Scorsese given too much artistic control from Netflix

Rating: 5/10 (29 November 2019)

There were a lot of problems with this film but I'll list what stood out to me 2 weeks later: the facial anti aging CGI was a disaster, no one looked under 50. The editing was poor in the 2nd half and/or non existent. There was no score, only a soundtrack. Anytime Deniro sat down or stood up it was pained and he looked 80. The relationship building between Deniro and Pesci's characters and Deniro and Pacino was horribly executed all the while they're supposed to be these close friends. The pacing was horrendous. There was no point to Paquin's role as the moral daughter since Deniro's character didn't care, 10 minutes could've been cut out of the movie without her. The Anastasia murder could've used some pre exposition, no one under 70 was alive for that event and had no idea that this was such a significant hit. And to further my last point it's hard to relate to Hoffa's time for people not alive during the era. I'm 40 and still am not sure what a teamster is. Other films do a much better job of educating the audience to historical figures they aren't necessarily familiar with, especially with 3.5 hours to work with.
What makes this all the more disappointing is that Mr. Scorsese just wrote a beautiful piece on the decline of film as an art medium due to big corps controlling most of the content. His argument is compromised now after putting out such a slow and bad film. Show the Irishman to a 20 y/o and I can assure you they'll be begging for a comic book movie afterwards.
All masters of their profession eventually lose their touch as Father Time always wins and unfortunately I believe the time has come for Mr. Scorsese as he is showing his age in this film through the slow pacing, insistence to use his aged, trusted muses (Deniro and Pesci) instead of younger actors and his over indulgence in what made his movies great to begin with. It's almost as if Mr. Scorsese knows this is his last film and he said to hell with the editing room and common sense, he was going to ride into the sunset making the film he's always wanted. It's exactly what he did and unfortunately it's a ride I regret taking.