i have an idea wrote:
It is like every other mob movie ever made. How many different ways do we need to see people murdered?
Bad Wigins wrote:
i have an idea wrote:
It is like every other mob movie ever made. How many different ways do we need to see people murdered?
How many times do we need to see it before we crack down on the mob for good?
All we have to do is slap the Norse-style "outlaw" label on them, and they'll either be killed or flee the country.
Old Fan wrote:
I agree. It was so over-hyped and I hated it. I'm a big fan of mob movies and most of the cast. The facial de-aging looked horrible on my brand new TV. I'm no editor and I could have cut 60 minutes out of that death march. I could go on an on with what's wrong with that movie. It was like watching paint dry on the deck of the Titanic.
Terrible music.
Pesci was NOT great.
Confusing introduction of new characters - no exposition when needed. Who's THAT new guy and why do I have to guess why he is important?
Confusing jumps in time - you keep altering the actor's age in an incomprehensible fashion, so I'm supposed to now guess what year it is as well?
That opening driving scene -- Jesus, when is something going to happen-- next year? 5 minutes of that was too long, and you put in 25 minutes?
Thankfully I have forgotten the other 5 things that drove me to fast forward the last HOUR of that thing, just so I could see if there was EVER a payoff. No such luck. My wife just passed out about halfway through, and she was the lucky one.
There are some mob movies that are great. This is not one of them.
Italians playing the Irish.....Only in Hollywood.
The movie was excellent. I was a VERY young kid, 8-14/15, when these events took place. I met every person in that movie except Jimmy Hoffa.
Russ Buffalino was Uncle Russ (not REALLY my uncle).
It was VERY realistic and what I liked about it most was that it doesn't romanticize the lifestyle.
They all ended up dead or in prison for life.
What was even more tragic is the beautiful Anna Paquin being in the film and having like 5 lines and with maybe one that had two words.
Fat Herc from The Wire is always welcome. So is Ray Romano when he can be a jerk.
just sayin', ya know wrote:
Old Fan wrote:
I agree. It was so over-hyped and I hated it. I'm a big fan of mob movies and most of the cast. The facial de-aging looked horrible on my brand new TV. I'm no editor and I could have cut 60 minutes out of that death march. I could go on an on with what's wrong with that movie. It was like watching paint dry on the deck of the Titanic.
Terrible music.
Pesci was NOT great.
Confusing introduction of new characters - no exposition when needed. Who's THAT new guy and why do I have to guess why he is important?
Confusing jumps in time - you keep altering the actor's age in an incomprehensible fashion, so I'm supposed to now guess what year it is as well?
That opening driving scene -- Jesus, when is something going to happen-- next year? 5 minutes of that was too long, and you put in 25 minutes?
Thankfully I have forgotten the other 5 things that drove me to fast forward the last HOUR of that thing, just so I could see if there was EVER a payoff. No such luck. My wife just passed out about halfway through, and she was the lucky one.
these all seem like audience problems, not movie problems.
there's plenty of movies out there for people that need hand-holding and everything explicitly explained and a car chase every 20 mins to stay awake. Maybe watch one of those next time?
You sound a bit like a person giving a restaurant a bad review because you didn't get drunk off the hors d'oeuvres.
Movie was decent. Your review.....horrible
De Niro and Pesce playing versions of their characters 30+ years younger did not work at all. The younger characters were so low energy and it was just too obvious that they were old guys playing younger guys.
The movie was too long. I had to break it up into three nights because I kept falling asleep. It really would have been much better if the storytelling was kept chronological. It got confusing at times when they kept jumping back and forth between the two different time periods.
The Hoffa story is so interesting that it is difficult to have it share the stage with the Irishman's story line.
I know the point of the movie was that all of the gangsters lived big for a short time and then either died young at the hands of a mob assassin or died alone and isolated. But dwelling on the Irishman's late life actually became more of a statement on how our society generally warehouses the elderly. That made me feel sorry for the Irishman instead of seeing how his mob lifestyle was responsible for his misery late in life.
I love Scorsese, but this was a strange project. I think he was trying to make two movies in one and it didn't work that well.
If I NEVER see another gangster/mafia movie again, I won't mind.
Enough already.
fakenotagain wrote:
Italians playing the Irish.....Only in Hollywood.
Ciro wrote:
fakenotagain wrote:
Italians playing the Irish.....Only in Hollywood.
Wrong. Three of DeNiro’s four grandparents had Irish heritage.
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/robert-de-niro-irish-roots
DeNiro wasn't Henry Hill. That was Ray Liotta.
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
DeNiro wasn't Henry Hill. That was Ray Liotta.
Ciro wrote:
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
DeNiro wasn't Henry Hill. That was Ray Liotta.
Sorry you are absolutely right. DeNiro played Irish-American Jimmy Conway.
Getting my Irish gangsters confused.
I agree - overhyped...ended up being the same tired gangster theme with the same tired gangster actors. Only one missing was Ray Liotta - who coincidentally played an Irishman in Goodfellas.
I wasted half an afternoon on that crap.
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
Ciro wrote:
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
DeNiro wasn't Henry Hill. That was Ray Liotta.
Sorry you are absolutely right. DeNiro played Irish-American Jimmy Conway.
Getting my Irish gangsters confused.
No worries. I've watched Goodfellas about 100 times, probably my favorite movie of all time.
McFinance wrote:
I agree - overhyped...ended up being the same tired gangster theme with the same tired gangster actors. Only one missing was Ray Liotta - who coincidentally played an Irishman in Goodfellas.
I wasted half an afternoon on that crap.
McFinance wrote:
I agree - overhyped...ended up being the same tired gangster theme with the same tired gangster actors. Only one missing was Ray Liotta - who coincidentally played an Irishman in Goodfellas.
I wasted half an afternoon on that crap.
Hated it. Watched the movie then saw this. My thoughts exactly!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/irishman-backlash-scorseses-goodfellas-reunion-turned-bad/
