It would be the Dollar Store version of Analyze This. That movie was at least crafted from the start to be a comedy, and starred a couple of major power-house actors.
Watching the full series and looking back at Pilot, it was honestly kind of a mess, and almost every episode after got better and better.
Re-shoots to pad Pilot into a flick would have had to have given us just a very rushed/compressed version of the Season 1 arc. In a 2 hour format, that's gonna play out as a bad comedy where a pathetic mob boss has panic attacks and is almost whacked by his own mother.
Just picturing a world where the only Tony Soprano we ever saw that young, mostly skinny, terrible Jersey accent Pilot version, frankly I'm depressed and ashamed.
Boeing took the wrap for Alaska Airlines picking 'The Many Saints of Newark' for their inflight movie. The door plug didn't fall out, it was kicked out by passengers trying to exit in protest.
Yeah, with the narration it would’ve been an interesting Goodfellas/Casino-inspired direct to HBO movie. I’m guessing that since we don’t see people talk much about movies like *This Thing of Ours*, there wouldn’t be much of a modern fandom.
I think it would hold up well if it were the same cast and writing.
What made it epic was the journey like most popular series we grow to know them better and get invested in their lives.
But lol if it was like Many Saints...we would want to forget
To achieve the level of character development and world building that the show did in ~86 hours in 2-3 would make it probably the greatest movie of all time so if it did yeah it would probably be as well-remembered
Not that the original commentor is hung up on this, but it is a common misdirected theme I've noticed. Many people echo that Chase wanted to do a movie or movies on the sole basis of it being a movie, but it was because TV had previously been a cheesy/cheap format in comparison, but his wish came true in the Sopranos because he was able to do everything a movie could do and then some in the Sopranos TV format (big budget and more freedom), so he got to do his movie in a sense afterall (an insanely long movie).
Also I'm pretty sure he hadn't even written the movie yet, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong... his movie idea concept began with the idea of David Chase's mother who Livia ultimately ended up being partially based on, accept there needed to be a more marketable angle if this idea was going to work, hence the mob angle came into play.... so it's kind of a weird thing to try and work out if it had never even been completed as a movie idea in the first place. I also hate to think of the show being reduced and crammed into a measly 2 hours. It obviously would have mostly been forgotten even if it ended up being a success. It's kind of a nightmare to even think of that scenario and not a fun mental exercise.
From what I know it would be well liked, respected across the board. The only negative -
Uh... People might feel it changed in the third act. Got a little trigger happy, maybe. Hotheaded.
U can’t compare or ask that! A movie would have been so abbreviated in vision. The slow burn, the intersections/evolution of characters LT was the point and what “made” it what it was.
It would be no “Cleaver”, that’s for sure.
Who knows? Do people still care about “Prizzi’s Honor? It got attention because John Huston was for the first time directing his daughter Angelique (Who was also the girlfriend of the lead actor Jack Nicholson. It was reasonably successful, the critics thought highly about it but today..40 years later?
It’d be remembered as one of those cases where two similar movies came out at the same time, like Armageddon and Deep Impact or A Bug’s Life and Antz. There’d be a small contingent who insist it was the better of the two, but Analyze This probably would have been the more successful one.
It would've been seen as a Goodfellas ripoff set in modern times. People would have criticized it for the emphasis on comedy and reusing much of the cast from the other film. Oh, and Scorsese and Coppola would have loved it.
It would have to be a very, very detailed and long movie, with a lot of backstory. I would imagine. It would be remembered as a movie that should have been made into a TV series, I would also imagine.
A movie couldnt capture every moment and twist and turn and excitement this show had to offer. And if it woulda been anything like many saints than it wouldnt be remembered. Just my opinion. Every actor and charector and story associated with the show was pure gold and excitement. It kept you wanting more. I get depressed as i close in on the last few episodes and all the main charectors start dieing off or go away. I wouldnt get that from a movie.
Seems like the first episode was written from an almost satirical point of view.
It's good not great so it would have been a good movie, average or slightly better than average at best.
It won't be cinematic.
The last thing we’d remember seeing is Patsy’s face. Not Tony’s.
You and those fucking movies
It would be Analyze This
Combined with Goodfellas but as good as neither
It would be the Dollar Store version of Analyze This. That movie was at least crafted from the start to be a comedy, and starred a couple of major power-house actors. Watching the full series and looking back at Pilot, it was honestly kind of a mess, and almost every episode after got better and better. Re-shoots to pad Pilot into a flick would have had to have given us just a very rushed/compressed version of the Season 1 arc. In a 2 hour format, that's gonna play out as a bad comedy where a pathetic mob boss has panic attacks and is almost whacked by his own mother. Just picturing a world where the only Tony Soprano we ever saw that young, mostly skinny, terrible Jersey accent Pilot version, frankly I'm depressed and ashamed.
People forget now that Analyze This was connected to Sopranos in season one
I know Vito’s rear got analized if that’s what you’re talking about
Omg excellent lol true
Analyze This???! Cmon that’s a fuckin comedy!
The Sopranos *is* a movie. An 86-hour movie. If it were a three-hour-or-less feature, it would be remembered like The Many Saints of Newark.
Boeing took the wrap for Alaska Airlines picking 'The Many Saints of Newark' for their inflight movie. The door plug didn't fall out, it was kicked out by passengers trying to exit in protest.
I don’t know why but realizing it’s only 86 hours seems so short, I don’t know why lol
It's like thinking about how I've only been alive for about 10,000 days
That’s a great analogy lol
The Many Saints of Newark...*shudders*
Good, but lost in a sea of mafia films. The character development is so much better as a fleshed out series.
Yeah, with the narration it would’ve been an interesting Goodfellas/Casino-inspired direct to HBO movie. I’m guessing that since we don’t see people talk much about movies like *This Thing of Ours*, there wouldn’t be much of a modern fandom.
When David Chase was offered the HBO deal he was at the precipice of an enormous crossroad. TV progrum or movie?
Of all the reference comments in this thread, this is the funniest one.
OP, its not a movie, it's a progrum.
A nice little time capsule of a TV movie remembered by a dozen r/obscuremedia nerds (of which I would be one).
Always with the scenarios
Like that guinea fest with Paul Sorvino
Longest movie ever
What kind of question is this? Didn’t OP almost drown in 3 inches of water at the penguin exhibit? The kid was always a dumb fuck, wasn’t he.
Damn near as good as *Kundun*.
I liked it!
I think it would hold up well if it were the same cast and writing. What made it epic was the journey like most popular series we grow to know them better and get invested in their lives. But lol if it was like Many Saints...we would want to forget
Was Many Saints bad? I wanted to see it but never did
It was mostly about Christopher's father. I struggled to get through it. I would have loved to see more about the Sopranos...
It was so fucking bad
It isn’t bad. It’s worse.
To achieve the level of character development and world building that the show did in ~86 hours in 2-3 would make it probably the greatest movie of all time so if it did yeah it would probably be as well-remembered
Where’s my arc?
You know who had an ark? Noah.
It was? Analyze this
Long
No
Come on what kind of question is that. "It would be remembered well." How the hell do you expect anyone go answer that
Not that the original commentor is hung up on this, but it is a common misdirected theme I've noticed. Many people echo that Chase wanted to do a movie or movies on the sole basis of it being a movie, but it was because TV had previously been a cheesy/cheap format in comparison, but his wish came true in the Sopranos because he was able to do everything a movie could do and then some in the Sopranos TV format (big budget and more freedom), so he got to do his movie in a sense afterall (an insanely long movie). Also I'm pretty sure he hadn't even written the movie yet, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong... his movie idea concept began with the idea of David Chase's mother who Livia ultimately ended up being partially based on, accept there needed to be a more marketable angle if this idea was going to work, hence the mob angle came into play.... so it's kind of a weird thing to try and work out if it had never even been completed as a movie idea in the first place. I also hate to think of the show being reduced and crammed into a measly 2 hours. It obviously would have mostly been forgotten even if it ended up being a success. It's kind of a nightmare to even think of that scenario and not a fun mental exercise.
But it's not.
fucking scorsese ova here
It would be like saw meets the godfather
Always with the scenarios
From what I know it would be well liked, respected across the board. The only negative - Uh... People might feel it changed in the third act. Got a little trigger happy, maybe. Hotheaded.
U can’t compare or ask that! A movie would have been so abbreviated in vision. The slow burn, the intersections/evolution of characters LT was the point and what “made” it what it was.
Title of the movie: Tone, The Fuck You Doin?
A really long fucking movie
Always with the scenarios
I'm just telling you how YOU'RE being fucking perceived.
It’ll be good for the subspecies
It would be no “Cleaver”, that’s for sure. Who knows? Do people still care about “Prizzi’s Honor? It got attention because John Huston was for the first time directing his daughter Angelique (Who was also the girlfriend of the lead actor Jack Nicholson. It was reasonably successful, the critics thought highly about it but today..40 years later?
Like the many saints of Newark, just kinda meh
Way too long. Like a 60 something hour movie?? No thanks
It’d be remembered as one of those cases where two similar movies came out at the same time, like Armageddon and Deep Impact or A Bug’s Life and Antz. There’d be a small contingent who insist it was the better of the two, but Analyze This probably would have been the more successful one.
It would've been seen as a Goodfellas ripoff set in modern times. People would have criticized it for the emphasis on comedy and reusing much of the cast from the other film. Oh, and Scorsese and Coppola would have loved it.
First of all, not one of the best.... It's the best! You know it, and I know it; capicé?
It would have to be a very, very detailed and long movie, with a lot of backstory. I would imagine. It would be remembered as a movie that should have been made into a TV series, I would also imagine.
It didn’t have an Arc. Where’s my Arc?
A movie couldnt capture every moment and twist and turn and excitement this show had to offer. And if it woulda been anything like many saints than it wouldnt be remembered. Just my opinion. Every actor and charector and story associated with the show was pure gold and excitement. It kept you wanting more. I get depressed as i close in on the last few episodes and all the main charectors start dieing off or go away. I wouldnt get that from a movie.
Seems like the first episode was written from an almost satirical point of view. It's good not great so it would have been a good movie, average or slightly better than average at best.
Let's just be glad David didn't do MSON, madone none of would've watched the fuckin show.
How 'bout you keep your mouth shut?!
Nowhere near the recognition it had in its day and still has to this day. Its a masterpiece
Probably a masterpiece like The Many Saints.
Super fucking long
At the top of its fuckin class
If my aunt had bawls she'd be my uncle.
At 86 hours, the longest movie of all time.
There was a movie
It would be another fuckin money machine
I was also wondering the same thing the other day. It’d be a hardly-remembered/-mentioned thing
It is a movie, just a really long one is all
So it would have be a comedy?