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pospysyl posted:Maybe the first scene with Hoffa, but that might be too early. I haven't seen the movie yet, but generally intermissions should be about 3/5 through a movie.
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Watched this tonight. Still have a lot of thoughts. Might be the best mob movie I've seen, might be Scorsese's best. Not unlike Goodfellas and Casino, you go in expecting a "mob movie" except it's really about something else. DeNiro, Pesci, and Pacino are loving incredible here. The way you know the film is building up to Hoffa's death and how it just happens like it's a big nothing, then there's still a third of the film is like a gut punch. Then we get to see a bunch of old men disintegrate slowly. And the way it's drawn out with Sheehan picking out his coffin and mausoleum spot. But I love how Scorsese sneaks in the thread about redemption. Even as showing the goddamn FBI being told to gently caress off, but he confesses to the priest. "Keep the door open a bit, I like it" is such a beautiful way to end the film. Also, the CGI makeup didn't bother me one bit. (Already calling it that Cats gets Best Visual Effects over this at the Oscars)
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ruddiger posted:I’m going to church. RIP ruddiger
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The oddness of the de-aging works on a narrative level because it's a story being told to us. If you were the priest or anyone talking to Frank in 2000, what reference do you have about his stories besides his current appearance and some moldy photos? Sort of reminded me of how the narration and visuals purposely don't always match in Tarsem's The Fall because we're essentially hearing the story from one person and the visuals as imagined by another. I don't know why people keep bringing up the grocery store scene since something about the sound effects made it more disturbing.
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