He's back

Rating: 8/10 (2 December 2019)

Here's my super late review of the Irishman . So 'The Irishman' is directed by Martin Scorcesse and it's out right after his comments against marvel and popcorn movies in general , and he shuts people up with this movie alone. The movie stars Scorcesse's homeboys De Niro , Pacino and Pesci . The movie is his forte , almost like a revival of Goodfellas , it's about mobsters , and no one knows better about that than Scorcesse cause he's lived it . The ensemble and legendary cast were amazing despite the trash prosthetics and deaging cgi . The story once again is like Goodfellas , but more in line with the association between the Teamster's Union and the mafia. It has all the Scorcesse trademarks from rise to power , leaving your wife for an other woman , abusing power , drugs , fancy restaurant meetings , betrayal , sugar , spice and everything nice . The movie is produced by Netflix and is 3 and a half hours long giving the Lord of the rings a run for it's runtime. Since it's produced by Netflix the movie is free of strict censorship and works more in line with the directors vision , the cinematography is gorgeous and has neatly written and quotable dialogue followed by rich production design. Now I saw a lot of articles and reviews online calling it a boring movie , but it's not and I'm not gonna say it's a " slow burn" or anything , in fact it's fast phased film for its runtime , if you keep up with it by googling for technical terms like ' truckers union ' and stuff you will be caught up with the movie and you'll be hooked , I can guarantee that. The internet also calls it an epic , but even though the story is an epic , stoic characters despite being great don't support it . In the end , the Irishman is a modern day reboot of Goodfellas with a stellar cast , gorgeous production design , all of Scorcesse's tricks and one big brush to paint your houses.