Strickland33
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The Irishman.
Today.
Watching it tonight.
When is spoiler talk kosher? Finished it last night.
The Irishman.
Today.
Watching it tonight.
watched last night. i thought it was good. 3 1/2 hours is a bit much though.
Just watched it and my impressions are largely the same. Very good. Excellent at times. Too long. Nothing new from Scorsese, as he has mastered the genre.
Was not bothered by the de-aging stuff like I thought I’d be, probably because it didn’t really work. None of the dudes ever looked younger than their late 50s. One of the bad things about it though was that when young DeNiro is kicking the shit out of that grocer, he looks like an old man who could topple over if he doesn’t stomp just right. Old man strength doesn’t translate to old man fluidity of motion.
Just watched it and my impressions are largely the same. Very good. Excellent at times. Too long. Nothing new from Scorsese, as he has mastered the genre.
Was not bothered by the de-aging stuff like I thought I’d be, probably because it didn’t really work. None of the dudes ever looked younger than their late 50s. One of the bad things about it though was that when young DeNiro is kicking the shit out of that grocer, he looks like an old man who could topple over if he doesn’t stomp just right. Old man strength doesn’t translate to old man fluidity of motion.
Agree on old Bobby D struggling to kick ass.
Pacino still looked too old, too.
Pesci was great.
I'm in about the first 20 minutes of Irishman and the scene where he beats up a guy was sorta sad. Good movie so far, but just go all-in and mocap (which I assume is what they did) someone younger/more athletic for that.
NY Post says the movie was terrible: https://nypost.com/2019/12/03/go-ahead-and-admit-it-the-irishman-is-terrible/amp/
Agree on old Bobby D struggling to kick ass.
Pacino still looked too old, too.
Pesci was great.
Just started reading and watching The Expanse. I'm a little surprised it hasn't gotten more pub on here. I'm 2 seasons in (5th comes out on December 13th) and 3 books (the 8th came out earlier this year) in. The first season is definitely a lot of build up and can be a bit confusing at times, but they fixed both issues in season 2 as the show really finds its footing. The first 2 seasons aired on SyFy, but the last two, including the new season have been Amazon projects. Everyone I've talked to says that while the show was good on Syfy, it's even better now with the Amazon money, so I'm looking forward to catching up.