Robert De Niro, Direction & Opium leads to masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2011)

Well what can you say, you feel lost for words after watching this movie.Time and again i have seen this and with it to see more of this, my greed becomes even more.Sergio Leone is a fantastic director, he has proved it in the 60's and again in the 80's he proves it again.The movie revolves in time frames.Where we see De Niro in his youth,in his adulthood and then in his old.Though nothing is chronological.Everything makes sense in the end of the movie or rather befits the sequencing.This is a rare movie,a movie about friendship,with trust,with regret and then with De Niro and his opium.The soundtrack of Ennio Morricone here leaves the viewers numb.As without it i felt the movie cannot be a masterpiece.The story is all about friendship,guilt and regret between couple of best friends.The opium scene is a fantastic add-on to already magnificent tapestry of story writing. Adulation's for the writers.Still i feel De Niro was great but without the direction and vision of Sergio Leone this would have been incomplete.Not to forget James Woods who also gives a great performance.The ending just breaks you or rather portrays your own guilt in front of you.This is special feeling that you wont get.Don't think of a good feeling after watching this.As you will surely delve into bonds of friendship which you had long time ago.Surely this movie will leave you numb....hats off Sergio Leone and tribute to you....still i ponder the opium scene and the guilt....and i wonder......