Just plain boring

Rating: 3/10 (16 February 2020)

To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. I'm mad at Scorsese. I want those 3 and a half hours back. You've been telling the same story for the last 30 years. Not only that, you've been using the same cast too. The story jumps around so much, I thought it was a House of Pain song. Sometimes jumping around helps the plot, but this isn't one of them. If it was shorter, it could have worked. You can't spend 30 minutes in the present then jump back 10 years for five minutes, then jump all the way back to the present again only to repeat the same process with no care in the world about rythm and smooth plot progression. That never works. I will give credit to the wonderful CGI. It was awesome to see that age progression. You know what wasn't awesome? Seeing those effects on 80 year people. Great, they look like 40/50 year olds that have had a lumbar puncture and have to walk like 80 year olds for a couple of hours. I was worried they were going to fall and break a hip. They all have the mannerisms you would expect of an 80 year old. Basically, Scorsese is the Adam Sandler of gangster movies. Start calling you Martin Sandler,cause you just wanted to make a movie with your buds. Everyone is upset that De Niro didn't get an Oscar nomination. He didn't deserve it. Hell, Sandler deserved it more than De Niro did. Having one line at a time shouldn't cut it. He's a great actor, but that doesn't mean he earned it. I loved how he tried to walk like he was younger. Reminded me of a robot learning to walk for the first time. Overall, I wasn't impressed. Not when comparing this with his previous movies (i.e. Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed, Shutter Island, Raging bull) and sadly enough, not even when comparing it with this year's cinematic masterpieces such as 1917, Uncut Gems, Little women and even Parasite which is a borderline indie movie next to the rest of the Box Office Big Players at this point. No, I was just... bored. Absolute snoozefest of a movie. Do yourself a favor and avoid watching it in the cinema as the chairs can be less than comfy for sleep.