The Irishman

[metirish]

Looking forward to this , the reviews are very positive





https://www.netflix.com/title/80175798https://www.netflix.com/title/80175798

[Edgy MD]

I had figured Joe Pesci was living in a nursing home with Gene Hackman and Jack Nicholson.

[LWFS]

I mean, you see Nicholson from time to time.



God, I want to see this one. I thought I was up for the last Tarantino in the same way, but here we are, three months later, and no-see, sirree.



Weird thing about Scorcese movies-- the ones that get me on the first pass, I can almost never rewatch, or at least not with any ease. The middling ones-- and they're still pretty great-- are eminently rewatchable. Like, show me The Departed at any moment in the movie when I've got an hour or two to kill, and I'm up in that like Pooh in honey. Wolf of Wall Street, I've seen something like 12 or 13 times, in sections. Raging Bull, I've seen one-and-a-half times. But I loved RB.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Reminds me of the old days, the very old days, the days way way way before the internet -- when a Robert de Niro movie was a major event -- and I'd learn as much about the movie as I possibly could before its release. It's been ages, like a generation.

[Edgy MD]

He's done a lot of dogs in the 21st Century. Even before.



#TheFan

[batmagadanleadoff]

I had lunch at Burger King the other day. I'm trying to cut down on this type of fast food meal and as a result, I think that I've eaten fast food burgers just twice in the past six months. If I'm going to have a fast food burger, I'd prefer Shake Shack or Five Guys -- and out of the major national chains, I guess I'd prefer McDonald's over BK. But it was Burger King the other day. And it wasn't that I just happened to be around a Burger King and decided spontaneously to go for the Whopper that takes two hands to handle. No, I planned this lunch. It was on my mind for a few days.



So why am I posting this in this here thread about The Irishman? Because I'm jonesing to see the movie. I've been anticipating it for about a year, now. Earlier this year, I even read the book upon which the movie's based -- I Heard You Paint Houses. There's a Burger King near me -- about a 10 minute drive away -- not really walkable. And occasionally, there's this Asian woman that'll make her rounds at that BK, selling perfect quality bootleg DVD's of movies currently in theaters or recent releases that haven't yet made their way to cable TV and the regular DVD market. So I was hoping that she'd be there and that she'd have a copy of The Irishman. She was a no-show. But I waited in vain there for about 45 minutes -- about 10 minutes to eat my food and about a half hour or so killing time surfing the web on my smartphone.



And BTW, BK's whoppers definitely got smaller. The bun is about the same size, but the burger is no doubt about it smaller. I really didn't mind because the burger is goddamn awful and if I ever had to eat it without the ketchup and tomato and onions and pickles and cheese that BK puts on it, I might puke before the first bite even settles in my stomach. But it did make for a very odd and unsatisfying burger to bun ratio.

[LWFS]

You don't want to watch Irishman on bootleg, friendo.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=LWFS post_id=25208 time=1572064347 user_id=84]
You don't want to watch Irishman on bootleg, friendo.

[Willets Point]

Which of the Italian-Americans in the cast is playing an Irishman?

[Edgy MD]

The Irishman is played by DeNiro, who has some Irish on his father's side.

[Frayed Knot]

The same Italian-American who played an Irishman in GOODFELLOWS

[batmagadanleadoff]

Saw The Irishman last week in a movie theater -- that was about 2/3 empty. So much for not wanting to see this on account of the crowds. The movie clocks in at just under three and a half hours -- and there's no intermission. No problem for me. This one was so good, I would've sat through it if it was six hours long. Cut from the same cloth as GoodFellas and Casino -- only the violence is understated: Doesn't have to be over the top because you know it's always lurking and might pop up at any time. This is the move De Niro should've been making instead of those trite comedies he's been dabbling in for the past few decades. But don't listen to me. Like youse ever do, anyways. Read one or two of the hundred or so reviews out there.







I give it FOUR STARS (Bing Crosby) ****



not THREE STARS (Daniel Murphy) ***



or TWO STARS (Kevin McReynolds) **



or ONE STAR (Charlie O'Brien) *



or ZERO STARS (Eric O'Flaherty)

[Vic Sage]

I give it two and one-half stars (Felix Millan) **1/2



Its like 5 movies crammed into one. But at least 3 of those movies are pretty good. Still, Marty and Thelma should've considered editing the film. Most directors try to do that.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Vic Sage wrote: I give it two and one-half stars (Felix Millan) **1/2 Its like 5 movies crammed into one. But at least 3 of those movies are pretty good. Still, Marty and Thelma should've considered editing the film. Most directors try to do that.

Jeez. And Millan's not even Irish.



I'm guessing it was three and a half hours long because the movie's being marketed mainly to bring in new Netflix subscribers - not neccessarily to make the bucks at the box office. When you're watching at home, you can take as many bathroom or food breaks as you want without worrying about missing any of the movie.

[Edgy MD]

I'll bet Millan has some Irish in him.

[Edgy MD]

I'm watching this in pieces, and I'm not pulling much from it so far. My main takeaway is that, if you want to keep your job and even flourish at work, don't make your boss tell you all the evil shit he or she wants you to do. Just figure out how to interpret the non-verbal clues, offer a silent nod the next day, and allow the boss the plausible deniability and the sleep of the just. Someday, you'll get yours.

[Edgy MD]

Got better, but it was mostly episodic until the tension picked up around the banquet.

[LWFS]

I'm with Edgy on this. My fingers were starting to drift toward my cell phone to fiddle until that banquet.



The deaging did NOT work so well, did it?

[Vic Sage]

i find it amusing that it got a nomination for editing, but whaddyagonndo?

[LWFS]

Vic Sage wrote: i find it amusing that it got a nomination for editing, but whaddyagonndo?

And that 1917-- whose whole thing is edited-to-look-like-one-shot-- didn't.