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Soprano's Rip offs

posted 11 years ago by Ryan1983
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anybody noticed the similarities between things in this film and things from the Sopranos?

firstly, i have never heard a Londoner say 'what do hear, what do you say'as a way to say hello like they seem to do in this, Vito Spatafore from the Sopranos used this expression most in the Sopranos.

there is a scene where when asked by the albanians what happened to the British empire, Frank Harpers character replies 'you're looking at them' which is a rip off to a scene in the sopranos where Tony is asked what happended to the Romans, and he replies 'you're looking at them A££hole'

there is also a scene where somebody (cant remember who) does an impression of Silvio Dante when they say that two things are recession proof, certain aspects of the entertainment industry and 'our thing'

"Everybody owes, everybody pays. Because that's how you stand up against the rising of the tide".

[–] b-rushworth 11 years ago

'Whadda ya hear! Whadda ya say!?' was used repeatedly by Cagney in 'Angels With Dirty Faces' years before The Sopranos.

Can't argue with the other points though.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression!

[–] vittimafia 11 years ago

just saw it yesterday, was amazed by all the references to goodfellas(his brother telling the bing bang pow by a cop rip from pesci); Sopranos, i must have counted at least ten, some deliberate by the characters, some painfully off.
all the same actors we know from rise of the footsoldier/football factory etc.
what irritated me the most was that super dull voice over that explained every-little-thing what was obvious to begin with. 0 humor what made the other british gangster flicks so much more enjoyable. Couldn't care less about the main characters.
with this actors ensemble they could have made much more out of it is what i think.

That was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullsh*t

[–] micirisi 10 years ago

I may be naive but tend to disagree that the lines were a "rip-off." I thought they were intended as giving homage to the Sopranos.

"He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator."

[–] ktowny 10 years ago

It could be that the Brits are copying the mannersims of their American counterparts in the same way they copied old RnB songs of the 50s.

"Love's turned to lust and blood's turned to dust in my heart"

[–] Icecutter 8 years ago

also says, 'he got clipped' for he got shot which I thought was american term, used alot in sopranos e.g.

But i also saw similarities with Donnie Brasco and Departed, he even calls that guy Donnie Brasco at one point. It's homage.