This was a pretty undeniable masterpiece. You definitely feel the weight of a whole life lived in it. This entire decade has marked a fascinating high point in Scorsese’s career. What was Action Bronson doing in here for a minute though lmao
Bobby Cannavale eating steak in this movie Al Pacino eating ice cream sundaes was delightful And yeah Jesse Plemons had the same screen time and dialogue as Anna Paquin I know they were all bad guys duh and it was the 70s but there's a lot of like using jew as a pejorative and cock sucker in this movie I had a hard time following the individual mob rackets but I know it's mainly about familia
will be going again today, it's settled so well after my first viewing last week. just grows more haunting the more it sits in your mind
When I wrote about Scorsese and this decade I forgot that Shutter Island was this decade too! What a fascinating and diverse stretch this has been for him.
Assuming that The Irishman is the achievement everyone says it is, it would be one of his better decades. Certainly better than the 2000's.
The 80s was an odd decade for him between Raging Bull and Goodfellas. I need to revisit King of Comedy but I still like After Hours as a black comedy
Pretty good aside from the couple next to me that would not shut the fuck up for 3 1/2 hours — including an answered phone call and 30 second conversation. Fuck. I’ll have to rewatch when it hits Netflix.
1. 80s had his two best films 2. 70s had Taxi Driver 3. 90s had Goodfellas starting strong but it goes a little south 4. 10s for now 5. 00s had no masterpieces
Goodfellas is such an impressive piece of filmmaking. One of the reasons I don't worry about The Irishman's length is how quickly films like Goodfellas and The Wolf of Wall Street go by. Casino, on the other hand, drags really badly. It feels like DeNiro and Stone get in twenty different arguments and fights and then it just resets again.