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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 05:38 PM Nov 2019

Walked out of Sicorses's Irishman..

And I love his films..But this seemed to be just a compilation of every scene he's ever done.
The first 3minutes especially highlighted this..

I lost interest very quickly. It got great reviews.. but I'm sorry to state.. "I was bored"

Robert Di-Nero's stuffed nose voice was always fun... But man... it's become almost too much...
Of course I'm always expecting a rating of 9+ and above from a Scorsese film..

I'm sure many of you will disagree.. Its just my opinion and I'm wondering if I'm basically alone on this!
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Walked out of Sicorses's Irishman.. (Original Post) busterbrown Nov 2019 OP
Trailer, 'The Irishman' appalachiablue Nov 2019 #1
I saw that it runs over three hours and decided not to go. dhol82 Nov 2019 #2
It will be on Netflix at end of month. My popcorn is cheaper. Sneederbunk Nov 2019 #3
Me too snowybirdie Nov 2019 #4
Scorsese's "Irishman": mapol Nov 2019 #5
I saw this a couple days...it was excellent! VarryOn Nov 2019 #6
I, too saw "The Irishman", on the night that it opened. WSSlover Dec 2019 #9
I'm with ya Zorro Nov 2019 #7
I betcha you love Both Godfathers, Casino, Raging Bull.. busterbrown Nov 2019 #8
Well, WSSlover Dec 2019 #10
Just finished watching it and I liked it bif Dec 2019 #11
Enjoyed the film La Coliniere Dec 2019 #12
I never thought about pressbox69 Dec 2019 #13
We just watched it on Netflix but split it over two nights. Croney Dec 2019 #14
Gangsters pressbox69 Jan 2020 #15
Good news pressbox69 Jan 2020 #16
It's bad and Inaccurate DumpTrump20202020 Feb 2020 #17

dhol82

(9,351 posts)
2. I saw that it runs over three hours and decided not to go.
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 06:12 PM
Nov 2019


My tush does not sit for that amount of time.

mapol

(91 posts)
5. Scorsese's "Irishman":
Mon Nov 11, 2019, 10:46 AM
Nov 2019

It's opening this Friday, at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in Brookline, MA, where I hold an annual membership. I've got my ticket, and I'm going to go and see it.

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
6. I saw this a couple days...it was excellent!
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 04:40 PM
Nov 2019

Al Pacino was an awesome as Jimmy Hoffa! Pesci and DeNiro were great, too. All three in one movie is quite a gift!

I'm a huge fan of mob movies, and I had read the book "The Irishman" was based on. I loved the book and felt the movie was pretty faithful to the book. The rise of Hoffa and the Teamsters and their symbiotic relationship with the mob makes for an entertaining story.

If you like the Godfather movies, Goodfellas, The Departed and other noteworthy mob flicks, I think you'll like this movie, the 3.5 hours notwithstanding.

My only complaint was it ran a little long on how the main character's daughter became estranged over her dad's involvement in mob activities (he was a hitman).

WSSlover

(95 posts)
9. I, too saw "The Irishman", on the night that it opened.
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 08:35 PM
Dec 2019

The opening night of "The Irishman" at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Ma, on Friday, November 15th, played to a packed house--inotherwords, they sold out. It's a good movie, but, as you pointed out, a tad long on how the main character's daughter became estranged over her dad's involvement in mob activities.

Zorro

(15,691 posts)
7. I'm with ya
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 10:39 PM
Nov 2019

I just endured this movie on Netflix.

Tedious and boring, although Pacino does capture the total assholishness of the Jimmy Hoffa I remember from the 60s.

WSSlover

(95 posts)
10. Well,
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 08:37 PM
Dec 2019

I liked both Godfathers and Raging Bull, but I walked out after 10 minutes of Casino, because I found it boring.

bif

(22,560 posts)
11. Just finished watching it and I liked it
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 05:21 PM
Dec 2019

And I'm not a fan of gangster films or Scorsese movies. But I thought it was very well done.

La Coliniere

(603 posts)
12. Enjoyed the film
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 09:52 AM
Dec 2019

I thought it was a bit long, but found it engrossing throughout. Watched it on NetFlix so we were able to stop it when we needed bathroom breaks. With its many references and shadows to Scorsese's other gangster flicks, it somehow felt like a Scorsese gangster museum. The main fault I had with the film is that the CGI generated younger faces didn't match their older bodies...they moved like geezers, not younger versions of themselves so it really didn't work that well. Acting nod to Pesci, whose understated performance was stellar to a tee.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
13. I never thought about
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 01:49 AM
Dec 2019

walking out but a couple of times I almost drifted off to dreamland.Stephen Graham is excellent in the role of Tony Pro.

Croney

(4,646 posts)
14. We just watched it on Netflix but split it over two nights.
Fri Dec 27, 2019, 10:11 PM
Dec 2019

That made the length bearable. The actors are all top-notch. I liked that a lot of real history was woven into the script. I loved that Steven Van Zandt (a slight acquaintance of ours) played Jerry Vale, singing in the nightclub scene.

What a sad, filthy, immoral life gangsters lead.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
16. Good news
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 02:17 PM
Jan 2020

for The Irishman, it won Best movie at the AARP Awards. Other than that it's been pretty much ignored since the New York Film Critics Awards.

 

DumpTrump20202020

(109 posts)
17. It's bad and Inaccurate
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 03:05 PM
Feb 2020

and its so long...

Al Pacino could have spent 5-10 minutes and actually viewed a Jimmy Hoffa interview.. But they showed him as a goon, when he was a true working-class hero.

The entire movie is based on a lie (book). Every publisher turned it down, and so Sheehan's lawyer wrote it to basically pay himself overdue fees. And then despite the big names - Scorsese, Pacino, De Niro, Pesci, no studio would touch it.

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