Truly great

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2019)

One of my favorite movies of the entire year, maybe even my favorite, although I haven't seen the lighthouse. What can I say, other than this feels like prime Scorsese, even after so many years still making great movies. This film has all of his trademarks, making it impossible not to realize that this is his work. Pretty much everything in the film works like magic.
All of the performances are great, I though De Niro, Pesci and Pacino all delivered their best performances in years, although I wasn't as fascinated with Pacino during the first half of the movie. And I do have to say, I was really enjoying the film up to the halfway mark, but somehow felt a little slow when they're introducing all of these characters. Not boring, but a little slow, which will maybe change upon a second viewing. However, I can confidently say that the entire second half of this movie (which could even be considered a feature length film) is extremely riveting and really went into an emotional direction that I was not expecting.
The soundtrack for the movie is also great, the original theme made for the film fits wonderfully and the music from that time is, kind of like in Goodfellas, one of the major driving forces in the film when it comes to the way it flows very smoothly. The direction here is, of course, on point, as expected from Scorsese. It's worth mentioning that they did some digital de-aging to De Niro and quite probably to many of the other characters and I have to say that it's done wonderfully and while you may notice it at times (with the right trained eye), it definitely didn't take away from the experience, at least for me.
Like I said, The Irishman goes in a very emotional direction by the final act of the film and it made me feel, which is more than I can say for a lot of movies. And even though the pacing might be a little (if only a tiny bit) during the middle segment of the film, man is this movie worth every second of your time and attention. I loved it.