I heard you paint houses

Rating: 8/10 (6 December 2019)

This was the last chance Scorsese could pull this off and he did it. All the legends together again in this amazing picture. In a way, this feels like a farewell to this genre. There will never be anything like that created ever again. I mean, will there be more gangster movies? Sure. But the bar is set too high now. It's been set too high since Goodfellas in 1990. Nothing will come close to what Scorsese, De Niro, Pacino and Pesci had achieved. The Irishman is an instant classic and I have no doubts that in 30 years it will be worshipped the same way we do worship Goodfellas or Casino.
One of the things I love about Scorsese is the atmosphere and authenticity he creates with simplicity of his shots sometimes. You could lock me up for 25 years and then show me the first scene of The Irishman and I could tell you it's Marty.
Shame on UK cinemas for boycotting this release. Because of that I was not able to see it on the big screen. First time since I can remember, I didn't go to the cinema to see new Scorsese. I bet it would have tasted even better.