Just about everything about it is derivative of Goodfellas but whatever
Official The Irishman Thread
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YaFingerDealMe
All Star
That scene with him stopping out dude from the grocery store look like a Grand theft auto cut scene
I disagree. The last 45 minutes are the whole point of the movie.
I didn’t say the end of the movie
Then I don't understand what you want to cut? The first part is basically a classic Scorsese mafia flick. It could have ended after they killed hoffa and everybody went to jail (that would've basically been another version of Casino). But he then added another 45 minutes to underline how pointless everything was and that the world these guys lived in and everything that was important to them died with them.
I normally get distracted half an hour into watching a normal 90 min movies. I sat through the whole 3 1/2 hours of the irishman without getting bored once
Then I don't understand what you want to cut? The first part is basically a classic Scorsese mafia flick. It could have ended after they killed hoffa and everybody went to jail (that would've basically been another version of Casino). But he then added another 45 minutes to underline how pointless everything was and that the world these guys lived in and everything that was important to them died with them.
I normally get distracted half an hour into watching a normal 90 min movies. I sat through the whole 3 1/2 hours of the irishman without getting bored once
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
They could have trimmed some of the long takes and tracking shots down (those are all classic Scorsese shots however) and that really would have only trimmed down the movie a handful of minutes...not sure if there's a scene that could have been removed. They absolutely should have filmed the De Niro stomping out the grocer in a different way..that looked pretty bad, especially on the first view.
I think the slow pace was also part of the point Scorsese tried to make with that movie. The framework plot is two dudes taking an unnecessary long road trip and the story is told by a dude sitting in a wheelchair all day with nothing to do.
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Isaiah Bradley
Banned
Cool movie. Could easily have been trimmed. They should've used younger actors when needed
Why do you keep presenting these ridiculous arguments?
The inflation increase from 2013-2019 is just 10%. Meaning his highest grossing movie couldn't even crack $450 mill.
Yet somehow a nearly 4 hour long movie, that he failed to get funding for....that he failed to get distribution for....with no A-list actors....and no, Deniro, Pesci and Pacino aren't A-list in 2019 according to Hollywood, that's straight out of Scorsese's mouth, in that last interview he did....is going to be a hit. Despite the fact that, in his prime, none of his mob movies were hits in real time.
Key words: in real time. Not 24 years after the fact. But this is going to be the one. Ok.
Fred.
I didn't have nearly enough capacity for suspension of disbelief to buy DeNiro and Pesci as anything more than two extremely old men with varying degrees of hair dye to try (and fail) to make them look younger.
They should have hired younger actors for the earlier life segments of this movie.
Pacino was really good as Jimmy Hoffa though. One of the better performances that dude has given in recent years. If anyone should get an acting nom from this film it ought to be Pacino.
They should have hired younger actors for the earlier life segments of this movie.
Pacino was really good as Jimmy Hoffa though. One of the better performances that dude has given in recent years. If anyone should get an acting nom from this film it ought to be Pacino.