Ofcourse it's not bad, but most of all it's hugely overrated

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2020)

It's like Scorcese, Pacino, and DeNiro fans just hÃ¡ve to be lyrical about this movie, out of some kind religious conviction.
I realise this is just my opinion, like so many others here, but i think this movie is hugely overrated.
No, obviously this movie almost cant be bad. Not with this director, not with this budget, and not with this cast.
In short: i get the bliss of freedom it gives a director when there are no time constraints to the final cut. But how is it me, a simple consumer, and not Scorcese the genius director, who can see the obviousness of how a tension curve suffers when the movie's runtime is so long?
After 2 hours i felt i was still watching the introduction chapter.
I wasn't bored, but watching 3,5 episodes of The Sopranos back to back would have been significantly more entertaining than watching this story drag out.
Don't get me wrong, i love this genre, and i love all the other epics Scorcese has created. I've probably wished Casino or Goodfellas or The Departed could last longer, like 3,5 hours.
But i honestly think The Irishman pales in comparison to those 3 movies.
Another thing, i thought Al Pacino wasn't all that much in this movie.. yeah i know, it pains me to say it as much for you to hear such blasphemy. He just did what he always does. And not even that because i saw no real Pachino tantrum. Just him being old, sitting around, acting out his lines.
And the CG. I've read numerous articles of people praising how well they CG'd DeNiro to a younger version of himself. I totally disagree. I felt i saw no progress whatsoever in comparison to a much earlier try at good CG human faces like, say Tron Legacy. Uncanny valley, shiny plastic mask faces all over again.
And the story, i think i've mostly forgotten again since i saw the movie like 2 weeks ago or something.
Come to think of it, i think 7/10 is still pretty generous. Call it fear of angering the church of Scorcese/DeNiro/Pacino.