The Irishman (2019)

Great movie, and even at 3 & 1/2 hours, there's almost nothing redundant or indulgent about The Irishman, and it certainly doesn't feel like a "career victory lap" for anyone involved as some people have feared, quite the opposite, in fact; it actually feels targeted at the people who thought Henry Hill was "cool" because he was a (relatively) rich gangster who did whatever he wanted, when they're ignoring all the obvious things wrong with his lifestyle, so Scorsese responds by stripping away all the glamour/power fantasy that often comes with Gangster films, so that it's impossible for anyone to miss that point this time. It's most akin to Unforgiven, in that it feels like a deconstruction/eulogy for its particular genre, and speaking as someone who found Casino to be somewhat redundant, and Wolf to be somewhat bloated, even though The Irishman obviously treads over similar territory and is even longer than both of those films, there's still almost nothing that should've been cut from it, IMO (in fact, I think Goodfellas actually had more bloat to it, with the sub-plot with "Spider"). Anyway, I think it's one of Scorsese's best, and certainly the best he's done in over a quarter of a century, so I was more than satisfied with it.

Were there some posts deleted in here or something?

The poor young woke millenials of twitter must've been motherfucking mortified at this shit.

No token BLM.

No LGBTQ.

A lot of people being called "cocksuckers".That's homophobia!

Did like the realistic approach to shooting a guy in the face. None of this American TV drama "oh we're all incredible marksman from 20 yards" bullshit. Da mafia tuff guyz walk right up to that motherfucker on the pavement and wave that tiny little girls gun right in that arseholes motherfucking face and pop pop pop.

Lot to like in this film but I wasn't as jazzed as everyone else was it seems. After about 10 mins the CGI on De Niro etc made it feel like I was watching a video game. Sure it was Incredible and Impressive but it still turned them all into botox jelly men and left most of their facial expressions lost in the void. Kind of fucked with my brain after a while as I was attuned to expecting that instantaneous facial cue thing, the reading of the air, but it was perpetually lost. Especially with Jimmy Hoffa.

Bit annoying and juvenile how any trivial little difference of opinion turns into an execution a bit later on. "You wuz 10 minutes late to my meeting you cocksucker!"

Later on to the henchmen; "he has to go". Scorcese's mafia guyz were just walnut-brained little boys still settling childish pin-dicked beefs in the schoolyard. Except with access to guns. Had to be realistic I suppose? It was Scorcese.

Liked the poignant, stark approach to death at the ending. Was any of it worth it? You die alone. Was it worth shooting Johnny "Dime Store Shitcunt" DiRuzzuto in the face 40 years ago cos he didnt say thank you fast enough to Little Louis DiStefano in the pizzeria that one time? Later on to the henchmen; "Johnny "Dime Store Shitcunt" DiRuzzuto has to go".

Storyboard drawn by 11 year old Martin Scorsese