Lengthy Yet Deserving Epic
The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese should be considered a modern classic. An epic that is told of a man's life through this film is gripping and captivating. Despite the film lasting way over three hours, never once did I look at my watch or wonder when was this film going to end.
The film starts out with Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) in the 1950s looking to make more money for his family. He gets tangled in deep with Russell Bufalino's (Joe Pesci) Pennsylvania based crime family. After successfully climbing the ranks in the family to become an extremely successful hitman, he also starts to work with powerful and dangerous teamster, Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). I really don't want to say anymore about this film because of spoilers and because the ending really surprised me. I'm not familiar with anything about this story and went in blind. It's based off the 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. The movie is a journey and takes place over many years and should be viewed in one complete sitting to really grasp the scope of this story.
Niro, Pesci, and Pacino all delivered their performances with gravitas and gave immense depth to each of their characters respectfully individually and amongst each other. The technical work with the score and cinematography was beautiful and sent chills amongst my spine. I had the opportunity to see this film early and in theaters and I definitely recommend watching it on as big a screen as possible. They also use some technology that has been getting better and better each year and I didn't know it was in the film until after but because that I didn't notice I believe it was used appropriately. While for me the pacing of the film was deliberate and slow at times with little action, it worked for me but I do see this as a problem for some people. I personally felt that because of the deep lengths of conversations added to the severity of the action, when the characters were in danger, I cared.
Overall, The Irishman is going to be watched for many years and will become a classic. This film is getting a lot of talk for award season and definitely deserving of it especially for Best Picture and De Niro for Best Actor. This movie is easily one of my favorites of the year and will be something I want to talk about for a long time. Due to the immensely great acting, rich score, beautiful cinematography, The Irishman is a movie that I strongly recommend and recommend people to watch as soon as they can.
Score: 9/10
The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese should be considered a modern classic. An epic that is told of a man's life through this film is gripping and captivating. Despite the film lasting way over three hours, never once did I look at my watch or wonder when was this film going to end.
The film starts out with Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) in the 1950s looking to make more money for his family. He gets tangled in deep with Russell Bufalino's (Joe Pesci) Pennsylvania based crime family. After successfully climbing the ranks in the family to become an extremely successful hitman, he also starts to work with powerful and dangerous teamster, Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). I really don't want to say anymore about this film because of spoilers and because the ending really surprised me. I'm not familiar with anything about this story and went in blind. It's based off the 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. The movie is a journey and takes place over many years and should be viewed in one complete sitting to really grasp the scope of this story.
Niro, Pesci, and Pacino all delivered their performances with gravitas and gave immense depth to each of their characters respectfully individually and amongst each other. The technical work with the score and cinematography was beautiful and sent chills amongst my spine. I had the opportunity to see this film early and in theaters and I definitely recommend watching it on as big a screen as possible. They also use some technology that has been getting better and better each year and I didn't know it was in the film until after but because that I didn't notice I believe it was used appropriately. While for me the pacing of the film was deliberate and slow at times with little action, it worked for me but I do see this as a problem for some people. I personally felt that because of the deep lengths of conversations added to the severity of the action, when the characters were in danger, I cared.
Overall, The Irishman is going to be watched for many years and will become a classic. This film is getting a lot of talk for award season and definitely deserving of it especially for Best Picture and De Niro for Best Actor. This movie is easily one of my favorites of the year and will be something I want to talk about for a long time. Due to the immensely great acting, rich score, beautiful cinematography, The Irishman is a movie that I strongly recommend and recommend people to watch as soon as they can.
Score: 9/10
