering to the BLM crowd and it's a joke that they are teasing a sequel for that character. The cuck scene seemed to be a fuck you to the Sopranos audience. Now that HBO has given Chase a contract to develop more stories, I am worried that Chase will ruin his own creation. I hope he leaves The Sopranos alone and does not ruin it's legacy further. Nick DiPaolo still has not acknowledged the movie yet. I can only imagine how disappointed he is.

[@NEBLEEKS]

Only thing good about Many Saints is that we get an honest and hilarious review like this. Thanks Anthony.

[@jerrycruz1709]

Thank god for Anthony and Patrice O’Neal clips helping me get through my depression

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

There's really no escape from the shadow of James Gandolfini. I'm surprised they even tried.

[@christopherskase2705]

People talk about how Tom Cruise doesnt age, Erock is still the same Hoagie Boy he was 10 years ago.

[@huflungdung8252]

David Chase never had the makings of a varsity filmmaker

[@EastboundAndDowns]

AHHHHHH LIKE WHEN JUNIOR SAYS ON THE SHOOOOOWWWW!!!

[@TheGator876]

The only part that felt like the Soprranos in anyway was when Dickie kills his dad. That’s it. Other than that pure garbage.

[@alexthrailkill]

I thought the funeral scenes were pretty true to The Sopranos too

[@Avashdy]

It wasn’t the sopranos…..

[@GunGlutton]

I thought that even sucked. Except I was happy Ray Liotta was done but then he came Back

[@brandonmoore7506]

I like how you added that little tongue roll thing to their name. The Soprrrrrranos... has a fun, zesty, ethnic feel. Like eating at Chili's!!

[@TheGator876]

@@brandonmoore7506 no I’m just illiterate

[@Delvirus84]

Anthony Cumia referencing Rich Evans made my day

[@DripWithTheZip]

So a young Tony Soprano was whiny like his son AJ was at the same age? I’m shocked and offended by that.

[@martinmaz95]

Frank, I always thought AJ was a Whiny brat because he was raised in wealth aka a spoiled brat.

[@jacksonellis2320]

“I’m his twin brother. I’m on Chantix.”

[@jerry12314]

The Many Mulignans of Newark

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

Eggplants.

[@IAmAlmightyGod]

Lot of blacks over there in Europe where you live? Or what?

[@infamoushiphop7943]

Only thing i can say positively about this was that Micheal looked similar to his pops. But definitely dosen't compare and I definitely don't blame him. James would be proud.

[@Masky5150]

When Ant talks movies it’s always a fun time. When he and the late great Patrice O’Neal talked movies on O & A it was always a good time.

[@thatroonstboi6231]

face off.

[@reasonableskeptic5703]

@thatroonstboi6231 Dude, they were sucking each others vibe up! True method actors.

[@juanv.1738]

Is KZbin censoring the swears for anyone else?

[@FlaminggMoe]

Hollywood had become like talking to your old demented grandmother and showing her photos of the family she's forgotten. See Nan, you remember sopranos right? And the matrix! You remember neo and Morpheus?!

[@freshtendrills5969]

This is dissapointing. But not surprising. I knew this shit was going to happen. You can't make a sopranos movie in 2021.

[@larryd9549]

A friend said he could only watch "the first 24 minutes..." which I thought was odd, but Ant said 15-20 minutes he knew it was going to suck. It makes sense now.

[@paulelroy6650]

So you didn't believe your friend but you believe whatever Ant says haha

[@user-gi2mj3cw7z]

The movie was a complete flop. First of all the timelines did not match up instead of 1967 it should have took place in 1977. James Gandolfini was born in 1961 the TV show never portrayed him to be older or younger than he really was. This was clearly an attempt to incorporate social justice Black liberation movement. And please explain to me the purpose of the black guy in the movie. His role was so big he is actually the last one you see in the movie. Unfortunately Hollywood will never be able to put out another great movie without some sort of stupid messaging even if it destroys the timelines and fabric of the movie.

[@jerry12314]

Exactly. They want to put the race crap there so they set it in the 60s because they couldn't have none of that by 1977.

[@Hopium500]

Exactly why the fuck is sil in his early 20s when Tony is around 10 years old? Is it not established the age of Tony and sil is like a 2 year difference? Wtf is this shit

[@obi-wanshinobi2353]

But then you can’t force the race riots into it

[@QuantumRizzX]

I especially love the jump from “stares at black guy” to “fucking black guy and confessing her secret infatuation with black dick her mother told her about” back to “I’ll just tell dickie on our romantic getaway I fucked his enemy”

[@ddm3116]

Yes also Tony Soprano kld willie overalls in the series, that was how he got made not this Harold guy. They got a lot of info wrong and impressions were horrible. Whoever wrote this wasn’t a fan of the series and didnt watch it.

[@asawhitemanidjustliketosay]

The movie that killed Ray Liotta

[@bigro4444]

It was 5/10. I came here to watch a SOPRANOS prequel. Not race riots and black issues in the 60s. Or Dickies life, it should’ve been a part of it, but Tony’s role was non existent, all the characters overall were meh. They marketed young Tony left and right, he literally did nothing and got into one fight that meant nothing.

[@Hopium500]

Who Tf was that Tony had a fight with? I assumed from the trailer it was Richie which would lead more into why Tony and Richie had so much tension within the show. But no just some random kid? If it was Artie that would make literally no sense because they would always mention Artie and Tony were very close growing up.

[@DonPenn41]

@@Hopium500 it was fucking Artie lmfaooooo

[@w0undedmakers251]

@@Hopium500 no it was Jackie Aprile. Check the credits.

[@w0undedmakers251]

@@DonPenn41 no it was Jackie Aprile. Artie is the one driving the ice cream truck.

[@DonPenn41]

@@w0undedmakers251 It was the same kid as the one who was with him in the backseat of dickies car, no?