Jump to content

  • Sign up for free and receive a month's subscription

    You are viewing this page as a guest. That means you are either a member who has not logged in, or you have not yet registered with us. Signing up for an account only takes a minute and it means you will no longer see this annoying box! It will also allow you to get involved with our friendly(ish!) community and take part in the discussions on our forums. And because we're feeling generous, if you sign up for a free account we will give you a month's free trial access to our subscriber only content with no obligation to commit. Register an account and then send a private message to @dave u and he'll hook you up with a subscription.

The Irishman

rubble-rouser

By rubble-rouser,
in GF - General Forum

 Share

Recommended Posts

Spy Bee Grand Master

Spy Bee

Posted
Posted
3 minutes ago, Elite said:

It may not be as good as Goodfellas or Casino but it's a long way from shit.

Too long, a meandering go-nowhere story, ridiculous fight scene, too long, the story didn't make you give a shit about any of the characters, too long.  Sure there were a few scenes that were poignant and some brilliantly shot scenes, but I wouldn't never consider watching it again, or even keeping it on if I flicked over to it. It's like Last Vegas for gangsters. It's fucking shit! I actually felt like I had my Saturday night stolen!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 123
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

rubble-rouser
rubble-rouser

Ok, this needs doing.    10/10   ’What kind of fish was it?’

Mook
Mook

Just watched this (it took me 10 minutes to find it).   Thanks for pointing out it was there because I absolutely loved it. I love Robert DeNiro. There, I've said it.

Bjornebye
Bjornebye

The Bar scene in The Virtues alone proves he is a truly unbelievable actor.    The s*n stuff though is horrible. 

Posted Images

Guest Pistonbroke

Guest Pistonbroke

Posted
Posted

It's all about opinions, someone was always going to enter the fray and make a name for themselves by saying it was shit, then back track a bit and say it's worth a watch, so clearly not shit. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Spy Bee Grand Master

Spy Bee

Posted
Posted

It's got a great director and a great cast, so it's obviously worth a watch, but, compared to their best stuff, it's fucking shit. I haven't come up with this opinion to upset the frequent posters on TLW and 'make a name' for myself! (WTF?)

 

I posted on Twitter that I thought it was shit yesterday, but I rarely come on TLW on the weekend. 

 

It is about opinions. I really wanted to like it, but unfortunately I didn't.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest Pistonbroke

Guest Pistonbroke

Posted
Posted

Come on mate, it's clearly not shit. If you didn't think it met your expectations then fine, but something which is shit can't be clearly worth watching. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bjornebye Grand Master

Bjornebye

Posted
Posted
5 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

It's got a great director and a great cast, so it's obviously worth a watch, but, compared to their best stuff, it's fucking shit. I haven't come up with this opinion to upset the frequent posters on TLW and 'make a name' for myself! (WTF?)

 

I posted on Twitter that I thought it was shit yesterday, but I rarely come on TLW on the weekend. 

 

It is about opinions. I really wanted to like it, but unfortunately I didn't.

Its not shit mate. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
magicrat Grand Master

magicrat

Posted
Posted
5 hours ago, Elite said:

It may not be as good as Goodfellas or Casino but it's a long way from shit.

Agreed , watched it last night.

 

It's too long, tries to cover too long a span of history , the characters are not really developed enough, none of women had a meaningful part and frankly I found it difficult to care about what happened to any of them . As an exercise by Scorcese to give Pacino, De Niro and Pesci a last run out together and demonstrate their exceptional acting skills it worked. If you're expecting anything close to the the Godfather then you'll be very disappointed, The last half hour De Niro did bring some poignancy to his role . Not shit as Elite says but not something you would ever watch again and the build up and expectancy far outweighed the reality. I smelt a rat when it was straight onto Netflix which it never would have been had it been the tour-de-force it was billed as.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mook Grand Master

Mook

Posted
Posted
5 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Agreed , watched it last night.

 

It's too long, tries to cover too long a span of history , the characters are not really developed enough, none of women had a meaningful part and frankly I found it difficult to care about what happened to any of them . As an exercise by Scorcese to give Pacino, De Niro and Pesci a last run out together and demonstrate their exceptional acting skills it worked. If you're expecting anything close to the the Godfather then you'll be very disappointed, The last half hour De Niro did bring some poignancy to his role . Not shit as Elite says but not something you would ever watch again and the build up and expectancy far outweighed the reality. I smelt a rat when it was straight onto Netflix which it never would have been had it been the tour-de-force it was billed as.

It was straight to Netflix because Netflix bankrolled it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...