I agree, in fact many people seemed to have taken the 1996 movie as accurate and make assumptions based on that crappy movie. Jr closed the door on him with that shit show with the always scowling Travis playing Sr. That was a film travesty.
That "film" was a complete disaster. Embarrassingly bad for everyone involved.
The absolute worst scene was Neil explaining to John what the five boroughs are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZoaWSkht0M (17 sec)
No redeeming qualities whatsoever, it was just complete garbage.
