David Chase's obsession with the Moltisantis

It started with season 1 and even going back to the original pilot episode where Chrissy is highlighted as an important aspect of Tony Sopranos character arc. However, I always felt that Chase did a poor job of grooming this story arc to its final conclusion when Tony puts Chrissy down after he crashes the car. I was actually satisfied that Tony took action and dumped that piece of shit, BUT I shouldn't have felt that way at all. I can even imagine if Paulie knew that Tony had enough of Chrissy he'd privately approve as he was sick of Chrissy's "family relations card" winning him favor with Tony.

Now fast forward to this mini-movie and I still didn't get the connection between Tony and the Moltisantis and it felt half-baked when Tony feels betrayed because uncle Dickie rebuffed him at the end even though he was going to get those pills for Tony's mother. Back during the Sopranos we saw more of Johnny Boy and his influence on Tony's behaviour and worldview, but in the movie Johnny Boy was portrayed more of a background character and Uncle Jun seem to have a higher profile. That's not how it was portrayed in the this movie.

My overall criticism of the movie is that Chase didn't construct Dickie Moltisanti in the manner that would fit into the Sopranos world and it leaves you feeling like the whole past was a Big Lie where betrayal and lack of honor and friendship was at the core of this criminal family, which in turns doesn't convince me why Tony would have an imagined pinky swear with his dead uncle at the end.