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I’ll watch anything with Pacino in it. The other guys are icing on the cake.
Looks interesting. My dad sez Hoffa ended up in the trunk of a car that went to a car crusher and then into a furnace on Zug Island(?)
LOL The range of these guys is so small. Playing mobsters AGAIN! LOL What a waste of time and money.
They filmed some scenes in Suffern, NY, set in the mid 70’s. It was a very accurate depiction of old stomping grounds.
De Niro can suck a rock.
Many years ago, I read the book, “You Paint Houses, Don’t You?”, that this is based on. Great book!
This SHOULD be a FANTASTIC movie given the reprise of the cast and director of “GoodFellas”. I might actually have to go and pay to see it on the big screen. If so, by the time it comes out, that’ll be about the first theater movie for me in 10 years.
I don’t Deniro anymore. Too bad they couldn’t have found someone else.
Won’t watch anything with DeNiro in it. He’s a liberal POS. Plays tough guy but is a Hollyweird sissy.
Do they all ride the same shuttle van from the nursing home to the set and back again when filming is over?
Might be interesting if they are portraying old mobsters at the shuffleboard court reminiscing about their glory days.
I'm completely uninterested is seeing anything more that any of them appear in.
Is this the outfit where they were actually bombing the hell out of the opposition?
Good movie on that was “Kill the Irishman”
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The Irishman, a gangster movie based upon actual events, was released on November 14 and pulled out of theaters Nov 22 having grossed only $349,018 at theaters in NY and LA, not creating buzz nor justifying a wider release. On Nov 27, it will stream on Netflix, maybe a record for quickest theatre to stream.
A mafia movie with Pacino, Pesci, DiNero, Kietel, and directed by Scorsese was much anticipated. Then DiNero went crazy with his over-the-top (even for Hollywood) rants and F-bombs, about President Trump, offending half or more of the population. Even some liberals are offended by his F-bombs and angry rants.
NOTE: If you watch on Netflix, look for a star turn by movie newbie, stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, an Italian from NY.
IMO DiNero’s associates have a righteous compliant about him costing them greatly at the box office. If there is good buzz, 3-weeks in the theatre is nothing. What did the producers do? They sent DiNero on Fallon to pump up the movie. Wrong move. Have you heard DiNero in interviews and on talk shows. Let’s face it; the man can act; I offer Godfather II and Casino and the TV Movie about Bernie Madoff as evidence. But in a spontaneous situation, away from work, he’s a total dud; not exactly a Rhodes Scholar. He needs a script writer when he’s away from work too.
With a limited showing on a few screens a hit could expand to up to 2,000 screens and easily get the movie into the black. I don’t know what Netflix is paying, but my fees haven’t gone up.
In his movies since 2014, Dinero has drawn 1.4 billion in Joker, which was not his star turn but Joaquin Phoenix. He made 101 million gross in another and the rest seriously tanked. My belief is he is on a serious downward spiral and in danger of being just a bitter old man, who once was great genre actor. When Trump is re-elected maybe we should put him on suicide watch.
I love mafia movies since Godfather 1. My dad’s parents were from Sicily. The wedding scene at the beginning of the movie, was perfect. I saw a lot of my grandfather’s friends in that scene. Coppola not only gave us a great organized crime film, he captured so many cultural features for those of us who know where to look. And he tied the plot to real events in all three movies.
I Jonesin for Godfather IV or even Godmother, either way, a continuation of the story. Loved Wise Guys and Casino, even forced myself to watch movies like The Sicilian and the series Gomorrah. I looked forward to The Irishman. I will watch it tomorrow streamed onto my computer.
Watched the movie today on Netflix. Give it a B+ If you can stand it. DiNero plays the Irish fixer and hitman for the Philly mob and long time Hoffa bodyguard and then union chapter president. DiNero is clearly the era dod the story.
Pesci plays an unstated role and is outstanding, IMO. Kietel is minor part but a high ranking mafioso.
It is revealed in the story from a book, who killed Hoffa and how.
The cast is superb as I listed in my earlier post.
Historical from after world war 2 till the death off the main characters last one circa 2010, IIRC. Shows many major historical incidents and some mafia responses like Bay of pigs and JFK assassination. Hoffa in prison etc.
I reactivated Netflix to take a look at this picture.
I checked the reviews on IMDB and I could tell all the reviews that were a 9 or 10 had to be fake.
Then I read all the 1 and 2 reviews and found them a great deal more accurate.
This is not “Goodfellas II”, It is an incredible boring movie that drags terribly. You have 75 year old actors and they are using CGI reverse aging to make the ages they want, but guess what they still move and act like 75 year old men.
I have watched about 90 minutes of it and it is a struggle to think about watching the rest of it. One shining thing is Joe Pesci, he is great and I liked seeing him again.
I will leave to the rest of you interested to give your take on it.
Started watching it tonight. 2 hours so half tonight and half tomorrow I think.
I have a tough time with De Niro, such an ass mobster wannabe