Precious but Sad Tale for These Days

Rating: 9/10 (19 November 2019)

I had the opportunity to watch The Irishman in a theater even though I do reckon it may be quite an unwelcoming idea in some countries (like mine); but if you can, even if it that requires some traveling, I will say this is the only way to only take full appreciation of this movie, which it entirely deserves. Don't forget you'll be part of one the cinematic production peaks of the decade with this one.
It's a long running, old-fashioned going pace movie. It takes its time to unwind wholly and that's why it's something definitely rare to find these days, where trends are all about 90 min of CGI in every bit and shooting madness. The Irishiman is revolutionary in this aspect, and that's actually the main reason I wanted to watch it in a theater.
I absolutely loved Pesci's acting, even more than Al Pacino's and De Niro's. They all come from the mob chapter so it'll be no surprise their exquisite ease of fitting the role.
I'm not gonna go into the plot because, as such, it's quite simple and the description pretty much says it all. The brilliance in this film, indeed, to me lies elsewhere.
What I found most valuable in this film is, somehow, the legacy it leaves. Perhaps it's a sort of acknowledgment of the fact that likely we will no longer see anything like that. The strong presence of time throughout the film as an object being always there -almost as a standalone character-, always watching things go by inexorably and, of course, the characters being part of it, which inevitably defines a road end for them where they must stop. It's sorrowful to notice this resembles so much the reality beyond this movie.
IMHO, what this film aims to say is that we're in front of the end of an era, which definitely Scorsese has been part of with masterpieces such as Goodfellas and Taxi driver. And to me this felt like a way for signing off all that.