Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to premiere at New York film festival

[Idris2002]

I couldn't get over the fact that deaged De Niro looked very like my late cousin Steven.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Watched about an hour of it so far. Can't get my head around the constant switching backward and forward in time but with really fucking old actors, de niro sat with his young wife and children when he looks about 75, people calling him kid, it's just weird.

Probably will watch rest but so far it's not looking like a classic. It's a bit like a film made by AI that has only every been shown Scorsese films

Doesn't really work, does it, the de-aging. In particular with de Niro as we know exactly what he looked like at that age, which was nothing like that.

I didn't mind it though, really - it gives the thing the quality of being the story as told by the very old man, putting himself in the story but still from his old man's perspective - and the whole film is very much from his perspective, nobody else's, so the incongruity does accentuate that aspect. That's my rationalisation of it anyway.

tbh it's the least of the film's problems. Your last sentence is spot on.

 

[Idris2002]

It's just 20 minutes too long.

Spoiler

Either the priest or the feds should have been the concluding scene

 

[UrbaneFox]

I saw it on the big screen, but it turned out to be a Diddy screen with 30 seats.
It's still on Curzon screens in London this week, so I'm going again.

It was impressive in so many ways. I didn't notice the faces and bodies not quite synching, didn't focus on the editing or dreadful costumes - de Niro's shirts were classics. It was a very short 3 hours. There's loads to take in. The JFK stuff ... ... to them it's a fact.

Al Pacino's opening scenes were dazzling.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's just 20 minutes too long.

Spoiler

Either the priest or the feds should have been the concluding scene

Agree. It hadn't dragged to that point tbf, but by that point, I did just want it to end.

Spoiler

I think it was supposed to be elegiac.

 

[krtek a houby]

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An excellent book. Read it before visiting, so was a little bit apprehensive at first(of course, I didn't need to be). Sicily is a wonderful, welcoming place (for the most part). There's a whole local industry in selling Godfather based tat in the souvenir shops, which I guess is inevitable.

 

[petee]

third bit:
- the meeting in east harlem is at the clubhouse of "fat" tony salerno, cigar-masticating front boss for vincent "the chin" gigante, "the oddfather"
- movie still dragging, which is weird to say, as the performances are excellent
- big ears's ears really aren't that big. (i can attest)
- that clip of john dean's wife is hilarious

 

[UrbaneFox]

Did anyone else think Harvey Keitel looked like Heseltine.

I did. Also, De Niro was driving Pacino home after an unpleasant scene, and they were both so pissed off and grimacing that R de N reminded me of Les Dawson.

 

[DexterTCN]

Finished it.

I started thinking it was beautiful, very well acted yada yada.

It is far, far too long. Probably, as has been said, the last gangster film (of this type/era), and there is almost no depth of character...the under-used Anna Paquin out-facial-expressioned everyone. I only say she's under-used because I was just looking for something compelling....beauty is only skin deep and this film is only beautiful.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Treated myself to a sofa in an Everyman cinema for this and I'm so glad I did. I thought it was a superb film on so many levels, sure it outstayed its welcome by about 15 minutes or so but the style of the film and the performances, particularly by Pesci and Pacino, were fantastic. Just a great example of a compelling story really well told on the big screen. I'm glad I saw it at the cinema and those three actors together on the silver screen for the last time. It should've had a longer run in cinemas but I guess we should get used to this in future with the way these sorts of films are being funded now.

 

[Ming]

Haven’t finished it yet (good so far). One thing I’ve noticed is what an over actor Pacino is compared to the other two. And I’m thinking Scorsese probably had to get him to dial it back in a bit also. Great actor don’t get me wrong but he’s definitely a bit Brian Blessed at times.

 

[weepiper]

We watched it last night. It's at least an hour and a half too long and I fell asleep. And the female characters get almost nothing to do apart from smoke and look pretty. Meh.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

We watched it last night. It's at least an hour and a half too long and I fell asleep. And the female characters get almost nothing to do apart from smoke and look pretty. Meh.

This was why I watched it in instalments. I knew I'd fall asleep otherwise....

 

[Idris2002]

Looks like Sheeran made it all up, if you can believe this link:

Scorsese’s Netflix Movie Bets Big on the Confessions of a Mafia “Hitman” Who Made It All Up

Spoiler: major spoiler for supporting The Irishman character

I did like it when that prick Sally bugs got whacked. Fucking scumbag.

 

[blossie33]

Still makes a good story though, whether it's true or not

 

[DaveCinzano]

It's no My Cousin Vinny

 

[Idris2002]

It's no My Cousin Vinny

You're no' mah cousin Vinny.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's no My Cousin Vinny

 

[pinkychukkles]

If you're having trouble fitting the long running time for this movie into your life, there are solutions…



From: Martin Scorsese on The Irishman: 'Please, please don’t look at it on a phone'

 

[Mrs Miggins]

One thing I’ve noticed is what an over actor Pacino is

I have a problem with Al Pacino for this reason. He can really grate on me sometimes. And in that film with that wig....oh my

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I think I didn't enjoy it because I'm fed up of films that are all about of bunch of men being "tough guys". I'm bored of those specific gangster characters and that specific group of actors playing those characters.

Goodfellas was for many years my favourite film and is still up there with my favourites. It's superb. I've just seen it quite a few times now.

 

[pinkychukkles]

^ kinda this, somewhat for this movie (I don't feel any great particular urge to see it now) but it's also mainly why I haven't bothered to watch The Wolf of Wall Street either, seen my fill of those type of movies too… though I will say with the caveat that I'm the laziest person who, on the rare moment I have the time to veg out and watch something on the telly, if either of these two came on, I wouldn't change the channel and would most likely see them out until the bitter end even on a school night!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The Wolf of Wall Street is a hoot

 

[Idris2002]

The Wolf of Wall Street is a hoot

It wanted to have it both ways, though. "He's a terrible bastard, but wouldn't you love to be him, lads".

 

[Mrs Miggins]

It wanted to have it both ways, though. "He's a terrible bastard, but wouldn't you love to be him, lads".

Whatever it was I was a hell of a lot more entertained by it that I was by the Irishman.

 

[Idris2002]

Are you not entertained?

 

[Idris2002]

Anyway, this is the young De Niro, in Taxi Driver (a film I still haven't seen the whole way through):

Surely at this point the technology would exist to use his face as it is in this sort of thing?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It wanted to have it both ways, though. "He's a terrible bastard, but wouldn't you love to be him, lads".

That sums up most of Scorsese's output.

 

[killer b]

I'm not sure the message of The Irishman is wouldn't you want to be him lads. In the end, it's surely about how self destructive such a life is?

 

[Sue]

The Wolf of Wall Street is a hoot

I absolutely hated it. I can't remember when I saw a film I hated more tbh...