Did anyone else find The Irishman to be disappointing?

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The Irishman SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

As Joseph Gordon-Levitt said to Bruce Willis (in which the latter appropriately played an older version of the former’s character, without relying on CGI to down-age Willis), it’s time for these older actors to “do what old men do, and die.” I don’t mean literally, but yeah, this movie needed younger actors up-aged through makeup where necessary, not old actors who couldn’t act young to save their lives. And seriously, two of the most well-known Italian American actors of all time playing an I…

The Irishman (no spoilers)

I saw it the day it was released on Netflix. Then I watched it again. I think The Irishman is one of the great movies of all time. It is a film that moves on multiple levels, with intersecting themes that carry it to a profound conclusion. On one level, you can watch it as Scorsese’s homage to the genre (which, to a large extent, is his), or to its stars. DeNiro, Pesci, and Pacino are playing themselves playing characters we already know. Characters whose fate, like that of the actors’ themse…

The Irishman Question

basically, the original studio didn’t want to spend the money, nor realease a film over 3 hours