The Irishman (or, I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES)

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FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

It�s pretty clear (and reinforced with the scenes near the end with one of his daughters and the priest) that Frank is a combination of a sociopath and someone so desensitized to violence that he just can�t feel anything. He shows very little emotion overall in the entire film.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2019 05:49

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 10:58

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I was extremely confused that they showed the shooting of Joe Colombo without mentioning his name that I rewound to see if i missed it, but no, they literally don�t actually say who they just showed was being shot. I just remembered who it was from my Mafia history reading.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2019 16:23

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Drunkboxer posted:

The main issue I had with the de-aging was that there�s no way to make them not move like old men. They�re all just really old dudes.

DeNiro also didn�t look young enough in a lot of the flashbacks IMO

# ¿ Dec 4, 2019 23:13

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Taear posted:

The deaging worked in Captain marvel I think but I dunno, this just felt like too much for it. And I feel like it confused the narrative a bit.

Except Clark Gregg, who looks terrible compared to SLJ

# ¿ Dec 5, 2019 04:34

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yeah I thought Sheeran would have to be in his 30s when the flashbacks start since it is clearly after WW2, so late 20s/early 30s

I did laugh when Pesci called him �kid� and he still looks no younger than 40 even with the CGI

# ¿ Dec 5, 2019 15:48

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Firstborn posted:

I'm not really sure how anyone could dislike this movie.

It's good but it could use a tighter edit. I feel like there has to be a better way to work the flashbacks in at the beginning as well. It also feels like some of the historical context got left on the cutting room floor (like how they portray the shooting of Joe Columbo but at no point say who that is supposed to be, which would be confusing if you aren't aware of mafia history).

# ¿ Dec 7, 2019 06:49

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

The digital blood in this movie (particularly the scene where Frank executes the Nazis in the WWII flashback, and the Joe Columbo shooting) looks real obvious

It's fine when it's some of the quick shooting, but when the camera is tighter on the shots or it's in slow motion, it's jarring to me

# ¿ Dec 7, 2019 23:31

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

romanowski posted:

I have never noticed digital blood in my life and I don't care to look up examples of it because it seems like a "once you notice it" thing and I would prefer to live in blissful ignorance

Yeah if you haven't noticed it, you should just keep not noticing it, but it was very obvious to me in this movie in particular

# ¿ Dec 9, 2019 01:38

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 10:58

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

4000 Dollar Suit posted:

I did not expect Joe Pesci to be one of the chillest guys in this movie. Every time someone did or said something that I knew he didn't like I kept waiting for him to just smash a bottle in their face.

It�s the inverse of his character in Goodfellas

# ¿ Dec 10, 2019 16:04

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