Just the best movie of the year!

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2019)

Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, it is undeniable the filmography that he built one of the greatest filmography of cinema. Here he returns to a mafia movie, a genre he's already well used to working with. But here he brings a mafia different from '' Goodfellas '' and '' Casino '', in this feature film the director takes one of the most mysterious stories about mafia of the twentieth century and opts for something more melancholic and dramatic, focusing a lot on the relationship. of his spectacular trio of protagonists.
As expected, the cast of the living legends of the seventh art did not disappoint.
From Niro here plays a war veteran who becomes one of the most important figures in the Pennsylvania mafia, despite being a character whose is shown as badly regarded and tough, throughout the film his weaknesses are showing and affecting the character until the your bed, as is the case with your relationship with your daughter. It is this emotional with the actor's coach that Scorsese leans against and builds the plot in the most dramatic way possible.
Perhaps the actor who was most involved in the character was Al Pacino (playing Jimmy Hoffa), from appearance to accent he creates, shows a true dedication of the actor to the character. He can interpret this important political figure well, it is worth highlighting the attacks of anger that the character has that will show importance in the plot. These and other small details show the affection that the people involved have in this project.
Every relationship in the movie has a chemistry and an extremely remarkable friendship bond that revolves around Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) is well built and sincere, especially the relationship with Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). Here they star in one of the most beautiful, sincere and honest friendships of cinema. Undoubtedly the main merit of the script is to develop such a bond well to result plot events.
For those watching Scorsese mafia movies with Joe Pesci (here playing Russell Bufalino) you will notice a lot of difference in character due to his tone, unlike in movies like '' Casino '' and '' Goodfellas '', Joe Pesci lives a much calmer mobster and aware of his actions, his experience knows what may or may not happen due to strategies or even the manner of speaking. Maybe because I don't expect that from the actor, my highlight of the movie goes to him, but it's hard to pick one that stands out in front of the others, knowing that both 3 perform well.
The ambience of the time (or better of the times) is well done and detailed, the storytelling is good and well told. Something that I thought would be a problem for this movie, would be the long duration, after all who sees that the movie has 3 hours and 30 minutes may end up with the foot behind, but not even that small factor has come to disrupt the work in a all. The movie has the perfect rhythm and knows the time to 'put your foot on the accelerator and take off', at no point did I feel tired during the almost 4 hours of the movie. On the contrary, here Martin Scorsese uses the duration as something good, to make the audience to experience more the situations lived by the characters.
Although revival technology bothers you at first, over the course of minutes it is easily accustomed, so it would be quite irrelevant and not give a full note for a small detail, which at some point is insignificant, because you almost notice the difference. The script of the film is well written and highlights the small details, as well as the exceptional dialogues that the plot brings. Based on Charles Brandt's '' I Heard You Paint Houses '', The Irishman is not only one of Scorsese's own best films, but one of the best films of this decade and easily shot the best movie of 2019. As the director himself he said, all 60 years of career reach this point, the partnership that had not happened for over 20 years (from Scorsese with De Niro, Pesci and Al Pacino) ends beautifully here, and realizes the importance of these legends for the movie theater.