The Irishman (2018)

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spronk said:
www.independent.co.uk

The Irishman becomes Martin Scorsese's best reviewed film of all time

New gangster film has a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes after 80 reviews
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk

100% on RT, 9.17/10 and 94/100 on metacritic. His highest rated movie ever. Crazy.

Wonder how its gonna show up in the Oscars. Roma already paved the way.
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After the last year or so, I'm not sure how anyone can give any weight to movie ratings. All of those people are full of shit and they pay and manipulate ratings. The whole thing is a sham.

This movie may be amazing, but RT saying it's good means shit.
 
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Foggy

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Watching it and enjoying it. Damn long movie though. Should have probably been a miniseries.
 
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Springbok

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Enjoyed it quite a bit. Missed some of Scorsese’s trademark musical interludes and a bit too long, but really well done. Solid 9, but falls short of casino and goodfellas
 
Foggy

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Really dragged at the end which soured my impression of the movie. Enjoyed it a lot up until that.
 
Cybsled

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Regarding the end

It was an interesting way to end it. He basically did all these things, alienated his daughters, all his friends are dead, he's a crumbling old man waiting for death, but he is still scared enough of it that he doesnt want his door all the way closed so he can see what is coming. It was fairly nihilistic.
 
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Lanx

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it's alright ish

just imagine a bronx tale, but you stretch it out an extra hour for no reason and it doesn't add much of anything.
 
Burns

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It gave me a classic Scorsese gangster movie feeling and it felt like almost every part was filled with gangster movie or TV show alum. It even had a 3 second cameo from Steven Van Zant (Silvio from the Sopranos & E Street Band) as the singer at the Copacabana(?). I am happy they were able to talk Pesci into doing one last movie. It was great seeing the old guys out there giving a command performance and I really didn't notice the de-aging CGI after seeing it a few times at the beginning.

For reference, top tier Scorsese movies, for me, are The Departed, Gangs of New York, Casino, and Goodfellas; all movies I have seen 7+ times. I would rank The Irishman as a mid tier Scorsese movie, along with Shutter Island, The Aviator, The Wolf of Wall Street, Raging Bull, and Taxi Driver; that is to say, movies I have watched 3 or 4 times. I imagine it will sweep up a bunch of awards (especially since there are not that there are many good movies to compete against this year).

8.5/10
Scorsese is one of my top 3 favorite directors, and this movie hit all those nostalgia notes, so I'm sure that alone adds to the score.
 
dizzie

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The digital de-aging wasn't as noticeable as I thought it would be, but it's not totally consistent over the course of the film either so it's far from perfect. I thought it was a decent film, the acting was good and the story is an interesting one, set mostly in an interesting time period.

It's worth watching but it's not Goodfellas or Casino.
 
KurganAU

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Definitely good but not quite great for me.

Without the talent involved, the run time would be felt that much more. This is a slow burn with most of the heavy lifting done by the screen presence of those involved. Absolutely zero weak links on the acting front.

While I can appreciate the effort and care that went into making this, just like his last film "Silence", the subdued approach doesn't necessarily translate to entertainment value.

Glad I saw it and enjoyed it for what it was but won't be re-watching anytime soon.

Sidenote - Short scene, but Jim Norton as Don Rickles made me smile.
 
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Casino.
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Ehhhhhhh overrated. Casino is all screaming and crying. Its obnoxious.

You guys keep saying this movie is below Casino, but that's all rose colored glasses. Go watch Casino again.
 
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Springbok

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Literally watched casino the night before last, it’s still an excellent film and quite a bit better than this movie
 
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Locnar

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Was average. Mostly liked it because I've never seen a movie that prominently featured Jimmy Hoffa in it. Its definitely in the bottom half of classic gangster movies though.
 
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The length really hurt it. It was a solid movie and the nostalgia aspect really helps boost it but it didn't add anything to the genre. I'd say you can't go wrong watching it but then the length really spoils that sentiment. You have to come in prepared for the length and slow spots. It felt like the Ocean's 11 of gangster movies. I rewatched the classics. I won't rewatch this.
 
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Warr

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Even though Sharon Stone was great, I do agree with the dislike for Casino. I think this edges it out slightly.
 
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Derkon

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Casino has a great first half then kinda goes downhill a bit when they focus on Sharon Stone going full crazy. Also didn't care much for the abrupt ending; like Scorsese remembered that he had to end the movie and was like "eh fuck it, guess the Feds show up now".
 
Kiroy

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Would have been better if it could have been made 15 years ago. Still not bad though.
 
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Cybsled

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I do agree on the length. I think you could have cut an 30-60 minutes and not impacted the narrative that much.
 
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