Good movie but not great- 3.5
The irishman first thought that came to me when I saw the Irishman was that it's so long. 3 hours and 29 minutes. Although it's run time is long, not a single frame felt pointless.
The movie is what I call the good film of Martin Scorsese, but it's not a best Like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas. Its comes under good movies of 2019 .
It is great in it's script, cast, story telling, editing, cinematography, and background music.
the visual effects in the movie - The movie has a difficult task, because the entire runtime takes place in the past and occasionally it will cut back to a present day/older De Niro, aka what he looks like now, Special mention must be given to the extensive use of CG de-aging (the film takes place over a span of decades) which surprisingly was done well.
The Irishman exactly puts the story of the 90's in an impeccable manner, Robert De Niro's smooth story narration. From his young age times to old age situations, the movie is thoroughly connected by small incidents which in turn make it an teamsters members.
Robert De Niro plays a cold, yet charismatic gangster, Frank Sheeran - a friend of Jimmy Hoffa &
Russell Bufalino.
Al Pacino plays a loud month Jimmy Hoffa that’s a huge ball of energy and reeks of desperation, which Pacino portrays beautifully.
Joe Pesci plays Russell Bufalino, a silent and collective man who sniffs out trouble and takes care of “business”.
Talented acting, acting legend & terrific amazingly subtle and soft spoken performance that many have been calling tremendous.
Aside, I'm struggling to remember other characters' but who played
Crazy Joe - Sebastian maniscalco
Tony pro - Stephen Graham
Bill buffalino - ray romano
Peggy sheeran - Anna paquin supporting characters played Well even though they have 10 to 20min screen timing in the movie. Other than it's not able to remember others characters.
Frank's relationship with his daughters, especially Peggy, shows just how dicey parenting can be, that the best possible choices may not necessarily give the best result, and that a sheltered upbringing is more of a handicap than a positive in helping children truly understand the world.
The last 5 minutes of the movie explain. As of i understand
1. The photo of his daughter & jimmy.
These 2 persons are these ones he loves the most. It's reminds him how he lost them both. Frank killed his best friend and he lost his daughter after she understood he did it.
2. The door half open at 1 minute before the end. Jimmy used to let the door of his bedroom open because he trusted Frank. Frank broke the trust and as a result he could never talk to his daughter again. This door represent the trust and show that trust must never be broken. Trust is even more important than love because without trust there can be no real love.
Good Movie, enjoyable but not a best of Martin Scorsese.
Quotes I liked - Everybody’s afraid. And you pray a lot. I prayed a lot.
2. Sooner or later, everybody put here has a date when he's going to go. That's just the way it is.'
3. you don’t know how fast time goes by until you get there. But you don’t have to worry about that, because you have your whole life ahead of you. Forever. It goes fast, time. I’m telling you.