Beautifully filmed but painfully long.

Rating: 5/10 (19 February 2017)

I cannot fault the cinematic's of this film, stunning shots and flows beautifully from scene to scene, however this is where the praise ends.
This was recommended as amazing, you will want to pause when leaving the room...err no It was 3 hours 49 mins of utter indulgence with a small amount of good story line thrown into the mix. 3 hours 49 mins (plus pauses) of my life I will never get back! EVER!
I have to say those who will praise and glorify this film will be either pretentious or film students or are simply afraid to say what they really feel. To be honest I totally get why they would rate it. If you want to watch a great mafia story that recaps on someones life but are not willing to watch pointless 5 to 10 minute scenes of someone answering a phone then this is not the story for you, Goodfellas is more your cup of tea, it has all the narration and scenes to give you a good insight to the inner workings of the mafia without dragging each moment out for an eternity.
I suppose I was being a little insulting to all those who like it, I really do understand why they do, but it is not for me I don't need to see many drawn out scenes that do not add gravitas to the film many of them could have been cut or explained in rapid fashion without detracting from the story line. I strongly believe this entire story could have been cut to one hour long, two, tops, to added some weighty scenes but no more.