bluejester12 t1_ixctc3n wrote
Couldn't get into The Irishman
Radiant-Discipline71 t1_ixcz6kw wrote
I’ve heard this a lot, but it’s in my top three Scorsese. I watch it every Thanksgiving lol. Such a great mediation on a life lived, consequence and time. One of my favorites
primitiverootweiner t1_ixdc9hs wrote
I couldn't get over the DeNiro de-aging. It looked terrible and he looked nothing like he did in Godfather 2. Young Robert DeNiro was a very good looking dude and had a certain unique presence. They had so many sources to pull from but they just couldn't get it right.
The fact they didn't spend enough money to get that right just kind of says it all.
Turok1134 t1_ixjx43y wrote
They weren't trying to make a young DeNiro, they were trying to make old DeNiro look like a young-ish Frank Sheeran.
LopsidedIdeal t1_ixcxn43 wrote
Same
Loved every other gangster film before it but I just can't see Robert De Niro as a gangster anymore at such an age having to be digitally deconstructed into a younger version and still flailing about as a pensioner.
It felt like a huge distraction and part of his charm was his boyishness back in the day and now while he's still a good actor, I think it's time to find a younger movie star.
Maybe I should give it another go, I mean I got so near the end and just didn't bother to finish it.
cheap-thrills2022 t1_ixg62zt wrote
They should have had a younger actor for earlier scenes. The last 2 hours (from when they have the ceremony in Frank’s honour), keep De Niro (that’s where the shades of legendary De Niro get to shine).
I personally didn’t mind the deaging and loved the movie, but it has proven to be a big point of contention, especially on De Niro who has the most time period changes in the story. Get a younger dude for the earlier era (hell, give it to Bobby Cannavale and get another dude for Cannavale role) and then let De Niro enter for the last 90+ minutes.
OfficalNotMySalad t1_ixddz6m wrote
I like that they let him have the run time he wanted but ffs, I bet even he knows it dragged on way too long for it’s own good.
deathmouse t1_ixgpqsx wrote
Some people don't think twice about binging a ten hour miniseries in a single sitting. But a three hour movie? That's too much.
OfficalNotMySalad t1_ixh5icl wrote
It’s closer to 4 hours. Movies are a different media to tv, they’re made completely differently and they’re supposed to be. Saying that, it’s not like I didn’t like the movie but it undeniably dragged
Diligent_Dharma_1086 t1_ixioz0q wrote
you are 100% correct, there was way too much fat in the film, I kept thinking "get on with it already"; they fat really culminated in the scene were De Niro is flying to Detroit (I believe) and Scorsese held on the plane leaving for what seemed to be forever. Personally, I felt the entire movie was self-indulgent and could have been much better if he reigned in his excess.
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