So... that was 'The Irishman'

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2019)

'The Irishman' is a movie that captures a lot of director Martin Scorsese's style through out the movie. The film opens with a song, "In the Still of the Night (I'll remember)" by The Five Satins, which just gives you that feel that says, "yep, this is a Scorsese film. I would say that the way that the film is all interconnected was something different. And if you stick around long enough when watching the movie, you'll see just why. I understand that people call this different from other Scorcese films, in particular 'Goodfellas' (1990) and 'Casino' (1995), but I'll be honest, the first hour, did remind me of 'Goodfellas' in a lot of ways. Robert De Niro is almost like Ray Liotta's character from 'Goodfellas'. He's new and being introduced to this crime world making friends with people who are like the head-honchos. What really surprised me was how Joe Pesci is calm and relaxed throughout this movie unlike most of his other characters. But the guy who really stood out to me was Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa. Anytime Pacino gets angry and throws a tantrum is just fun to watch. For a film as long as this one, I would say that it certainly does need to be seen not as a series but as a movie. Like I said, everything just fits together and makes for an AMAZING climatic sequence. I guess what this film does so well, is that it takes it's time. Of course, you're going to have a lot of scenes where guys talk about business and politics, but it does it in a way where it doesn't feel scripted. You sense that the discussion matter is important to every character involved. And that brings me to another point about the movie, which is the amount of characters. Normally, I'm intimidated by being introduced to all these names, and then having to remember who's who. But for this movie, they make it out so that you know EXACTLY who they're talking about. I would say that this is an amazing movie that had the right people work on it. If it is true that this is Scorsese's last film- which I hope it really isn't- then what a way to finish a career.