How can you go wrong with Scorsese, De Niro, Pacino and Pesci?

Rating: 8/10 (1 December 2019)

First, if you haven't noticed, it's a three and a half hours long movie, so make sure you pee before the movie starts, especially if you've bought one of those supersize soft drinks with your popcorn. That being said, the movie is not fast paced but it will be over faster than you might think; or not, but it did for me. The one short sentence IMDb storyline "A mob hitman recalls his involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa" is to the point and there's little more to it than that, but it's a Scorcese movie so it doesn't require much more.
Scorsese can deliver a mobster movie like no one else. There are actual real life characters and facts to season this dish of a movie, as the director loves to do, and he has a well deserved reputation for doing that. What this movie has, no previous ones by Scorsese do, to the best of my memory, is seeing the characters over a very long period of time, from early start in their life of crime, to their death. The special effects to the physical appearances of De Niro, Pesci and Pacino are noteworthy, very, and is of course what was needed to make the movie believable. All three main actors delivered performances equal to what you'd expect, perhaps one of Pesci's best in my opinion, perhaps.
Aside from the main three, there was a big cast with many actors we are all familiar with and that's always a plus. I noticed that Ray Romano continues to depart from his stand-up comedy and sitcom characters, in this movie, as he has with his role in the series 'Get Shorty' and I hope he continues to do that. Harvey Keitel's short and few scenes demonstrate how and why he has had success with his career (I'm a fan).
Finally I will leave you with a personal experience this movie gave me; it might just be something some of you will feel as well, just some of you; when it was all said and done, I felt old, it's the only way I can describe it, but please don't let that deter you from watching it.