The Irishman reviewed by Mark Kermode
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Mark Kermode reviews The Irishman. An enforcer and hitman for the mob looks back on his life and his relationship with Jimmy Hoffa.
Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the film. We love to include your views on the show every Friday.
If you like this, why not subscribe to our podcast for more reviews, interviews and general wittering of the highest order: www.bbc.co.uk/...
Twitter: @Wittertainment
www.bbc.co.uk/5...
Fridays at 3pm on BBC 5 live.
Joe Pesci's movie, without doubt... He dominates every scene he's in, or shares with the other two legends. It's a measured, quiet performance that is utterly mesmerizing.
RIght! It was so fascinating watching him play the pragmatic gangster, after years of being the mad dog. Everyone was brilliant, but Pacino stole the show for me...
Joe Pesci was an unstoppable force I loved the part when he referred to 'David Feerie' (JFK movie charactor Pesci played) brilliant movie 3 hrs plsu was nothing. Special shout to Stephen Graham for acting along the world's best actors I enjoyed watching him and of course the whole Movie. 👏🏽
@TECHNICS TECHNICIAN He really did. That scene at Frank's party when he's calmly trying to persuade Hoffa to back down. He steals the scene and then some. Steals a scene....from Pacino!!! Really? If he doesn't get the Oscar I will lose faith.
Agree about Joe Pesci. Best thing in the film. But this could have been a great movie if Scorsese had not felt it necessary to use these great actors who are long past their prime. The de-aging software wasn't a great success though. De Niro moves like an old man wearing a mask of his younger self.
Pesci saved the movie from being a total boring flop. He definitely delivered his part in an otherwise boring film.
Next summer, look out for 'The Italian' - Starring Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, and Colm Meany.
Funniest comment I’ve seen in long time!
@@callumdoherty7204 :)
😂😂😂
What is this in reference too?
@@samdavis8495 it's a movie called The Irishman starring a series of famous Italian-Americans hence the joke about Irish lads playing Italians.
Imagine this technology was available in the 70's, there'd be no Deniro playing a young Corleone, just a digitalized Brando.
@André Antunes Agreed, I was just trying to point out that this type of technology stops younger actors from getting roles that might boost their career. Deniro won an academy award for that role.
@Ford Torino hahaha oops thanx
@Ford Torino all good 😃, I'm happy to be corrected. Sad thing is I own the Blu-ray box set of the Godfather, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Should've known better lol
@André Antunes he was amazing just the same though.what an amazing actor
De Niro also won a Oscar for the godfather part 2. As well as raging bull,I Believe him and Brando are the only actors to have both won oscars for playing the same role. Although not sure if that has been equalled now, a lot of actors,actresses have won oscars for playing biopic /real life people. I’d have to check.
I wish the cinemas would have an intermission break. A film over 3 hours, would give the audience to have a break. This happens in theatres!
I actually found the time went by very well, and I'm glad I experienced it in one go
About a character not having many lines, J.K. Simmons in "I'm Not Here" was completely silent and gave a hugely powerful performance.
Didnt do Charlie Chaplain any harm either.
Joaquin in you were never really here hardly speaks and is brilliant
The scene outside the grocery store!! Exactly what i was thinking when he raised the topic of the deaging.
It's really the only bad one though. He leveraged his age for a lumbering presence a fair bit and that worked well.
Yeah defo stood out for me there. His movements were old yet his face was young.
'I'm gonna make him a Hoffa he can't refuse.'
I have to say that after 2 hours I had to stop watching. I preface this by saying I just love Scorsese and all the other wonderful films that he made. I just cant get it through my head with De Niro being an old man and having the CGI try to make it look like he is in his late 30's to early 40's. It just killed it for me. So unbelievable. They should have used younger actors for the early parts. It would have made it so much better.
Feel like 'it was too long' is the laziest and most brainless of criticisms in relation to films - it's always the first 'problem' someone will have with a film over 2 & half hours.
Absolutely agree with you, I thought the film did not waste a single second and I've watched it three times already. Kinda want to watch it again.
Simon watched the movie with "child 1".
*You can't de age movement*
They had body doubles.
Just out of a screening of the Irishman and honestly wasn’t a fan. It should have been 1.5 hours shorter. There are some great bits in it but overall I found it boring. Stephen Graham is highlight as he always is. The de-ageing is incredible. Not one moment in the film where it bothered me, in fact I was mesmerised by how perfect it was.
If wanting to see it in a cinema, book your tickets now, very limited release (i have booked 2 seperate showings for next week)
I don't think he shows enough appreciation.
I absolutely cannot wait to see this. A Scorsese movie to me is worth about 50 Marvel theme park rides, especially when he's at the top of his game.
The other thing the de-aging tech has yet to do is the voice.
Noelle Nn De Niro does a good job of affecting his voice in different ways. His cadence becomes slower as he ages. It’s more subtle than that. He’s a great actor.
You know that voice manipulation exist,right?
Now only can they de-age their face but they can also de-age their voice too. Listen carefully to both Will Smiths in Gemini Man. They younger one sounds younger like Will Smith from the 90's.
Was it just me that felt that Bobs eyes were too saturated? He looked like a Targaryen at times, like fully purple eyes
killwill83 I’m really surprised they didn’t desaturate them a bit in post.
Can’t wait to see it tonight!
I would have watched a 7 hour version of this. Then length that Once Upon A Time in America was supposed to be. Epic film, enjoy it because it's the last of it's kind. As for the CGI, it worried me on swing the trailer but after a bit of time I got used to it and it was really excellent at times. You just need to get used to it and you forget it. 10/10
@@dpcater I guess you haven't seen Shutter Island then....
Genuinely found it to be a strange film. Turned off after 40 minutes which is not something I normally do. It felt very off kilter and it seemed obvious they weren't younger because they moved like old men
I got that 76 year old kid on the phone 😂😂😂
I'm just excited to see Pesci again
What do you mean funny?
Funny how?
@@neilmccabe1498
Like a clown?
Jagoff
I'm here to amuse you?
Loved the film but DeNiro nevered seemed younger than 70 for even a moment.
exactly... none of them did.
I think it would've been distracting had they tried to make him look younger than they already did.. they didn't overdo the cgi which I'm grateful for
It just didn’t matter to me, I just got swept along with the characters and interactions
I could buy he was about 50 when he was meant to be like 30 fixing his truck
@alieninsurgent that scene doesnt define a film please stfu
Actually, the last third of the movie is the cherry on the cake, and it's exactly the right length. This is a film that takes enough time to tell its story. It shows the slow dissolution of the lead character, watching him get older and older, less and less capable: watching his friends die off, shunned by his family: trying to confess his sins, while not ever changing or even accepting that his entire life was a wretched bloodbath steeped in the betrayal of everyone he should have cared about. Having spent his life murdering people to provide a permanent solution to the mob's problems, but being afraid of having his remains cremated, because he hasn't achieved the self awareness or understanding that death is actually permanent, and your body doesn't matter. The fabulous layers of meaning in the final shot, of leaving the door ajar. Is he thinking of Jimmy, leaving his door open years before? Is he scared of the dark? Is hoping someone (and there's a long list of candidates, good and bad) will come and see him?
I want to agree with you but watching them erode was hard to watch especially Pesci trying to eat the bread. To me it was a representation of the whole concept of the movie is that it was done too late. It was as if Scorsese was trying to show us that. The fact the movie was actually about the killing of JFK which was shown by the fact that Pesci chose to give deniro ring just before he whispered into his ear" if they can whack a president then they can whack a president of a union" so the viewer has to ask themselves what's the bigger story? The so called cgi which there are no TH-cam videos or behind scenes footage of this being used destracts us from the real reason of using the actors.
I only really noticed the deaging when it cuts to deniro driving the truck after that I didn’t really notice it
Same for me, it was really the bright blue eyes for me, apart from that I laughed at the grocery scene like everyone else, and enjoyed the move very much
I heard you review movies...
he does his own podcastin too...
Very witty 😂😂😂
I see what you did there....
Gotta take the bait and finish it:
...so I put a movie in your movie
so you can review while you review.
Yes. Yes, sir, I do. I do. And I, uh, I also do my own carpentry.
Its not so much the cgi that is distracting. Its the fake blue eyes, they looked like cats eyes at one point.
Reminded me of Angel Heart near the ending.
The combination of the super-fake blue eyes, and the oldman body/young face, made DeNiro's character appear like he's meant to be supernatural.
Ok maybe the eyes but I didn't get any supernatural vibe Only Robert Dr Not I could play this part so I'm ok with the cgi. At least I was warming to that but Justice League Superman's cgi upper lip was 😱😱😱😱😱
...dead cat eyes btw....
@Verify Controversy ...but you had to view it MULTIPLE TIMES so that the creepy CGI did not distract you.......(at the end), suggesting it did distract you...
Funny to think that in the 80s, Robert De Niro was aged up with makeup to look like an old man for parts of Once Upon a Time in America (probably one of the best films I've ever seen in my life) and now he's been de-aged by CGI to look like a young man for parts of this film.
They did the movies in the wrong order.
He did not look young in any part of this film. It was awful
OUATIA was a far superior film to The Irishman.
Worries about the deaging process?
Forget about it
Little bit, little bit
@@kayzar293 After watching it, it's so irrelevant to the entire movie. You wind up just accepting it like you'd accept makeup in any other film.
thought young Deniro looked cartoonish
Bada bing bada boom.
@@chrisebert7989 disagree. It looked pretty good compared to other movies and i eventually forgot he was de-aged
Agree with Kermode on Anna Paquins role. Her silent judgement is very powerful and the only thing that really weighs heavy on De Niro till the end. Its a character he cannot try to verbally or physically persuade like hes so used to and that eats him up inside.
totally agree with you.
The thing is we know what De Niro and Pesci looked like when they were in their thirties/forties and they didn't look like they do in this film.
Talk about a non review. Am a fan of Mark's reviews but this was pointless. The thematic aspects of the film are barely discussed. He actually starts talking about the film's merits in the last 30 seconds. Spent 6 minutes talking about the de-aging technique. Was looking forward to hearing Mark's thoughts on the film. Shame.
This is Kermode's problem. He's entertaining to listen about films but you have no idea about the film itself!
I agree. I was so attentive to the plot and acting that I honestly didn't spend any time contemplating how good the facial de-aging was. I find it bizarre how someone as trivial as body movement can't affect your enjoyment of the film. Like who cares really
Be good if his reviews were CGI'd to remove all the semaphore.
Because its a boring film. Nobody seems to want to admit it was boring. I love martin, goodfellas is my favourite film EVER, but this film was wack.
@@TT-mx5ll the film was boring after Hoffa character entered.
My local independent cinema has just started getting Netflix films this week with The King (just went along to the first screening.) Even as a 4K Netflix subscriber nothing beets the big screen with no distractions (and supporting a local business that’s been under threat of closure twice in the past 10 years. I’m super excited to see this two weeks early next Friday (although I’m little bit nervous about the run time without an interval.)
The King is great ! I don't get the hate
Anna Paquin was brilliant in this and Mark hits the nail on the head. Her presence alone had gravitas. Anyone criticising the movie for how many lines she gets is an utter idiot. De Niro was back to his best, Pesci was remarkable and Pacino had energy he hasn’t had since 1995. I thought the cgi worked well, just as Mark said, like a video game cutscene but not distracting at all. Overall I loved the film, not as iconic as Goodfellas but still a beautiful piece.
Pesci was sublime. Sublime. One of the best performances of this century I'd say. Also Paquin's character had arguably the most power out of her and the three main male characters in the movie. How anyone says her lack of lines was a disservice is beyond me.
Yeah, I think the point was to tell the story from Frank's perspective, and how he only starts to realize how distant father he was, when his daughters dont talk to him. It's like he's completely foreign to them and all they know that he did some horrible things. And he says he was protecting them but they didn't feel like they had protection, they couldnt go to him with any problems because he would ask further questions, he would hurt the people and that was too much.
Here's how you know that Paquin's character was vital: imagine the film without her role. Her silence really cuts through the narrative in the same way that you could see it, occasionally, cutting through to Frank (also in his silence). It reminds you of the horrors of what these people were involved with and the lives they destroyed, as well as the fact that these women didn't really have much of a say about it. It would still have been a good film without her character, but it would have lost a lot of emotional depth.
@@lordofthejungle one of the performances of the century? Don't be ridiculous. It was a good performance yes but it's not even Pesci's best work.
gggjmmm I didn’t say it was Pesci’s best work and the century is young. How about toning down the aggression there champ.
This is a truly terrible film. Robert De Niro's character is excruciatingly boring and the film goes on way too long. For the last 2 hours I really did not care what happened to any of the characters. Epic fail!
This review doesn’t really get to the bottom of whether The Irishman is a good film or not.
Classic Kermode
Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci & Pacino. Crime drama, gangster epic.
Yes, this film is going to be good.
Saw it in the cinema on Wednesday and I think what he touched on when talking about its suitability for netflix is how It's quite episodic in storytelling form and some of those episodes are far stronger than others. However it isn't an uneven experience so it's overall quite strong. My assbone hurt after it though.
@@charlesknowlton7198 Cinephiles are the least qualified to reveiw films.They love the cinema experience,the larger than life images being projected into their "Non-ideological" brains.They are kind of discerning fetishists who don`t discriminate.. and i`m fairly sure i`ve seen one or 2 on monday afternoon showings fondling themselves pre the big show.
it wasn't good, looooonnnnng, slow....felt at times like a goodfellas reboot....Nicholson/Devito Hoffa much more entertaining.....too bad cause the book was great....
Surprised that no one's mentioned the scene where deniro beats up the shop owner. I found it hilarious because you've got this young, albeit waxy looking face plastered onto a body that's moving like it's 70 years old - which of course it is. I couldn't stop laughing because rather than looking like someone being brutally beaten up, it looked like my grandfather trying to stamp on an acrobatic cockroach.
He did
Hilarious, Geriatric beating.
It looked like Joe Biden trying not to fall off the curb. 😂
I so wish this was getting a wider cinema release than it's getting - I'd love to see it on the big screen!
@@DrOz-007 you utter fool. the reason that this isnt in cinemas is precisley because of theme park blocbusters like avengers. Studios know they wont make money on this in theaters because only balls deep cinephiles like us will see it.
Simon Osborne sign up for free month
Indeed! B***** Netflix
@@DrOz-007 I've never seen a more ill-informed, misguided, nonsensical argument in my life. But that's TH-cam comments for you.
No need for Netflix. Just look around and you'll find HD movies free.
Having watched this 3hr+ epic the 4th time, I realized I was immersed in the narration and timelines the entire time. Its slow paced and long yes! But it takes you on a deeply personal journey into the world of crime and makes you question the very concept of morality, all with a mostly light hearted tone. A true masterpiece by the King of Crime Dramas
I agree
I was hoping this was about Frank Carson.
ChubbyChecker182 Said no one ever
I thought it was about Roy walker
@@bigunclegskunkxxl9173 say what ya see
Oh very droll.
@@ChubbyChecker182
It's good but it's not right
A good and thoughtful movie, very different in tone and tempo to Scorsese’s previous gangster flicks. I did think the de-aging didn’t quite work though. DeNiro in particular - who is supposed to be a very physically formidable character - moved obviously like an old man all the way through (for instance one scene where he had to throw something was almost laughable). And the faces did have a slightly unnatural caste to them. Having said that, and though I definitely wouldn’t want this to become the standard production technique, for this one movie I was able to put that to one side and become engrossed in a beautifully told tale. One of the main themes of this movie is the fact of ageing; time moves on, we get old, and all the things we did fade into history. So having these old guys play it out, and to be able to see their old selves inside their young selves, is in some ways quite poignant.
If anyone can find a review that isnt entirely about the deaging technology please leave a link.
Why wouldn't they mention it?
Thank you. The movie is so much more than the deaging process. It's truly a masterpiece.
It's immensely distracting. It detracts from the entire experience.
@@Jordannadroj20 Not for me it didn't. Kind of funny at moments but didn't ruin the performances or story one bit.
Anyone sat through “The Irishman”?
Unpopular opinion: This was a bloated self indulgent blunder. He should have hired a talented group of younger Italian American actors to play Pacino, Deniro, Pesci et al in the flashback scenes and we may have had another Scorsese masterpiece. this is what happens when a group of friends with legendary careers in their 70s have no one to tell them the truth about a bad idea, and they lose the plot of their gritty realist roots. Imagine if instead of Deniro’s legendary performance in Godfather 2 we had, with a much older man body shape, Brando in a wig and occasionally non distracting digital make up... film history will see this not as a glorious swan song for this remarkable group of guys, but as the final sign they should just stop now.
Drink every time Kermode says incidentally.
Or: I confess
Shitfaced in five minutes
Used to be 'interesting enough'
What about every time he adds a clause before finishing a thought?
drink every time mayo gets screentime, youll be a monk in a few weeks
People seem to think its cool to say this movie is a masterpiece etc. Its a boring movie. I love martin, but its boring. get over it.
@Chokwe k
Agreed
IDK if I'm on-board with the de-aging technology because De Niro always looked a lot older than his character
He walked like a 90 year old with 60 year old face weird looking
OK film
He waffles on for ages without telling us if the film is any good!
He didn't summarise his thoughts, but it's very clear he enjoyed it a lot. Touched on many parts that stood out to him
The de-ageing was noticeable for a couple of minutes, and then I completely forgot and enjoyed the story and performances
Couldn't they just have got younger actors to play the elads. Y'know, like they did in Goodfellas...
well its up to the director
And age them up to 80?
Saw it last night at the Leeds Film Festival. Very watchable, not a boring moment. Class acting and three hours flew by. Got to be watched in the cinema !
I can't wait to see it both at Cinema and at home too!!! 😎
What an Age we live in!!! 🙄
J K only if u live near an “Everyman cinema” mate.. as they’ve all boycotted it due to it being released Netflix in two weeks.. can’t say I blame cinemas.. 3.5 hour film tying up screens when most people will see it at home. Shame it’s not released properly though.
All I gained from this was de-aging acceptance. Er, so did you like the film Mr Kermode?
Yeah not a great review
Al Pacino looked nothing like Jimmy Hoffa but he did a great job.
Jack Nicholson resembled Hoffa. But 🤔 Jim Hoffa's hair style reminds me of someone. Can't think who...oh yes that man beginning with K. Black I'm only comparing hairstyles. 😗
Pesci was great. Stephen Graham is a star. The Anzio scene upset me because my Italian-American Great Uncle fought there against the Nazis and his sister/my Grandmother hated the mob (and presumably mob movies) for giving a bad reputation to Italian-Americans. (It's a shame that Scorsese never makes a film about a good Italian-Americaan family.)
I'm glad it's on Netflix, because I watched it over 3 sittings.
Pacino finally gets to work with Scorsese. That is worth the price alone.
I suspect like a lot of Scorsese’s recent work(The Departed, Wolf of Wall Street, Gangs of New York and The Silence) - it’s perhaps overlong, and could do with losing about 30 minutes or more.
Anyway, it does look intriguing.
I would agree with Gangs of New York but Silence I thought needed that length.
Pacino is brilliant in it
Don't like the length don't watch it simple as that.
Ask the theaters to keep a short interval at the 1 hr 30 mins mark.
I didn’t like it. Extremely boring.
It's a little baffling that they didn't simply use the well-established technology of body doubles and face-replacement for some of those wide shots/action scenes. It's really jarring when you see De Niro moving like an old man when he's got the face of a 30something.
Yeah, the greengrocers scene was a bit cringe for that reason
The de aging ruined it. Frank looks and moves like an old man, when he's supposed to be in his twenties. It's too jarring.
The grocery store fight was the worst scene I have ever witnessed in a movie. It was laughable.
Fun fact. The Mafia boss Russel Bufalino (played by Joe Pesci) was the real-life inspiration for Don Corleone in The Godfather.
The real life inspiration of Don corleone was Frank Costello
Bufalino how?
Maybe, but that gets said about a lot of mob bosses. Usually Joe Bonanno and/or Carlo Gambino.
@@domenicomalara3118 YES!!! you are correct sir.
Didnt he consult Coppola about The Godfather though?
i thought it was astonishingly boring, and the cgi horrifically distracting and poor, at NOT point was i convinced these were young men, they were old men with rubber masks
i got about an hour in and felt that was too much for me and turned it off
DeNiro's unnaturally blue eyes were way, way, WAY more distracting to me than the CGI. I was constantly aware of them for the entire movie.
I bet you didn't see that coming.
This movie isn't a minute too long, IMO. That last 20 minutes or so is like the exquisite final act of 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.' It brings it all home emotionally.
Amen.
What about DE Niro's performance? Personally I thought it was one of his greatest. The final sequence in the home showed for me how great an actor he still can be.
Better that Dirty Grandpa...!?
@@phealy02 Well I wouldn't go that far.
I totally agree de Niro (frank) was my favourite character in the movie and of course pesci (buffalino) was superb too one of my favourite films I’ve watched if not my favourite
That housework euphemism is ripe for an SNL sketch......"I heard you paint houses", "Yes sir, I also do my own carpentry", "What about resurfacing, maybe some ceramic tiles", "Is this the right number?"
😏
My girlfriend said we can't have sex tonight as she's got the decorators in. I didn't know she was on about a hit man.
Les Corlett You made me guffaw! Your girlfriend is a hoot and no mistake! 😹
@@lescorlett4133 well there is blood involved. lol
@@lescorlett4133 - Be careful, she may have hired Keith Vaz's 'interior decorators'
It wasnt that the deaging didnt work, its that deniro looked like he was 50 years old when he should have been 37 at the time of meeting hoffa. And at no point did his body move like a 30 something. He moved like an older man. i never was able to buy into the idea that he was a father of young kids. He also looked too old to be a guy learning the ropes.
evvkaz I 100 % agree you hit the nail on the head.the story and acting were great but it was a very geriatric young man.
It looked like him in a dark wig
Didnt even think about him not being 37. Harder for me to believe this guy wasn't anything other than a psychopath. His empathy for Hoffa was harder for me to believe.
Haven't seen it yet, but in this clip I think they mainly sound very old. But then you might get used to it when watching the film.
@@GeeVanderplas unfortunately, I couldn't
I Went to see it today and I hate to say that I was majorly disappointed. It’s far too long and became tedious. I was actually bored and I can’t say that I’ve been bored in many Scorsese movies. De Niro was weak, still phoning in the same performance he’s been doing for the last ten years. Pesci was good and Pacino saved it from dare I say it, being boring. It didn’t need to try to be so epic. It would of been better, I feel, if it was bit more grounded, a Donnie Brasco type of feel.
I picked up on the grocery scene it wasnt natural seemed forced.
Yea he had the old man shakey hand thing going on, amazed they didn't go for another take
Yeah but I wouldnt want Robert De Niro stomping on my hand at any age. 🤪
i couldnt believe it when i saw that. I think everybody was too scared to tell him on set that he was shaking.
I think it was extremely realistic.. adrenaline makes you shake like hell, and no one has a real fight choreographed, I’ve seen real fights where people are clumsy and rubbish and hurt each other badly
Another masterpiece by Scorsese ! I wish the screen writer Steven Zaillian did some interviews on the film. The writing is really good.
The de-aging totally took me out. They move and speak like old men. There's no way around it
I hate the deaging thing, it means when im 100 ill still be getting dragged to see paul rudd a rom com looking 30
I doubt it. Maybe Ant-Man 5...
Didnt think it looked that convincing myself
Whipped
paul rudd won't need deaging to still look 30
@@FirstnameLastname-nd9wx Sounds like u luuurrve him, u wanna kiss him...
The de aging was not a problem in how it looked, it was a problem in how deniro moved. When he beat anyone up he had no physicality or presence or threat. It just looked totally unconvincing. Deniro as an enforcer was a complete wiff and it destroyed the film.
"What kind of man makes a phone call like that..." Chills when De Niro says that line! Movie's a masterpiece in my book, and has one of my favorite De Niro performances. Similar to Jackie Brown in how understated yet nuanced it was, just brilliant stuff.
@Andy Fletcher Really, not just bad but shockingly so, what makes you say that?
I love this movie, and old Frank Sheeran has some of the most introspective lines
Agree with some of the points here was ridiculously jarring to hear Pesci refer to De Niro as a kid when he looks like a 50 year old man with a billy cap. The CGI is better for Pesci than for De Niro but it's still not great for me.
the de-aged Robert De Niro reminded me of Arthur Mullard when he did "You're the one that I want"
Lets be truthful tho. Even with de-ageing techniques Pacino is too old. To play Hoffa
This would have been a better cast
Stephen Graham in pesci role
Tom hardy in deniro. Role
And.
Leonardo di caprio as Jimmy hoffa
Now that would have been a good movie
In the still of the night has been stuck in my head since seeing it at my local art house theater. What a great film.
Not only Pesci, but everyone involved- phenomenal performances. I am not big fan of Al Pacino, can’t name a movie I seen him in, but only realised midway here it’s him. Effects were really smooth and great storytelling despite several timelines it never felt confusing. Little trick with no background music in culmination scene created nerve wrecking atmosphere. Loved it.
You never saw the godfather?
@@davidjones272 nope
Great film. Some scenes did tend to slightly drag, mostly the Hoffa ones. Nevertheless, brilliant to see DeNiro,Pesci,Keitel and Pacino all in the same movie. Cherish it as this will be the only time it ever happens.
Just saw the picture today in Chicago.
God damn beauty.
A-
Can’t wait to rewatch this masterpiece
Kermode if it wasnt for moviedrome well I would be a heathen your are a legend I always pay attention to your reviews agree or disagree I value your opinion in film always moviedrome seems like such a long time ago but it was because of that for so many films.thank you.
Moviedrome was hosted by Alex Cox and then Mark Cousins, not Kermode. But what you're right about one thing; it was a brilliant program and introduced me to so many great films.
The visual effects did work overall, but we all know what DeNiro looked like in his 40's and he didn't look like that. But that's OK, because this isn't a movie about DeNiro.
Yeah, the grocery store scene was the only time De Niro's character moved like an old man, and that's because it was a physical altercation.
I’ll save everyone 10 minutes, and better yet, 3.3 hours. The film is a freaking snorefest of stale acting. Martin should let a skilled editor gut about two hours from this nonsense and make a watchable film.
A long time to discuss a tech feature that was largely unobtrusive.
I know! Haha
Pre-release people made it seem like it was going to be a MASSIVE part of the movie when in reality I barely even noticed it when it was on and characters probably spent more time in conventional de-ageing and ageing makeup than digitally altered. Incidentally I saw the film in cinemas with my brother who didn’t know about the VFX de-ageing beforehand and he was surprised when I told him they had used it.
it wasn't though.. it ruined the illusion many times for me.
I stopped watching before half way because it was so obtrusive, totally agree with Mayo on this one.
People who don't know about the de-aging thing don't even notice it. Watched it with my parents, neither noticed. It's just those who did beforehand that get all fussy about it.
Utter rubbish - boring, hackneyed and no point to the film at all. It was like watching old men trying to play young men thanks to the CGI and it just did not work at all. Felt nothing for any of the characters and just watched the three big guns going through the motions! Don't waste three hours of your life!
If you don't notice the digital de-ageing Mark.... you need new glasses.
Maybe I have a short attention span, but I was bored by this film. Too long. Too much like other Scorsese gangster flicks(eg. Unconvincing blue screen car scenes where someone gets 'whacked' via back-seat garrotting. Tedious 1950s rock-blues soundtrack for over 3 hours) The CGI never convinced me that DeNiro et al were any younger than 55.
Just saw it today at the TIFF Bell Lightbox theatre, the only one showing it in the GTA I think, it was a very fast paced movie, but it incorporated a growing feeling of sadness and emptiness as the story unfolded. It was absolutely amazing, maybe Scorsese’s best film of the past 20 years (and that’s saying a lot). Unlike Goodfellas, Casino, and Wolf of Wall Street, this movie really lets the depressing consequences of the main characters’ actions sink in. There’s a great somber and reflective nature to it. The 3 other movies had a different, more upbeat, and straight-forward biopic approach.
Halfway into this movie and I'm so bored. This doesn't come close to casino or goodfellas. The deaging is fine, but the violence doesn't work with old man bodies, and the eyes never lie, old man watery eyes. The main thing is the story is just slow and dull.
I can’t stay the way Mark Kermode pauses for breath and smacks his lips every few minutes as if he is about to say something profound- which he never does.
Mark k - sorry 4 taking a breath Mike k
Lol!
Sorry, but I thought this film was very long and boring. Goodfellas was great, but all Scorcese's gangster films are the same. 50s music, scenes in cars (with unconvincing blue screen) where people get "whacked" in predictable ways. I wasn't convinced by the digital de-aging.
I saw it yesterday and thought the performances were brilliant but the length of the movie is definitely a challenge.
This would be a great movie to bring back the old intermission.
I'm wondering if Netflix will show it in full or have it as 7 x 3O mins episodes-It feels quite episodic what with the different eras etc.
But yes,performances brilliant...Pacino being maximum Pacino,Great to see Joe Pesci again (in one of his calmer mafia roles) and DeNiro in the movies that he excels in.
I'm not sure it's quite up there with Goodfellas for me but it's solid-Maybe it would be closer with a bit of an edit?
No! No! No! The FX are terrible. This movie is pointless and ponderous. If you think about watching this, instead watch Goodfellas.
The digital de-ageing was rubbish. They never looked younger than 60 at any point. Not only did De Niro look silly outside the grocery store but also when he stumbled on the rocks to throw the gun into the sea.
A bum review from my favourite reviewer. Scarcely anything about the movie itself; nor the performances - mostly just a blah about flipping CGI.
C'mon, Mark - you're better than that!
Yes, very disappointing review I felt too. The CGI is the least interesting part of the film. Some truly incredible scenes don't get a mention. Bradshaw nailed it on this occasion
Ian Culley-Morgan which scenes did you think are incredible
@robert roberts i know its a good movie anyway-seen other reviews on it.just wanted to see Mark's point of view on it
He talked a few minutes about the CGI, but he touched on other aspects, acting, story, music and length
Bravo Mark. You totally understand the Anna Paquin character. Critics complained how she doesn't have enough dialogue and screen time. That's the whole point!
THIS is why Mark Kermode will always have my attention. He nailed all of the talking points about the film and explained them exceptionally. I don't always agree with Mark but that's not the point, the man knows film and he knows how to communicate what he knows in a review. I really liked the film and agree completely with Mark here, the de-aging is just a modern take on makeup and not all characters need lines to convey what the character is feeling.
If "Anna Paquin does not have enough lines" is the key takeaway, I feel sorry for them.
Spoiler alert: Action Bronson makes an appearance
Agreed it took me out when i saw him, idk why they randomly put him in
Horrible movie. I cannot even request my money back since I saw it onNetflix. A steaming heap of dung that appeared to have no editing.