Nothing surprised me, nothing was exciting, and the action is so neutered and far between that I forgot I was watching a gangster flick. This was one thing that complimented Goodfellas well- Ray Liotta's wife was always in the mix, or screwing something up, or threatening to kill him, etc.Ħ) Lack of Suspense or Action= This movie became very run-of-the-mill boring after an hour or so. It ruined the belief of the moment.ģ) Pesci looked 139 years old throughout the movie, even in scenes where he is supposed to be young.Ĥ) Harvey Keitel's talent and presence was greatly wasted, as I barely remember anything that he did or said.ĥ) The Women= the ladies are mentioned at the start of the film by name, and then become completely irrelevant to anything that goes on for 3 hours. Wouldn't it be better to just get younger actors to play the really young scenes of DeNiro, Pesci, Pacino, etc? No one is buying the age of these guys, even with CGI technology and effects. Was this really NECESSARY? It seemed cheap and corny, and it really takes away from the movie instead of helping it. I can think of about 5 scenes that could be cut or condensed that did nothing to further the plot.Ģ) The Aging and De-Aging of Actors= This was actually very distracting from the movie, and made me laugh in several scenes. This movie is WAY TOO LONG for no reason. I mean, at least 60-75% of it should be amazing. I am sure I will receive some hate for this opinion, but this movie is nowhere near the level of Goodfellas or Scarface.ġ) The Run Time= I am fine with a 3.5 hour movie, but it needs to be great enough to fill that amount of time. However, I find the hype and the hooplah around this one to fall a bit flat.

Scorsese makes some awesome epics, and I like a wide variety of other directors and their films in this vein. I love all the films of this genre- Casino, Once Upon a Time in America, Goodfellas, Godfather, Mean Streets, Scarface, The Departed, Carlito's Way, Taxi Driver, etc. Reviewed by keelhaul-80856 5 / 10 I love Scorsese and all the great mobster flicks, but this one is OVERRATED. In particular, the part he claims to have played in the disappearance of his life-long friend, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who mysteriously vanished in late July 1975 at the age of 62. He now looks back on his life and the hits that defined his mob career, maintaining connections with the Bufalino crime family. The former labor union high official and hitman, learned to kill serving in Italy during the Second World War. Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran is a man with a lot on his mind.

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