'The Irishman' Confirmed: Scorsese Directing De Niro, Pacino, Pesci and Keitel in 2011

saw this last night as well.

spoilers.

The first hour or so, up until the point when de niro first talks to jimmy hoffa on the phone is great. I remember thinking " this is gonna be epic"8)

From that point, id say the next hour or so, up until the dinner/award for de niro, i was bored as hell.
It was basically 95% talking and i found myself wanting the film to get to SOMETHING.
don't get me wrong, the acting was phenomenal during that sequence and the entire film, but that hour definitely dragged for me.
From the dinner/award scene to the end was good although there were a few moments when he was elderly that were slow, but necessary.

Now that ONE scene, where de niro boards the plane to go to kill hoffa , up until he does the deed.
THAT sequence was f****** amazing.
That was one of the best movie scenes i've seen recently. The buildup and tension was fantastic.
classic scene imho.

After watching it , i felt that i would recommend it, but with some warnings.
its long.
it drags a little.
its long.

Now that ive had time to think about it my feelings about the film have changed somewhat.
That middle section, with all the talking and conversations that i felt dragged....that was necessary for alot of reasons. Not just the emotional hit of the big payoff, but also building of de niros character so you have a clear sense of the kind of person he is at the end.

This movie is not like goodfellas, or casino or even the godfather. I think its its own beast.
Its really nuanced and i think it gives you more to think about than goodfellas.
Also, all of these guys have been doing gangster movies for a while and this film feels like a culmination of that, and think it's the perfect way to end that.

There's a line de niro says to pacino near the end of the film,

"its what it is"

i think that perfectly describes this film.

7/8
 
Got to watch it last night at the Belasco, definitely an amazing experience seeing it in a Broadway theater.

Movie was great, don't think I've seen anything better this year.

Loved the free promo cards they had at the theater.

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Got to watch it last night at the Belasco, definitely an amazing experience seeing it in a Broadway theater.

Movie was great, don't think I've seen anything better this year.

Loved the free promo cards they had at the theater.

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I received the same @ the Belasco a few weeks back. This film certainly deserves a theater viewing.
 
Movie was good but felt I missed some stuff so got to watch it again, my favorite part the end when he turn old and was all alone. Seeing the tables turn on him and loneliness kick in was amazing to watch. I seen the Hoffa movie when I was younger so felt like I was relearning the story all over again.
 
I’m a little over halfway through. So far so good.

their teamster stuff is spot on. Like when Hoffa went to prison and fitz let the mob use the pension fund to finance vegas and he was too scared to say no.
 
Saw on another forum ppl say that:

I think it feels like an end of an Era deliberately. The way it ends and particularly the last shot and line left me thinking this is scorcese telling both the story of the Irishman and his film career as it relates to mob movies.

that’s why he ended it by saying “don’t close the door all the way, leave it open a bit”

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Movie didn't hit as was expected. While I was interested in the story after the first hour went by, I just got the feeling that it would've been better as a series as some of the history were the most interesting parts about it for me. Thought De Niro and Pacino were great. The best part of the film to me was after Hoffa died and people started going to jail one by one and dying shortly after. The juxtaposition of what they had when they were on top to what they had at the end was handled very well.

I personally don't understand the levels of hype it's getting outside of the cast, but maybe it's just not for me. Overall, its an ok movie to me. Nothing I would watch again.
 
I liked it because of the history of my union besides hoffa’s death. Who knows where he went but obviously the mob killed him.

the ending was how his mob movies always end. Depressing and sad with them washed up in witness protection or dead or in nursing homes.
 
Someone who I haven’t seen get praise yet (on here at least) was Sebastian Maniscalco. Dude killed it!

I know dude is a stand-up comedian and have only heard him on the podcast circuit but I was pleasantly surprised at his performance as Joe the Blonde.

That little arc was one of my favorites of the film.

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“I’m a boss! He’s a boss, we’re supposed to be brothers right?


Get the **** outta heeea”
 
Someone who I haven’t seen get praise yet (on here at least) was Sebastian Maniscalco. Dude killed it!

I know dude is a stand-up comedian and have only heard him on the podcast circuit but I was pleasantly surprised at his performance as Joe the Blonde.

That little arc was one of my favorites of the film.

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Co-sign!

I saw him do an interview months ago and he talked about being involved and on set for this. I swore the way he talked it was some small tiny blink and you miss it role.

He was great :lol: Reminded me of Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti.
 
Co-sign!

I saw him do an interview months ago and he talked about being involved and on set for this. I swore the way he talked it was some small tiny blink and you miss it role.

He was great :lol: Reminded me of Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti.
Damn, that Gyp comparison is spot on.
 
I need to go back and see Hoffa now

I vaguely remember seeing it, but I didn't know anything about Jimmy Hoffa other than he disappeared.
 
I've never seriously considered the mob killing JFK until the film and it makes so much sense...
 
Just finished watching and it was great. DeNiro and Pacino were great and I gained an whole new respect for Pesci when it comes to his role in these types of films (Aint raise his voice once the whole time). I was surprised with some of the casting choices (Ray Barr..I mean Ramano :lol:) Never really felt like it was dragging till like the last 35 minutes. Just seeing the main 3 interact on camera was great, would not have mind seeing this in theaters
 
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I've never seriously considered the mob killing JFK until the film and it makes so much sense...

Watch any mob documentary on Carlos Marcelo (New Orleans) or Santo Traficante Jr. (Tampa) and it will be discussed thoroughly. The mob definitely helped him win and there's good arguments for the assassination.
 
Really enjoyed the movie. Joe P killed his role. Absolutely killed it. Pacino was amazing too.
 
I finally got around to watching The Irishman.

I thought was "pretty good", but not "great".

While Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci were good, Al Pacino was the best performer in the film. He didn't do his usual overacting and owned every scene he was in.

The production design was slick as hell, especially during the scene where Frank goes to Umberto's Clam House. It looked exactly like it did in the old photos! :wow: Give Bob Shaw the Oscar for Best Production Design.

Overall, I felt like I was watching Martin Scorsese's Greatest Hits film with the number of alumni in it (sans DiCaprio) and subtle references to to Goodfellas. (There's even a brief scene at the famous diner.)

It was nice to see the old-timers get one more shine in a mob flick though.
 
Also Scorsese kinda defanged Sheeran for w/e reason. I feel DeNiro playing an alcoholic would end up wild different if portrayed in half of Sheeran's scenes but he was displayed as very composed, measured, sound, and practical.

He did the same thing with De Niro's character in Goodfellas. The real Jimmy Conway was far worse than De Niro's portrayal.

I've never seriously considered the mob killing JFK until the film and it makes so much sense...

The Godfather Part II alluded to it as well.
 
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