Looong and slooow-mo

Rating: 6/10 (9 December 2019)

Scorsese sure knows how to create a story. He makes use of a great cast, and the idea of using old stars in the roles as much younger characters is tempting and fine, but watching a 75yo De Niro act as a 40yo becomes unvoluntarily ridiculous. Camera effects cannot create that illusion when the man walks and moves as a 75yo.
The plot is not bad with the near 80yo hitman telling the story of his life. However, the speed of narration is like watching the weather change, and after 1 hour you start looking at the progression bar to see how long is left. The movie is more than 3 hours but could easily have been cut to no more than 1 hour an a half. The last experience with a long-playing film was "Once upon a time in Hollywood" and here t
time just flew away. What a contrast this is. Pacino, Pesci and DeNiro do their best, which is uplifting, and generally speaking, acting, film shooting and plot are fine executions, but gosh it's old school in a not so desirable way.