Wondeful film with interesting special effects

Rating: 8/10 (14 April 2020)

I liked the movie. Almost everybody did. One of the top and probably the last of the super-acts of the giants of our era- Scorcese himself, directing De Nero, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci- who apparently came out of retirement for this gem and all the others. The pace starts slowly and gets you involved and engrossed in the career of Mob hitman and his Progress in the crime scene of the period in America.
It's done in a nostalgic style, flashback upon flashbacks unfolding the important hits and milestones of De Nero's character , who was a driver at the begining and a chance meeting with Pesci's character puts him in the road to notoriety and in limelight. He is now reminiscing from an old age home, where the government agents still want to find out from him the details of his kills. Specially of Hoffa, the mega boss and friend. It's painted a broad sweep of many decades and thrown light of different aspects of politics and crime, intermingling with each other. Scorsese style, not just slam bang action. Sometimes it feels like a docu drama, where you are almost at the middle of it, but nobody can see you. So you don't loose interest.
Acting, music, dialogues all are stupendous. A bit sepia toned.
The special effects which change the countenances of all the senior characters over the years are spellbinding. Sometimes you are left wondering if they somehow computed de nero to look such young. It's unbelievable. But sometimes that looks too tenuous. I feel the new tech is still to be perfected. But it has tremendous potential.
Great movie. Don't know when something similar will come again, or ever at all.