I wanted to love it, I really did.
But it was way too long....and just kinda boring.
I didn't find it boring at all. I think it is a masterpiece. I even bought the Criterion blu ray.
shareNope. I loved it.
shareWhat'd you do, force yourself to watch it all in one go? I watched it in 45 minute spurts as if it was a mini-series and it didn't feel too long at all.
There were obviously parts that were slow and uneventful, but it never bored me. It was always telling an engaging story. If you were bored that says more about you than the movie.
I don't think it's your place to determine a person's personality based on how they enjoyed a film. They could easily say the same about you, in reverse. What does it say about you that you were engaged in a boring movie?
shareI wouldn't call it boring, maybe a little slow paced at times.
Good movie.
The acting was pretty good but apart from a few good scenes I don't think it was that amazing overall. They could have done a better job making De Niro look younger. I found it to be rather distracting how old he still looked when he was playing the "younger" version of his character. One of the deepfake guys on Youtube somehow managed to do a much better job of it than a professional special effects team.
shareYeah they "de-aged" him and still looked to be in his mid 50s.
It didn't dawn on me until they were calling him "kid" that he was supposed to be in his 20s during his introduction to the Buffalinos.
I said so at the time. I don't see what people see in it. Good to see Joey Fish again, but otherwise...
shareI think mostly people like the IDEA of this movie. It had a lot of hype....people were excited to see DeNiro, Pesci and Pacino on-screen. People really went into it WANTING to be blown away. In the end, it was just....meh.
I first saw it in the theater (big mistake). We literally decided to get up and walk out at the 2 hour mark. There was just nothing compelling enough to keep us there for another couple hours--not even close. I tried again to watch the rest of what I missed (on Netflix)...and it was nothing special.
It was just the novelty of seeing those guys in their younger form again. But even that was like watching the Dick Tracy movie of the 80's (where every character was way overly made-up to create huge exaggerations of their features). This movie just left a bad and blah, ho-hum taste in my mouth.
Ive not seen it yet (and probably wont ever) but have seen most of Scorseses movies over the years (most of the important ones anyway and some even at cinema GONY, Departed) and all the important Pacino stuff so know enough to know Irishman is/should be a very big deal in the film world (it would've been a major cinematic event in the 00s)..but its not enough for me to buy the DVD cheap on eBay (I dont stream) as its 4hrs and ppl saying its boring and having checked out a few scenes on utube (along with those superior deep fake videos). years ago when I was a real film buff maybe id have gone to see it at the theatre and/or bought the VHS/dvd but now? nah forgetaboutit
IMO its a film for the old school die hard Scorsese/DeNiro/Pacino fans that have followed them throughout the 70s80s90s and beyond and now all in their 50s/60s.. I imagine its the film they can't quite believe has been made: (Scorsese's long awaited magnum opus, unfiltered by any studio interference, with Pacino finally in a Scorsese! and with DeNiro again! and theres Joe Pesci again! and Keitel! omg so many Scorsese connections!) And maybe feel like they should be more excited for were it not for depressing life events and age perhaps having dampened their enthusiasm abit..
But its maybe similar to when Ridley Scott did Prometheus (omg Ridleys come back to Alien! His 1st SciFi since Blade Runner!) or Spielberg doing AI (omg Spielbergs doing SciFi again! and from a Kubrick script!) or even Kubrick with Eyes Wide Shut, or Blade Runner 2049.. aside the die hard fans/buffs no one was fussed.. and itd be like if Tarantino made The Vega Brothers with deaged Madsen & Travolta the QT fans who grew up watching Reservoir/Pulp etc would be in Tarantino heaven.. or if hed directed his Star Trek movie with deaged William Shatner the old school trekkies (like me) wouldve gone nuts
"I think mostly people like the IDEA of this movie. It had a lot of hype....people were excited to see DeNiro, Pesci and Pacino on-screen. People really went into it WANTING to be blown away. In the end, it was just....meh."
Yes, but Meh is you being generous
I agree. It was amusing in the beginning. But I lost track when they started with Kennedy vs Nixon politics. Had to finish it in 2 sittings.
shareI was saying that this whole time. Everyone is welcome for my service.
Movie is an absolute slog to get through. The CGI was distracting, Pesci and Deniro are way past their prime and can't pull off being a gangster anymore. That scene in the beginning where Deniro kicks that dude is one of the funniest scenes of the year. Just an overall dog shit movie experience and yet people were jocking it like no tomorrow.