A massive failure.

Rating: 1/10 (30 November 2019)

I've seen Scorsese's classic: The Departed, Goodfellas, Casino, Wolf of Wall Street, Ragin Bull, Taxi Driver, etc. This movie 'The Irishman' isn't in the same league as the his other movies, it's not even the same sport.
Some may think a rating of one star is harsh but given the director, the actors, the massive budget, this is hugely underwhelming. A massive failure to deliver on the hype.
The movie started off as a story about a hitman played by Robert De Niro. I think the main character was suppose to be a very interesting person but for me he wasn't. Al Pacino's character (Jimmy Hoffa) comes in to the movie about an hour in and I was more interested in his story than anything else. After Hoffa's inevitable disappearance there's another hour of old men shuffling about in prison, picking out caskets, where they are going to get buried, etc. It turned in to a snoozefest.
The CGI was hyped up about how these guys were made to look younger and older. It was suppose to be amazing - It's not. It's jarring as hell. There's this strange blue eye effect going on that I couldn't quite understand. Despite changes to their faces they still move around like geriatrics. There's one scene De Niro is beating someone up and it's hilarious because he can barely stamp on the guys hand properly. Keep in mind De Niro is in his mid 70s and it shows in the body language. They should've used younger actors.
When the end credit came up I was like 'what the fudge?! That's it?!' This was just a truly forgettable experience. I will never watch this movie again.