Notable Video Game Releases: New and Upcoming, Best of 2018: Film Awards and Nominations, Music title data, credits, and images provided by, Movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by. He’s a mob hitman who gets a phone call from Jimmy Hoffa, inviting him to be “a part of history” based on his house-painting reputation (“paint” being sly mob code for the blood of human targets). The Irishman‘s most glaring flaw — the one that anyone who’s cringed during the trailers might be able to see coming — is its digital de-aging, which tries to cheat time but just ends up dragging this drama down into the uncanny valley where stately prestige pics don’t belong. This movie was so absolutely boring I didn’t even wait to get to the end. He does an impersonation of himself as a young man but he is moving like old man. Instead of dolling up men as women, it trots out performers in viscous young-men makeup. Filled with pointless dialogue and it is clearly only getting great reviews because the big name actors are there. There are long movies and then there are unnecessarily long movies; this was the latter. The CGI is incredible when making Robert De Niro more youthful, yet completely lazy and half-assed with simple things like glass breaking, or someone getting shot; there were scenes in which I couldn't tell whether I was watching Scorsese or Sharknado.Practical effects would have not only been cheaper to produce, but better looking. In Gangs of New York, Scorsese used Bill “The Butcher” Cutting, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, as a mouthpiece for a line from the Book of Revelation: “I know your works. In this one instance, I will not rejoice, because— like Peter Griffin assessing The Godfather — “I did not care for” The Irishman. Wikipedia tells me that it’s never had a commercial release. Utter garbage. Actors playing roles they should be at least 30 years younger for to be believable. I can't believe people are really watching the whole thing, they must be fast-forwarding through parts of it and not telling anyone. Way too long and not all that interesting. The Irishman is certainly a work of cinema, however you want to define it. I have that same feeling about this movie that I had after watching any of the Star Wars 1,2,3 that Lucas went back and made. So we stopped watching. TERRIBLY long.. and usually, tedious. This film was so bad Hollywood didn’t even want it. Scorcese felt he had to tell *everything* about the mafia and the teamsters union over decades, and I mean absolutely everything: every event, every character, it was ridiculous. Filled with pointless dialogue and it is clearly only getting great reviews because the big name actors are there. Simply put, this movie is not for me. To that, I would counter that “the play’s the thing” wherein Scorsese’s own conscience, or the universe itself, perhaps, has caught him as a filmmaker. To me, the digital makeup looked more like digital Botox. It called attention to itself and made me acutely aware, much of the time, that the movie was ushering me into a world dominated by decrepit old white men and their game-faced juniors (Academy voters, get your ballots ready! The editing was very poor and couldn’t save what was a weak script to begin with. Going by that standard, The Irishman is nothing we haven’t seen from him before. Scorsese’s attempt at a musical was disastrous. Check box if your review contains spoilers, A huge (and lengthy) swing and a miss from Scorsese, De Niro, and Netflix. I can not figure out why people are raving about it. Has extremely no porpuse and may be one of the most overrated movies on this decade only because of it's cast. The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Even the scenes of violence and suspense are deliberately dispassionate, as if to confess that these things should not be spectacles. Andrea Peyser. This is the film that the characters from The Producers would've made if instead of Springtime for Hitler they decided. The movie seemed to have lost sight (or never had it) of what was the main. If only the visual effects were the worst part of The Irishman, an overly long, overstuffed mafia film that has nothing to say and doesn't even seem to know what story it's telling. OPINION: The Martin Scorsese-directed Netflix film is boring, ill-acted, poorly written and amateurishly directed. As it is, what Scorsese gives us with The Irishman is an unglamorous return to mob movie territory, where the men’s half-CG faces are now fraying at the edges, skin-walking in unnatural ways. The ending sucked...and I was just happy to get out of the theater. Not engaging enough to get excited about. It's as if Scorcese is trying to give a Morality Lesson after all the "glamourous" Mob films of the past. The Irishman is actually a bad movie. Worthless, senseless, violent, predictable, boring, walked out of the movie 45 mins into it. There are no women, no blacks, no other ethnicities. The movie is full of cliche lines that are meant to seem deep, but fall very short. They feed directly into its theme, you see. This is the worst film of 2019. I am a movie lover fed up with decades of stories about murderers. Negative customer experiences lead to bad reviews, and a bad review can do serious damage--the kind that takes more than a good review to fix. Pity he wasnt offed in the first 30 mins. It's a great movie from a director in his autumn years … The Irishman made me long for the days when he would just put actors in front of the camera and not muck with their faces on the computer. Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino for the first time in decades, in this adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses which recounts the final days of Jimmy Hoffas life and the connection Frank The Irishman Sheeran had to Hoffas disappearance. I know some of the critics have applauded the slow pace, the artistry of the photography, but I just don't get that. I've thought about this movie a lot. This film is a perfect example of what happens when the greats work past their prime. It's like an olg people's home from hollywood. Ray Romano as Bill Bufalino. The worst movie from Scorsese. Not much difference between other mob movies, kinda dull and uneventful. Scorsese already directed De Niro and DiCaprio in a 2015 short film entitled The Audition. Go ahead and admit it — The Irishman on Netflix is terrible. As a work of entertainment, it has enough drama and humor to keep viewers invested. Whatever the case, as an Internet nobody and lifelong Scorsese and De Niro fan, albeit one who’s literally half their age (they’re both 76 and I’m 38), I can only fantasize about what it might have been like if The Irishman had done things the old-fashioned way and brought in Scorsese’s frequent collaborator, Leonardo DiCaprio, to play the young Frank Sheeran. Really a movie for critics. De Niro, if you’re not acquainted with the particulars of the plot, plays the titular Irishman, Frank Sheeran. I found it to be a major stumbling block to my enjoyment of the film (which I wanted to like, believe it or not). This film was so bad, This movie was so absolutely boring I didn’t even wait to get to the end. Not to mention the extremely terrible CGI from netflix. Unless you're predisposed to unconditionally and indiscriminately love just about anything by Team Scorcese/DeNiro/Pacino, you'll be disappointed in The Irishman. In the end, it left me feeling that some reviewers are too charitable and that this definitely did not need to be a $160 million movie. Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino. Deniro used to be a great actor but now he is a prost!tute making films that contradict everything he says he hates about Trump. This is the film that the characters from The Producers would've made if instead of Springtime for Hitler they decided to make a film. The CGI anti aging was hard to watch for 3+ damn hours. The Irishman sees Martin Scorsese, our greatest living filmmaker — the Ramses II of cinema — nesting below his pyramid, snug in his bed of mob … This is Scorsese at his most predictable, overlong, and self-repetitive. If you don’t, perchance, not to worry. It has way too much back and forth about getting Jimmy Hoffa to behave or he would get killed, and if you've seen Blow with Johnny Depp, then you've seen the ending to this film. One thing that's common among all Scorsese movies is the dialogue. The greatest waste of movie budget in the history of movies. Perhaps more more. Where are all the up and coming directors and actors? Very Bland very boring very predictable. It is a movie about white men killing white men. It would have rescued this movie from expensive CG fakery and filled in a big missing face hole in the reunion pic from Scorsese’s filmography. The 16-minute, $70-million film was bankrolled by a Chinese casino. Nothing new in the typical mob story here. The Irishman, the highly anticipated film from Martin Scorsese which reunites actors Joe Pesci. I turned to her, stopped the movie and said "This is sooo. boring unispired redo of goodfellas, which to be frank is far superior. This was Goodfellas, with lots of time added in and lots of fun taken out. Retro is cool as retro. To paraphrase Casablanca: “The [opinions of a movie blogger] don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.” Sure, I could tell you what works in The Irishmen. So let’s go with the idea of Leo-led flashbacks, for posterity. I love football, but I don't want to see a 63 year old Joe Montana take the field. Like Martin had a bet with Quentin Tarantino on making the longest, most boring movie and he won this year. They are neither cold nor hot. The film's mammoth runtime doesn't help in this regard; it's a slow, thoughtful, and reflective work, which isn't necessarily as … That's how bad this movie is. The CGI makes the actors look fake. There were several scenes involving dialogue between two characters in which they argued. I can not figure out why people are raving about it. Robert De Niro excels at playing closed-off, unreachable characters—hard men who might seem a bit dull if you met them for the first time, but have inner lives that they rarely let anyone see, and are mysteries to themselves. In the end, just a DEPRESSING excersize in Mafia bleakness; you don't care about ANY of these people. A 90 minute film might have worked. Nicely FILMED, though.. It has no social importance or, more seriously, redemption. An old man recalls his time painting houses for his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s. It really sucks, This film followed the same script as any other mob movie by Scorecese: "look how bad, violent, and petty these guys are". A movie that is 210 minutes long, with actors WELL past their prime. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - Complete Edition, MXGP 2020 - The Official Motocross Videogame, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. Overrated and boring Movie. The Irishman, the highly anticipated film from Martin Scorsese which reunites actors Joe Pesci. It has no social importance or, more seriously, redemption. On a broader brush I say: Scorsese and Tarantino and the ilk should no longer have the power to make their pointless glorification of murder stories. Goodfellas is my all time favorite movie and I admire the team that put together the Irishman. But when you try to make it a part of today, it folds like a cheap chair. The CGI is incredible when making. Poor character development and cohesive story. It is a movie about white men killing white men. Unless you're predisposed to unconditionally and indiscriminately love just about anything by Team Scorcese/DeNiro/Pacino, you'll be disappointed in The Irishman. /Featured Stories Sidebar, Features, Netflix, Unpopular Opinion, Martin-Scorsese, Robert-De-Niro, The Irishman, The Quarantine Stream: ‘Thief’ is Michael Mann’s Stylish Feature Directorial Debut, Spoiler Discussion: WandaVision Episodes 1 & 2, ‘Locked Down’ Director Doug Liman on Shooting a Movie About the Pandemic During the Pandemic [Interview], ‘The Bourne Identity’ Director Doug Liman Still Doesn’t Know How to Feel About Bond Copying Bourne, ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators Reveal Which Characters Can Return to the Show and What to Expect from Season 4 [Interview], The First Two Episodes of ‘WandaVision’ Take Us Into the Weirdest Corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Copyright © 2005-2019 /Film. Completely boring. It’s just a sad waste. What began as a kidnap/ransom business eventually turned into running security for bootlegging on behalf of the Lansky-Purple Gang-Bronfman empire. This bloated 3.5 hour film does not. Its the 21st Century and here Deniro romanticizes life as a loudmouth, racist, bully CGI old man who uses Catholicism as a predictable prop. My review: The Irishman is part of a dead genre that no one cares about anymore. Because of this statement, I wanted to see it and I thought that would be a good experience but it's so boring that I couldn't finish it. Harvey Keitel and Katherine Narducci were two bright spots but barely registered in the story. Once great actors walk through their parts in a meandering tale with occasional gore and violence. I know a three is harsh, but I feel I have to balance out the idiots who are heaping praise on this crap just because. Actors aren’t Benjamin Button: they can’t age in reverse, and maybe it’s vanity to think you can convince us otherwise in the context of a drama with an ostensibly human focus. It is this “bad weather” that delivers the light, the colour and the drama for which the Irish landscape is famous. All names, trademarks and images are copyright their respective owners. Perhaps more more fiction to grip the audience. the Robert De Niro we fell in love with well...he has departed for places unknown. Really a movie for critics. Maybe I’m just a Luddite and need to get with the times and embrace the possibility of a digitally resurrected James Dean. In this edition: The Irishman is a regression on multiple fronts for director Martin Scorsese.). My review: The Irishman is part of a dead genre that no one cares about anymore. Absolutely awful. Affiliate links used when available. Bobby Cannavale as Felix "Skinny Razor" DiTullio. Basically we have an 80 years old male director, who casted 80 years old. A huge (and lengthy) swing and a miss from Scorsese, De Niro, and Netflix. Their performances are solid, but just needed a better story. Make it stop. “The Irishman” presents mob life as a far more solemnly unromantic and toll-taking experience. Nothing new here. Pervasive and extremely foul language gets in the way of the story. The Irishman represents a new kind of tech-enabled Kabuki theater. Logo Concept by: Illumination Ink. I held out a long time before watching it, wife wanted to see it badly and insisted on seeing it all in one sitting, so took a while to find the time. Worthless, senseless, violent, predictable, boring, walked out of the movie 45 mins into it. Totally boring and way too long. There is no emotion, no innovation, no soul, no soundtrack, and no women. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The 1st act is good, but then Al Pacino chews the scenery and the film gets boring and bogged down in a political drama. De Niro himself convinced us that he was the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II (this, despite taking the stage after Marlon Brando, which was no easy feat, back then). No way to give spoilers for this movie... Just Another gangster film that takes place over decades the CGI is very bad and almost laughable because you can hear the really ancient actors voicing over themselves as young? Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro in The Irishman | Netflix. Apologies in advance to the hard-working people at Industrial Light & Magic and all the rest of the cast and crew of The Irishman. The Irishman review – Scorsese’s sweeping tale of crime and politics Al Pacino (Jimmy Hoffa) and Robert De Niro (Frank Sheeran), centre, in The Irishman. Compared to other Scorcese classics like Goodfellas, Wolf, Departed, Casino, Raging Bull, etc this is pure garbage. 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