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This movie cost $160mil to make :mindblown:

No wonder all the studios passed. I don't see how this movie can be bad with this material. It makes sense now why Franzese made it seem like they'll never find Hoffa. Apparently they cremated him according to The Irishman. Incredible.
 
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Tony D'Amato said:
This movie cost $160mil to make :mindblown:

No wonder all the studios passed. I don't see how this movie can be bad with this material. It makes sense now why Franzese made it seem like they'll never find Hoffa. Apparently they cremated him according to The Irishman. Incredible.
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Why the hell didn't you spoiler this??
 
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I'll start by saying Scorsese is my all time fav director and GoodFellas is my all time favorite movie, I've probably seen it 200 times since I was a kid.

I went with my cousin and homie to the theatre...my mind was made up to go in completely blank and view The Irishman as a stand alone piece, same with my homie. My dumbass cousin was expecting GoodFellas/Casino part 2 and was disappointed it wasn't a film that made mafia life seem glamorous and attractive like GoodFellas and Casino do at times (especially the first 90 or so mins of GoodFellas).

My mind state made viewing the film MUCH better b/c I wasn't expecting a repeat of the same themes from GoodFellas/Casino (although there is overlap). My cousin is claiming that he thought the film was aiiight but he's over critical and just kept complaining that GoodFellas and Casino were "better" and that The Irishman wasn't GoodFellas/Casino.

I'll start with my a couple complaints...the film is long...viewing in a theatre made it a bit more uncomfortable for me, and I had to piss like a MFer after like 2.5 hours in and had to run out and back in and i low key don't think I missed anything that important so that tells me that some time could have been trimmed off...not much, maybe just like 8-12 mins...some scenes have setting shots and tracking shots that start to seem a bit long after you've been sitting there for hours, but they're still beautifully shot. That's my only true complaint...Other's complained about lack of female characters and all that but it's fukking Scorsese, what did you expect? When he had a strong female character in Casino everyone hated that bytch and complains about how much she dominated the film. The female character thing didn't bother me at all, I'm glad they didn't add any more layers to the film with unnecessary love scenes and shyt like that.

The anti aging stuff was not bad at all minus ONE scene where DeNiro has to be a little more...active...than his 70 year old body allows and it looks fake af...at this point in the film it's early so it's a little off putting...had it happened later in the film it would be less noticeable since the viewer would already but deeply involved in the film.

I don't want to spoil too much...

but the way they set up the film as having DeNiro in the old folks home as a rambling old man telling his story was perfect

With complaints out of the way, the film is instant classic and will be held in the same regard as Casino, GoodFellas, etc. It's not as good as GoodFellas but I consider GoodFellas as perfect as a film can be. It takes some time to reflect back and when you do you realize how many classic scenes and pieces of dialogue there were you realize it's classic

The themes of regret, betrayal, remorse etc. are more of the outlook rather than GoodFellas where Henry had only one regret, that he couldn't live his lifestyle anymore. The acting was fantastic...I'm struggling to figure out who outdid who...but I think Pacino was the highlight. Pesci was excellent and DeNiro did an excellent job playing a reserved hitman.

The build up of Hoffa vs. The Mob was the highlight of the film for me...the tension builds and builds and builds...it's done so well and if you're any sort of American Mob aficionado you'll see familiar names from Chicago, Philly, Detroit, PA, Florida, and of course the Five Families. I've always had a fascination with these cats so I knew all the history and the film does a good job introducing the minor characters without the need of dialogue and it's done in a unique way...

the way the characters are intro'd is literally the name of the character and his fate..."Angelo Bruno: Shotgunned to death 1980" etc. etc.

The dark humor is there and is classic Scorsese film and it's abundant throughout the movie ...it is however noticeable that Nicholas Pileggi was not a part of the screenwriting...it's not a negative, it's just not as concise of writing imho. Thelma Shoonmaker does her usual thang and there are some jarring edits that seem like mistakes, but knowing how detail oriented her and Marty are, it had to be intentional. I think she's the best editor in the game, especially in Marty's works.

The scene where DeNiro call's Hoffa's wife after Hoffa's death there's an editing 'technique' that is like a hard break in the scene like a .1 second pause. My dumbass cousin thinks it was a mistake, I think it was clearly done purposely to show the 'glitch' feeling you'd have speaking to the wife of your best friend that you killed

One scene that really stood out to me as classic beyond belief was when they were all in jail and aging...it was Pesci's last...and he's being carried away to go to church and the gangsters are all like "church?!?!?" and he's like "you'll seeeeeee" and he's never seen again...that stood out to me bc as you get closer to death you get closer to God, especially when you've lived like those guys. The scene is layered with all sorts of regret and end of life thoughts that I can't even recall without watching it again.

I think watching the film in the comfort of home with the ability to pause and stretch and make a drink or roll a blunt will help the views...the theatre experience get's a little uncomfortable b/c I kept trying to time when I could hit the bathroom without missing anything...but then I'd be hooked and didn't want to look away to the point where I was holding it til it hurt then checked my phone to see that I still had over an hour left of the movie!

shyt is classic af...the final trailer that was release really frames the film well and I can't wait to watch it again. It's hard to compare it to the classics b/c it's brand new but over time it will be held in the same regard as Marty's best works. Def the best movie I've seen since Wolf of Wall Street which I absolutely loved.
 
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I'll start by saying Scorsese is my all time fav director and GoodFellas is my all time favorite movie, I've probably seen it 200 times since I was a kid.

I went with my cousin and homie to the theatre...my mind was made up to go in completely blank and view The Irishman as a stand alone piece, same with my homie. My dumbass cousin was expecting GoodFellas/Casino part 2 and was disappointed it wasn't a film that made mafia life seem glamorous and attractive like GoodFellas and Casino do at times (especially the first 90 or so mins of GoodFellas).

My mind state made viewing the film MUCH better b/c I wasn't expecting a repeat of the same themes from GoodFellas/Casino (although there is overlap). My cousin is claiming that he thought the film was aiiight but he's over critical and just kept complaining that GoodFellas and Casino were "better" and that The Irishman wasn't GoodFellas/Casino.

I'll start with my a couple complaints...the film is long...viewing in a theatre made it a bit more uncomfortable for me, and I had to piss like a MFer after like 2.5 hours in and had to run out and back in and i low key don't think I missed anything that important so that tells me that some time could have been trimmed off...not much, maybe just like 8-12 mins...some scenes have setting shots and tracking shots that start to seem a bit long after you've been sitting there for hours, but they're still beautifully shot. That's my only true complaint...Other's complained about lack of female characters and all that but it's fukking Scorsese, what did you expect? When he had a strong female character in Casino everyone hated that bytch and complains about how much she dominated the film. The female character thing didn't bother me at all, I'm glad they didn't add any more layers to the film with unnecessary love scenes and shyt like that.

The anti aging stuff was not bad at all minus ONE scene where DeNiro has to be a little more...active...than his 70 year old body allows and it looks fake af...at this point in the film it's early so it's a little off putting...had it happened later in the film it would be less noticeable since the viewer would already but deeply involved in the film.

I don't want to spoil too much...

but the way they set up the film as having DeNiro in the old folks home as a rambling old man telling his story was perfect

With complaints out of the way, the film is instant classic and will be held in the same regard as Casino, GoodFellas, etc. It's not as good as GoodFellas but I consider GoodFellas as perfect as a film can be. It takes some time to reflect back and when you do you realize how many classic scenes and pieces of dialogue there were.

The themes of regret, betrayal, remorse etc. are more of the outlook rather than GoodFellas where Henry had only one regret, that he couldn't live his lifestyle anymore. The acting was fantastic...I'm struggling to figure out who outdid who...but I think Pacino was the highlight. Pesci was excellent and DeNiro did an excellent job playing a reserved hitman.

The build up of Hoffa vs. The Mob was the highlight of the film for me...the tension builds and builds and builds...it's done so well and if you're any sort of American Mob aficionado you'll see familiar names from Chicago, Philly, Detroit, PA, Florida, and of course the Five Families. I've always had a fascination with these cats so I knew all the history and the film does a good job introducing the minor characters without the need of dialogue and it's done in a unique way...

the way the characters are intro'd is literally the name of the character and his fate..."Angelo Bruno: Shotgunned to death 1980" etc. etc.

The dark humor is there and is classic Scorsese film and it's abundant throughout the movie ...it is however noticeable that Nicholas Pileggi was not a part of the screenwriting...it's not a negative, it's just not as concise of writing imho. Thelma Shoonmaker does her usual thang and there are some jarring edits that seem like mistakes, but knowing how detail oriented her and Marty are, it had to be intentional. I think she's the best editor in the game, especially in Marty's works.

The scene where DeNiro call's Hoffa's wife after Hoffa's death there's an editing 'technique' that is like a hard break in the scene like a .1 second pause. My dumbass cousin thinks it was a mistake, I think it was clearly done purposely to show the 'glitch' feeling you'd have speaking to the wife of your best friend that you killed

One scene that really stood out to me as classic beyond belief was when they were all in jail and aging...it was Pesci's last...and he's being carried away to go to church and the gangsters are all like "church?!?!?" and he's like "you'll seeeeeee" and he's never seen again...that stood out to me bc as you get closer to death you get closer to God, especially when you've lived like those guys. The scene is layered with all sorts of regret and end of life thoughts that I can't even recall without watching it again.

I think watching the film in the comfort of home with the ability to pause and stretch and make a drink or roll a blunt will help the views...the theatre experience get's a little uncomfortable b/c I kept trying to time when I could hit the bathroom without missing anything...but then I'd be hooked and didn't want to look away to the point where I was holding it til it hurt then checked my phone to see that I still had over an hour left of the movie!

shyt is classic af...the final trailer that was release really frames the film well and I can't wait to watch it again. It's hard to compare it to the classics b/c it's brand new but over time it will be held in the same regard as Marty's best works. Def the best movie I've seen since Wolf of Wall Street which I absolutely loved.
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Taking my dad to go see this in a hour

I remember he loved departed when I took him


Does it move fast like goodfellas ?
I’m not going to drink any water or pop so I won’t have to piss



I watched Hoffa the other day thought it was cool I can watch jack anything so I kind of know the back story


Only Scorsese film I never finished til this day was gang of New York

hope it’s not bad


Every movie I’ve been hyped to see this year has been a disappointment from the joker to once upon a time in Hollywood
 
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