This probably wont go down well with the Sup Forums fan base here but fuck it, here is my honest opinions about The Sopranos.
It's an ok story with a great actor that doesn't seem to fill the role of a godfather, he looks like the guy that would get slapped around in middle school and have no luck with the ladies, seriously the guy is fat old and ugly.
The story is quite a bore with nothing going on but drama, there is hardly any action and the lead character is nothing but a drama queen, who cares only of himself which is the opposite of a family. The show doesn't have any good depth on their business model except show up to a store collect money. They have more conflict with each other than they do with anyone else it's a huge disappointment for a gangster film.
The Soprano's is a Mafia drama in the same way that Olive Garden is an Italian resteraunt. What always frustrated me about this show is how such great pains were taken with certain production values of this show, and yet the criminal aspect is glossed over in almost comical Tony and his crew behaved the way they did in the real world, they'd have been whacked after the first episode.. If you really want to see a real Mafia drama, (and see how the mob really works) watch Goodfellas or The Godfather.
Real life mob bosses were fat and old and ugly, power is attractive, we've had this conversation thousands of times You're only going downwards from that dismal failure so I didn't bother to read on
Jack Myers
Literally everything you said was wrong. Everything.
>Main character is ugly and fat
He has power and money, that's all he needs. They mention this is the show.
>hardly any action
Go watch the shield if you want action with a dose of drama, not the other way around.
>the main character only cares about himself
Okay? They bring this up multiple times.
>This isn't how the mob works, they would have died episode one
Except no, Goodfellas and Godfather don't take place in the 90's-00's. Businesses change. Real mobsters said that the show captured the essence well. Paulie's actor was an actual mobster too mind you.
Cooper Butler
Who's your favorite Avenger OP?
Xavier Lopez
>The show doesn't have any good depth on their business model except show up to a store collect money.
>garbage route racketeering >MRI HMO scam >theres an entire episode of Chris' first week of being made, trying to make enough money to kick up to Paulie >no-show/no-show construction scams >HUD scam netted them half a million alone >credit card skimming >car theft ring >abestos removal scam
i could go on. you don't know what you're talking about. KYS.
Hunter King
its a dark comedy
Jack Scott
>no-show/no-show construction scams >>no-show/no-show Are you retardo?
Liam Sullivan
All style no substance.
Sebastian Collins
>"tldr; it's supposedly unrealistic"
Funny, its been documented that it was apparently realistic enough to actual NY-area mobsters that they were nervous/confused that someone associated with the show was an informant.
Justin Moore
This is very blatantly dragging itself out with filler. . That 2 episode long dream sequence was fucking brutal
Goodfellas and The Godfather are both old school mobsters. The Sopranos was the modern take.
Ayden Sullivan
Watch it chrissy
Austin Peterson
I kind of liked it desu, it was the only way they could show Tony in coma for a good amount of time without it just being a House episode.
Justin Lee
you literally have shit opinions
Josiah White
you know quasimodo predicted all this
Josiah Brooks
reminder that everyones favourite crazyfu played the wedding dress saleswoman in 30 rock
Ethan Mitchell
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Camden Carter
she had a thick russian accent in it as well. does she have any versatility?
Robert Moore
I get why you would think this, but you're completely wrong. The show is supposed to be a deconstruction of the gangster drama genre. All of the characters THINK they're like Vito corleone, when they're actually just petty thugs with no honor or loyalty.
Gabriel Allen
The mafia thing is just an interesting backdrop for what is really the story of a man dealing with life and the stresses that come with it.
I went into it for just the mafia thing but it was really a much richer and complicated portrayal of a man. Go get your fucking shine box if you want to watch something more "mafia" focused.
